Because # of flights is not a useful metric for assessing environmental impact.
Seddon On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 3:23 PM Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Those publications are where my numbers came from. There is no useful > transparency to explain how many actual flights are taken, why or by whom. > > Fae > > On Fri, 20 Sep 2019, 15:17 Lucas Werkmeister, <m...@lucaswerkmeister.de> > wrote: > > > Did you see the sustainability report that was published yesterday [1] > > [2]? Page 30 of the PDF has some numbers on business travel by air – > > some 5.6 million km in total, by the looks of it. Page 32 also shows > > that the carbon footprint of air travel is about half that of the > > electricity used by the Foundation’s data centers. > > > > Cheers, > > Lucas > > > > [1]: > > > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/news/2019/09/19/how-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-making-efforts-to-go-green > > [2]: > > > > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimedia_Foundation_Sustainability_Assessment_and_Carbon_Footprint.pdf > > > > On 20.09.19 15:23, Fæ wrote: > > > Nice to see that https://wikimediafoundation.org has a banner linking > > > to the global climate strike today. > > > > > > Can anyone produce some verifiable metrics that the WMF has taken > > > significant action to reduce the total number of aircraft flights the > > > WMF uses? > > > > > > I am asking as though there are no transparently published figures for > > > how much the WMF spends on air travel, I recall that the Katherine > > > Mahler was interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, where is was part > > > of her impressive executive profile to be "on the road" for 200 days > > > of the year. This probably puts Katherine in the very top numbers for > > > CEOs with damaging carbon footprints resulting from travelling so > > > often by flying.[1] If the WMF wants to be seen as an ethical company > > > when it comes to reducing their organizational impact on climate > > > change, perhaps this could start with publishing travel figures for > > > the CEO and the rest of the management team, so that everyone can see > > > whether there is year on year improvement, or none. > > > > > > Thanks again for the banner, it does help increase the sense of > urgency. > > > > > > Links: > > > 1. > > > https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-the-35-year-old-executive-director-of-wikimedia-travels-1529588701 > > > > > > Fae > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
