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Agreed - The greening of our cities brings a beauty to our streets and make them safer.

Glad that you found the video useful - Are there any other environmental or sustainability topics that would be useful to you?

As always, there are pros and cons as well as career motivations or the individual, such as money, job security, work-related opportunities and salary benefits including pensions, which may play a part in an individual's career pathway. For an early career, working in the Public Sector is a great way to gain experience. Although, that can be said of the Private Sector, it is often a prerequisite to have the work experience at the most junior levels. There is something to be said for leaving the Public Sector to maximise income in the middle career years & to consider a return to the Public Sector, which itself values Private Sector experience in its senior managers, later in life. Equally, the Private Sector can value senior management experience and seek to retain it in the middle - late career period.

It's my pleasure - Glad you enjoyed the video

Glad that the video on accreditation and Certification was helpful.

Good to read your comment that the video on Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gases accounting was informative.

A recent article (How the circular economy is solving the problem of spent batteries, Circularonline.co.uk, 16th August 2022) showed "that, in the UK alone, approximately 20,000 tonnes of batteries end up in landfill" agrees with your comment. However, the majority of these batteries have by-passed the recycling programme. Using the recycling system allows the greater majority of used batteries to be recycled for their valuable metal content, such as Nickel, Cadmium & Lithium.

Case Studies on the use of PAS 2080 can be found in the Institution for Civil Engineers, Guidance Document for PAS 2080, at www.ice.org.uk/media/vm0nwehp/2023-03-29-pas_2080_guidance_document_april_2023.pdf

Glad to hear there is a hedgehog population in your area. Our Feeding Station, certainly, prevents cats from getting at the hedgehog food as we have a cat in our household and they have not bothered to access the food. On some of our videos, we have noticed some field mice sneak into the Feeding House to steal one or two of the food granules. I agree about trying to stop squirrels is a forlorn hope. Good luck with trying to help the hedgehogs in your area.

Glad that the video is useful - Time to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Society for the Environment next

Glad to hear that the Annex SL Video was useful for you You may be interested in the latest update on the revision of ISO 14001:2015 in this video: ua-cam.com/video/72DnCrga0Zs/v-deo.html

Hi - Not sure that I fully understand your question, most organisations can obtain third-party certification.

Thank you for your question about applying to attend the COP29 conference. It can be difficult to gain access to the main COP29 Conference as it is attended by Governmental representatives & Non-Governmental Organisations with access to the Blue Zone. Members of the Public can, normally, attend within the Green Zone. Information on the access to this Zone. For more about the Blue and Green Zones, go to www.cop29greenzone.com/cop29-green-zone/floor-plan-and-sectors/ If you have media accreditation, such as being a journalist or news outlet, then you can register at unfccc.int/about-us/press-and-media#Media-accreditation-for-COP-29

Agreed - We should save the Earth that provides so much for our lives

Great that you found the video useful - Hope that the COP29 Volunteer training went well

@@EMSmastery thank you!! it actually went great)

You're most welcome! I hope that I can bring more knowledge for you.

Good point - At 0:12 minutes, it is a Kia Sportage Hybrid (My mistake). All other videos are of the Kia Niro EV.

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Thank you for the feedback - Glad it was helpful!

Good suggestion - I will look to make a video on the recycling of aluminium coffee pods in the next two weeks

Glad you enjoyed the video.

Thank you for your kind feedback - Good luck with the COP29 school project

Glad the video hit the right spot - It would be good for more ISO 14001 users to catch-up on the new changes, which this time around are more evolutionary rather than revolutionary. I agree that competency is key. For full transparency, I was an UKAS Assessment Manager for nearly ten years and continue to work with Accreditation Bodies. ISO/IEC 17021-2 on competency for EMS Auditors and other CB personnel was my baby as an ISO Co-Convenor. More to come on the second amendment to ISO 14001:2015…

@@EMSmastery Totally agree, with Annex SL, 2015 was the revolution so the next version can evolve from it. Working for a small CB I must be the UK's most witnessed auditor with 3 in 18 months a few years ago! Keeps me on my toes and actually underpins my confidence.

Good to hear of your support for our shared Environment.

Thanks - Glad you found the video useful.

Good question - Certification is the overall process comprising initial certification (Stage 1 and 2 Audits followed by a certification decision), Surveillance (in Years 1 and 2) followed by Recertification (in Year 3) carried out by a competent Auditor from the Certification Body accredited by the Accreditation Body.

@@EMSmastery Thank you :)

Yes - The Model Y is a large vehicle and not inexpensive. It will be interesting to see if the Model 2 is real and whether it will fill a void in the small car sector of the market.

There are, certainly, advantages to internal combustion engines especially quick refuelling. After several months of pure electric driving, I am very impressed by the Tesla Supercharging network with the Model Y’s battery charged in the time that it takes to walk to a motorway service station, a quick toilet break and a fast food meal or coffee. Often with the car charged before we finish our break.

@@EMSmastery Sometimes is connect the cable, leave in place, and then take it. As you say, it may be quick. With Niro, more 20 min.

