Task 2_Net-zero idea scoring
High-level scoring of each net-zero driving idea, including implementation difficulty, implementation timeframe, short-term cost impact, and expec
maximum impact. Remember, you have 25 resource points to "spend" on the selection of these ideas for implementation.
Note 1: Determine the return on investment of each point by creating the last column, which divides the expected impact of the idea by the resour
Idea
Introduce a higher bar for employee travel, e.g., flights not permitted where train travel is available and reasonable
Provide recycling bins and educate employees on their benefits for the environment
Appoint net-zero champions within each location to encourage compliance and build excitement for our net-zero initiatives
Encourage usage of digital documentation and print documents on both sides by default when printing is absolutely required
Permit employees to work from home to reduce their commuting emissions
Provide enhanced distributed working tools and policies to enable more telecommuting (e.g., video call technology)
Purchase more carbon offsets to compensate for remaining emissions
Replace paper promotional items (brochures, etc.) with digital ones, leveraging QR codes, etc.
Completely remove single-use plastic from our facilities
Automate the heating/cooling of the office to conserve energy during the winter/summer months to maintain the temperature at
comfortable level
Source energy from renewable sources rather than non-renewable ones
Offer public transport subsidies to encourage employees to utilise greener transport methods
Change customer communications policies to online-only by default, requiring customers to opt-in to receive paper-based
communications
Consider solar panels at branches where conditions allow
Consolidate equipment/supply providers and deliveries to ensure fewer trips
Require energy compliance audit of each facility every 12 months, where an emissions expert provides suggestions to reduce
emissions further
Utilise automatic, sensor-driven lighting to shut off lights in areas that are not in use
Expand product offering to enable more tasks to be done online, requiring less customer visits/less cars on the road, etc.
Reduce the amount of electrical components that are always on within the branches, e.g., informational TV screens, number of ATMs,
etc.
Develop educational campaigns to increase customer awareness of tasks which are available online
Improve the user experience of our online products/tasks to remove barrier to wider adoption
Build more products in the cloud/migrate existing products to the cloud where emissions are lower
Consolidate branches where the distance between two (or more) is within an acceptable range
Ensure windows and doors close quickly to control temperature (e.g., don’t let front doors remain open to let heat escape in winter)
Reconfigure food and beverage options within corporate offices to source local, greener options
Revisit employee uniform standards and source from greener options where possible
Implement nudge signposting around the office to remind employees of the environmental impact of their actions
This Virtual Experience is designed and produced by InsideSherpa Inc (d/b/a Forage, a Delaware incorporation located at 251 Little
Falls Drive, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808-1675 United States of America (“Forage”)) for educational purposes only and is subject to
the terms and conditions of this website.
Nothing presented in this Virtual Experience should be taken as an accurate representation of the HSBC Group’s views or the work
undertaken by the HSBC Group. Nothing in this Virtual Experience is intended to promote or advertise any product or service by any
member of the HSBC Group of companies. To learn more about HSBC Group’s business visit www.hsbc.com.
All tasks, materials, companies and people featured in this Virtual Experience are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to
real persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.
The supporting documents and model answer in this task are not a reflection of the activities undertaken by HSBC to achieve net zero.
Information on HSBC’s commitment to net zero is available here: https://www.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-climate-strategy/net-zero-
in-our-operations
cost impact, and expected impact on emissions. Use this data to determine what ideas you would recommend focusing on to drive
the idea by the resource points required to implement that idea. Sort the list by this value (descending).
Impact on short term cost
Implementation difficulty Time needed to implement (Large decrease to large Expected impact on emissions
(1 = low, 5 = high) (months) increase) (1 = low, 10 = high)
1 1 Large decrease 6
1 1 Negligible 5
1 3 Negligible 4
1 2 Medium decrease 4
2 2 Medium decrease 6
2 1 Medium increase 6
3 3 Large increase 9
1 3 Large decrease 3
2 2 Small decrease 5
2 3 Large decrease 5
4 12 Medium increase 10
3 2 Medium increase 3
2 2 Large decrease 4
5 24 Large increase 5
2 6 Negligible 4
3 6 Small increase 6
2 6 Small decrease 4
4 9 Large increase 6
2 2 Small decrease 3
3 5 Small increase 4
3 6 Medium increase 4
4 12 Large increase 5
4 15 Small decrease 5
3 2 Medium decrease 3
3 3 Medium increase 3
1 1 Negligible 1
2 1 Negligible 1
Impact per resource point
(column F / column C)
6
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2.5
2.5
2.5
1
2
1
2
2
2
1.5
1.5
1.33333333333333
1.33333333333333
1.25
1.25
1
1
1
0.5
Task 2_Net-zero idea scoring
High-level scoring of each net-zero driving idea, including implementation difficulty, implementation timeframe, short-term cost impact, and expected im
maximum impact. Remember, you have 25 resource points to "spend" on the selection of these ideas for implementation.
