Client: The Episcopal Church

In early 2008, the Episcopal Church Executive Council passed a resolution with a commitment to establish and reduce its carbon footprint to 15%–20% below baseline levels by 2020 and 80% below baseline levels by 2050. To start working toward this goal, the Church contracted with Cascadia Consulting Group, Inc. to conduct a baseline carbon footprint. Cascadia assisted the Episcopal Church in measuring emissions from the Church’s US operations including building energy use in offices, employee commuting, key materials, and business travel – including that of the Church’s many councils and boards. Cascadia also measured the impacts of the operations of the Church’s triennial General Convention. To streamline future assessments, Cascadia customized our carbon calculator for the Church to use to measure progress towards their reduction targets. Cascadia applauds the Episcopal Church for setting these ambitious and important goals and was thrilled to work on this project.