Oil & Gas Transformation for Carbon Reduction: A Chat with Kelvin Ebgor

In this article, we highlight UK-based Kelvin Egbor, Envana's greenhouse gas (GHG) subject matter expert. Kelvin brings over six years of collective experience in the energy and sustainability sector. Kelvin holds a Master's in Sustainable Energy, Sustainability, and Technology from Reading University and a Bachelor's in Oil and Gas Management from the University of Plymouth.

Kelvin, what excites you most about the emissions management industry and the work you’re doing? What’s your vision? 

There have been numerous reports over the last decade detailing and stressing the urgent need for a system-wide transformation to achieve carbon reductions. What I’ve been most excited about in the emissions management space is the transformation that businesses are undergoing and the shift in mindset from CSR compliance to actively seeking to measure, monitor, and reduce emissions. ESG is changing in meaning and implementation, as do the motivations to engage in, and the benefits reaped from it. 

Where do you think carbon accounting is going in the next few years? 

A direct question to this would be, "What is causing the gap between climate commitments and climate action" — I think the answer is a lack of a consistent and accurate baseline. When examining the path to achieving net zero, it’s not merely about individual operations or the company’s portfolio. It’s about establishing an accurate starting point for these reductions. Carbon accounting requires an extensive data collection and calculation process and the scientific methodologies with which these calculations are performed are important to ensure the credibility of any reporting and green claims. I think a trend that is already emerging, and we’ll continue to see way into the future is the growing importance of transparency, disclosure, and accountability. Similar to how financial accounts are audited, there will be an increasing demand for carbon accounting to be audited to ensure data integrity. 

Envana's Justin Clark, Brian Nelson, and Kelvin Egbor

What do you like about working at Envana? 

What I like most about working at Envana is that we’re actively working to help organisations increase their carbon visibility, discover inefficiencies in their operations, and support their net-zero ambitions. There are many organisations that are still using spreadsheets and manually calculating their emissions and we know that there are inherent risks to this system of carbon accounting ranging from the high degree of human error to the quality of resulting calculations as well as the significant time and energy required to measure these emissions. Our software solutions at Envana alleviates a lot of these concerns and provides a central platform for measuring, monitoring, and managing emissions with a high degree of transparency and auditability of results. 

What’s one word that defines the work you do? 

 "Transformation". 

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