Note 2a: Once you sort by impact per resource point, the best-performing ideas, relative to their cost, are at the top of this list. Those should be chosen fi
Note 2b: When there is a tie (e.g., there are three ideas that each cost your last two resource points, each worth two impact per point, (highlighted in ye
Idea
Introduce a higher bar for employee travel, e.g., flights not permitted where train travel is available and reasonable
Provide recycling bins and educate employees on their benefits for the environment
Appoint net-zero champions within each location to encourage compliance and build excitement for our net-zero initiatives
Encourage usage of digital documentation and print documents on both sides by default when printing is absolutely required
Permit employees to work from home to reduce their commuting emissions
Provide enhanced distributed working tools and policies to enable more telecommuting (e.g., video call technology)
Purchase more carbon offsets to compensate for remaining emissions
Replace paper promotional items (brochures, etc.) with digital ones, leveraging QR codes, etc.
Completely remove single-use plastic from our facilities
Automate the heating/cooling of the office to conserve energy during the winter/summer months to maintain the temperature at
comfortable level
Source energy from renewable sources rather than non-renewable ones
Offer
Change public transport
customer subsidies to encourage
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customers to opt-in to receive paper-based
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Utilise automatic, sensor-driven lighting to shut off lights in areas that are not in use
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Develop educational campaigns to increase customer awareness of tasks which are available online
Improve the user experience of our online products/tasks to remove barrier to wider adoption
Build more products in the cloud/migrate existing products to the cloud where emissions are lower
Consolidate branches where the distance between two (or more) is within an acceptable range
Ensure windows and doors close quickly to control temperature (e.g., don’t let front doors remain open to let heat escape in winter)
Reconfigure food and beverage options within corporate offices to source local, greener options
Revisit employee uniform standards and source from greener options where possible
Implement nudge signposting around the office to remind employees of the environmental impact of their actions
This Virtual Experience is designed and produced by InsideSherpa Inc (d/b/a Forage, a Delaware incorporation located at 251 Little Falls
Drive, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808-1675 United States of America (“Forage”)) for educational purposes only and is subject to the terms
and conditions of this website.
Nothing presented in this Virtual Experience should be taken as an accurate representation of the HSBC Group’s views or the work
undertaken by the HSBC Group. Nothing in this Virtual Experience is intended to promote or advertise any product or service by any
member of the HSBC Group of companies. To learn more about HSBC Group’s business visit www.hsbc.com.
All tasks, materials, companies and people featured in this Virtual Experience are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real
persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.
The supporting documents and model answer in this task are not a reflection of the activities undertaken by HSBC to achieve net zero.
Information on HSBC’s commitment to net zero is available here: https://www.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-climate-strategy/net-zero-in-
our-operations
t impact, and expected impact on emissions. Use this data to determine what ideas you would recommend focusing on to drive
Those should be chosen first (highlighted in orange).
r point, (highlighted in yellow), you will need to determine which idea makes the most sense based on other considerations.
Impact on short term cost
Implementation difficulty Time needed to implement (Large decrease to large Expected impact on emissions
(1 = low, 5 = high) (months) increase) (1 = low, 10 = high)
1 1 Large decrease 6
1 1 Negligible 5
1 3 Negligible 4
1 2 Medium decrease 4
2 2 Medium decrease 6
2 1 Medium increase 6
3 3 Large increase 9
1 3 Large decrease 3
2 2 Small decrease 5
2 3 Large decrease 5
4 12 Medium increase 10
3 2 Medium increase 3
2 2 Large decrease 4
5 24 Large increase 5
2 6 Negligible 4
3 6 Small increase 6
2 6 Small decrease 4
4 9 Large increase 6
2 2 Small decrease 3
3 5 Small increase 4
3 6 Medium increase 4
4 12 Large increase 5
4 15 Small decrease 5
3 2 Medium decrease 3
3 3 Medium increase 3
1 1 Negligible 1
2 1 Negligible 1
Impact per resource point
(column F / column C)
6
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2.5
2.5
2.5
1
2
1
2
2
2
1.5
1.5
1.33333333333333
1.33333333333333
1.25
1.25
1
1
1
0.5
Task 2_Net-zero idea scoring
High-level scoring of each net-zero driving idea, including implementation difficulty, implementation timeframe, short-term cost impact, and expected im
maximum impact. Remember, you have 25 resource points to "spend" on the selection of these ideas for implementation.
