The annual expenses on employee travels amounted to approximately 1,5 million euro (including hotel expenses). Measuring the carbon footprint on a structural basis, whether using a relative simple tool like the one developed in this research or a more advanced method, will provide a strong incentive to reduce the carbon emissions and hence to save a substantial amount of costs. Also, an increasing number of universities, internationally but also in the Netherlands, are already measuring their carbon footprint.EUR should move in pace with this development and start measuring and reporting about their carbon emissions, and take their social responsibility in mitigating the effects of climate change and environmental pollution created by their operations.