FT.com: Della Bradshaw
The Rotman school at the University of Toronto has become the latest business school to examine its carbon footprint and is requiring staff and professors in its executive programmes to do the same.
The school has teamed up with Zerofootprint, a not-for-profit environmental organisation, to develop the Zerofootprint/Rotman calculator. The web-based calculator measures environmental impact in four areas: travel, food, office and home. Once a professor’s footprint is calculated, the tool advises on how to reduce global impact using different ”what if” scenarios.
Other Zerofootprint partners include the University of Ontario, the University of Toronto and Ontario College of Art and Design, as well as numerous environmental companies and organisations.
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