Note 3: In this case, the customer communications default policy change is the preferred idea, given its performance on the tiebreakers. Not only is it the
Idea
Introduce a higher bar for employee travel, e.g., flights not permitted where train travel is available and reasonable
Provide recycling bins and educate employees on their benefits for the environment
Appoint net-zero champions within each location to encourage compliance and build excitement for our net-zero initiatives
Encourage usage of digital documentation, and print documents on both sides by default when printing is absolutely required
Permit employees to work from home to reduce their commuting emissions
Provide enhanced distributed working tools and policies to enable more telecommuting (e.g., video call technology)
Purchase more carbon offsets to compensate for remaining emissions
Replace paper promotional items (brochures, etc.) with digital ones, leveraging QR codes, etc.
Completely remove single-use plastic from our facilities
Automate the heating/cooling of the office to conserve energy during the winter/summer months to maintain the temperature at
comfortable level
Source energy from renewable sources rather than non-renewable ones
Offer public transport subsidies to encourage employees to utilise greener transport methods
Change customer communications policies to online-only by default, requiring customers to opt-in to receive paper-based communications
Consider solar panels at branches where conditions allow
Consolidate equipment/supply
Require energy compliance auditproviders
of each and deliveries
facility tomonths,
every 12 ensure fewer
wheretrips
an emissions expert provides suggestions to reduce emissions
further
Utilise automatic, sensor-driven lighting to shut off lights in areas that are not in use
Expand product offering to enable more tasks to be done online, requiring less customer visits/less cars on the road, etc.
Reduce the amount of electrical components that are always on within the branches, e.g., informational TV screens, number of ATMs, etc.
Develop educational campaigns to help increase customer awareness of tasks which are available online
Improve the user experience of our online products/tasks to remove barrier to wider adoption
Build more products in the cloud/migrate existing products to the cloud where emissions are lower
Consolidate branches where the distance between two (or more) is within an acceptable range
Ensure windows and doors close quickly to control temperature (e.g., don’t let front doors remain open to let heat escape in winter)
Reconfigure food and beverage options within corporate offices to source local, greener options
Revisit employee uniform standards and source from greener options where possible
Implement nudge signposting around the office to remind employees of the environmental impact of their actions
This Virtual Experience is designed and produced by InsideSherpa Inc (d/b/a Forage, a Delaware incorporation located at 251 Little Falls
Drive, Wilmington, Delaware, 19808-1675 United States of America (“Forage”)) for educational purposes only and is subject to the terms
and conditions of this website.
Nothing presented in this Virtual Experience should be taken as an accurate representation of the HSBC Group’s views or the work
undertaken by the HSBC Group. Nothing in this Virtual Experience is intended to promote or advertise any product or service by any member
of the HSBC Group of companies. To learn more about HSBC Group’s business visit www.hsbc.com.
All tasks, materials, companies and people featured in this Virtual Experience are simulated and entirely fictional. Any resemblance to real
persons (either living or dead) or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.
The supporting documents and model answer in this task are not a reflection of the activities undertaken by HSBC to achieve net zero.
Information on HSBC’s commitment to net zero is available here: https://www.hsbc.com/who-we-are/our-climate-strategy/net-zero-in-our-
operations
mpact, and expected impact on emissions. Use this data to determine what ideas you would recommend focusing on to drive
eakers. Not only is it the quickest of the three to implement, it also has the largest decrease in cost, which is an added bonus.
Impact on short term cost
Implementation difficulty Time needed to implement (Large decrease to large Expected impact on emissions
(1 = low, 5 = high) (months) increase) (1 = low, 10 = high)
1 1 Large decrease 6
1 1 Negligible 5
1 3 Negligible 4
1 2 Medium decrease 4
2 2 Medium decrease 6
2 1 Medium increase 6
3 3 Large increase 9
1 3 Large decrease 3
2 2 Small decrease 5
2 3 Large decrease 5
4 12 Medium increase 10
3 2 Medium increase 3
2 2 Large decrease 4
5 24 Large increase 5
2 6 Negligible 4
3 6 Small increase 6
2 6 Small decrease 4
4 9 Large increase 6
2 2 Small decrease 3
3 5 Small increase 4
3 6 Medium increase 4
4 12 Large increase 5
4 15 Small decrease 5
3 2 Medium decrease 3
3 3 Medium increase 3
1 1 Negligible 1
2 1 Negligible 1
Impact per resource point
(column F / column C)
6
5
4
4
3
3
3
3
2.5
2.5
2.5
1
2
1
2
2
2
1.5
1.5
1.33333333333333
1.33333333333333
1.25
1.25
1
1
1
0.5