Good so you dont need to make stupid comments on sites like this anymore

@@EMSmastery what worries me Andrew is what the performance will be like in 8 years time. I say 8 years as my car is 8 years old and I do like to get my money’s worth. Usually I keep after 100k and even did 130k in a Rav 4 years ago until I fancied a change. Right to me part exchanging them, they did the job and I got some value for them. EV future performance and value concerns me. I think buying a Tesla is the best bet compared to other makes, but the huge cost of battery replacement gives it a limited lifespan.

@@rodden1953 I’ve been a fan of Andrew’s channel for years and I appreciate his views and our discussions via the comments.

Agreed - The Kia Niro EV is a lovely car and has many positives. Overall, the cleanly designed cabin and tablet controls of the Tesla together with the Supercharger network won us over and made it our final choice.

Glad I could help!

Glad it helped!

Interesting - Certainly, the Tesla Model Y is a heavy car, which appears to be a characteristic of electric vehicles due to the fuel cells vs a petrol or diesel engine.

Agreed - There is much that countries, such as America, can do to reduce their plastic waste but, also, their influence on wider supply chains. It is lamentable that, in a move to reduce the weight and, hence, carbon emissions in transportation, plastic containers have replaced glass and metal cans. With the latter being have a greater ability for recycling. Your final two points are well taken: To stop exporting their plastic packaged goods & for technologically advanced countries to find practical alternatives especially for solving this problem in other countries.

The UK GHG Conversion factors address this issue and provides some useful advice in the "Introduction" tab, which for the 2022 version states: "You should use the version of the factors that correlates with the data on which you are reporting (for example, factors labelled as 2021 should be used for data from calendar year 2021). If you are reporting on an April to March year, the factors from the calendar year in which the greatest portion of your data falls should be applied (for example, the 2021 factors should be applied to data in reporting year 01/04/21 - 31/03/22, the 2020 factors should have been applied to data in reporting year 01/04/20 - 31/03/21). Users that operate a July to June reporting year should apply the newest set of available factors."

@@EMSmastery Thank you, found this info in the spreadsheet. All clear, except what if my company reporting year is from October To the end of September? The greatest portion of a calendar year is in the past in this case. Do I apply 2023 factors until the end of September and use 2024 from October? Thank you in advance :)

In your example, I would treat the period: October to December 2023 using the UK GHG Conversion Factors for 2023 & use the 2024 factors for he period: January to September 2024.

Good point - Thank you for your feedback.

Agreed - It is a privilege to have the clarity to have seen both sides of the UKAS-accredited divide from your role and a consultant and sub-contract auditor. The more that can be communicated on the clear benefits from UKAS-accredited certification, the better for businesses and users alike.

@@EMSmastery There is some good guidance on this Government website that they have beefed up a few years ago and also updated this year: www.gov.uk/guidance/conformity-assessment-and-accreditation#:~:text=UKAS%20(United%20Kingdom%20Accreditation%20Service,healthcare%20scientific%20and%20diagnostic%20services.

Agreed - For your comments on ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 but for ISO 9001 and other Management System Standards, it will require consideration of climate change.

@@EMSmastery I get the feeling “consideration” will be open to negotiation. Will be interesting on how CBs react.

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Many thanks! If you are promoting World Environment Day for 2024, please feel free to link to this video on the SocEnv website

That is a good question - Plants and trees can respirate CO2 and expire oxygen during the day. At night, they respire oxygen and expire co2, but to a much lesser degree. The plans for using trees to absorb CO2 is only one of he proposed methods of converting atmospheric CO2 into the growth and structure of the tree. Obviously, the number of trees to achieve this alone exceeds the number of reasonably number of tree, which can be planted in the foreseeable future. It is easier to reduce the amount of CO2 entering the atmosphere rather than trying to absorb it by planting new trees.

Agreed - The fan community and the general public have a right to hold Premier League football clubs to a higher standard especially environmental sustainability. Hopefully Blackburn can make it back into the Premier League - It only took Brentford, 77 year, since its last match in the top flight on 26 May 1947.

Thank you for your feedback. The video is designed to explain what 1 tonne of Carbon Dioxide would look like to & to visualise it in daily situations. Your comment expands upon the wider issues not covered in my video, namely, the benefits and disbenefits of CO2 in the earth's atmosphere. The minimum amount of CO2 to sustain plant growth is 150 ppm with the current atmosphere levels at 425 (8 February 2024). At the elevated levels of CO2, largely, generated by humans (e.g. use of fossil fuels in power plants, flight and transportation), the Carbon Dioxide (and other Greenhouse Gases) are having more than the beneficial effects on plant growth, they are having negative impacts affecting our weather cycles impacting on food crops, extreme weather events experience across the globe & jeopardising the safety of small island states.

Glad that the video on PAS 2080:2023 was useful for you.

Thank you for your feedback - Two years is a long time for the life of the video It is good to see that the same type of smart plugs are available to suit your needs from Tapo and other makes & are cheaper. Enjoy your smartplug use.

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There is a lot in your comment - The COP meetings are not addressing the urgency of the climate emergency / crisis. There was concern about COP28 being held by a state that is heavily invested in fossil fuels, COP29 is likely to be similar with Azerbaijan, the host country, appointing Ecology Minister Mukhtar Babayev as the President-Designate to oversee the COP29 climate conference. He was, previously, worked in the Department of Foreign Economic Relations of the State Oil Company of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOCAR).