Carbon Footprint Certificate

What Is a Carbon Footprint?

Carbon footprint is the term for tracking and measuring the greenhouse-gas load that a product or service releases into the atmosphere. It covers calculating the volume of greenhouse gases linked to human activity, production, and consumption that drive climate change.

Which Standards Cover Carbon Footprint?

• ISO 14064-1, ISO 14064-2
• ISO 14067-1 (Carbon Footprint)
• PAS 2050
• IPCC Guidelines
• EU Emissions Trading Standards
• ISO 14064-3, ISO 14065, ISO 14066
• ISO 14067-2, ISO 14025

Calculating the carbon footprint cuts greenhouse-gas emissions, brings costs down, shows the emission impact across production stages, and makes the company more responsive on environmental and corporate-social-responsibility issues, and meets the demand of consumers who look for carbon-footprint and green-product data.

PAS 2050 Carbon Footprint Standard

PAS 2050 (Publicly Available Specification 2050) sets the requirements for assessing the greenhouse-gas emissions of products. It was developed under the lead of the British Standards Institution, Defra, and the Carbon Trust, and was published in 2008.

What Are the Stages in PAS 2050 Carbon Footprint Determination?

• Mapping the product process (identifying all materials from raw material through to finished product)
• Identifying emission sources
• Data collection
• Greenhouse-gas emission calculation (carbon footprint calculation)
• Determining the carbon footprint sensitivity
• Greenhouse-gas emissions report
• Greenhouse-gas emissions verification

ISO 14067 Carbon Footprint Standard

Published by ISO, the standard covers the requirements for determining and measuring the carbon footprint across a product's life-cycle processes. It enables companies to calculate the carbon footprint of their activities. Accurate measurement is a meaningful step toward carbon reduction. Companies applying ISO 14067 gain the ability to compare results with other firms.

ISO 14067 was designed to align with existing documents (the Greenhouse Gas Protocol developed through cooperation between the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the World Resources Institute (WRI), and PAS 2050, the British specification for assessing life-cycle greenhouse-gas emissions of goods and services) and to create a globally applicable certificate suitable for the world market.

Measuring the carbon footprint signals your corporate environmental responsibility, sharpens your competitive position, and demonstrates commitment to your customers.

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