Methodology

Reduction levers

Footprint is the easy part. These five levers are where the work sits. Each is ranked by tCO₂e reduction; cost and effort show the realism.

Measurement without action is decoration. The point of methodology depth isn't the number — it's that the number cleanly identifies which levers to pull, in which order.

Ranked levers

1

Switch venue to an all-rail-accessible site

6.2 tCO₂e

The biggest single lever — mode-shift comes from venue access, not from asking attendees to change behaviour.

Cost: medium
Effort: medium
Affects: Travel
2

Equivalent remote attendance for international travellers

5.4 tCO₂e

Most of the international footprint is 18 people. Make remote attendance equivalent (not lesser) and the lever closes itself.

Cost: low
Effort: medium
Affects: Travel
3

Plant-default catering

4.1 tCO₂e

Default plant-forward menu; opt-in for meat. The choice architecture does the work.

Cost: low
Effort: low
Affects: Catering · Waste
4

AM-only format

3.2 tCO₂e

Half the day removes lunch, halves heating + electricity, and tightens travel windows. Programme cost is real.

Cost: low
Effort: high
Affects: Travel · Catering · Electricity
5

Booth materials reuse pool

0.8 tCO₂e

A shared library of branded signage/lanyards across the Pawston event programme. Materials become an asset class, not consumables.

Cost: low
Effort: medium
Affects: Materials

Reduction figures are illustrative for this demo. Real reduction modelling uses the same factor lockfile + σ engine as the headline number — the methodology page has the detail.