I'm more interested in the numbers for the WMF as a whole. One CEO does not make an emissions problem, and in a global-reaching organization I'd hope that the CEO would be flying around a bit. Focusing on the ten or so executives at the Foundation seems like a sensational approach rather than a useful one.
Adrian On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:24 AM Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> 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 > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User: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>
