Product Carbon Footprinting
Measuring Greenhouse Gas Impacts across the Product Life Cycle
End-to-End Analysis of Your Products’ Carbon Intensity
Expertly prepared product carbon footprints based on ISO 14067 and the WRI Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol provide solid and transparent information about the carbon intensity of your products.
Our Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) experts examine the carbon intensity of your product over its full lifecycle, including raw material extraction, manufacturing, transportation and distribution, use, and end of life disposal. Product carbon footprints can be communicated to your customers and supply chains and can be used as a basis for pursuing carbon neutral certification once verified.
Product carbon footprints can be used by organizations of all sizes and types, in any location, to assess the climate change impacts of your products.
Methods for Product Carbon Footprinting
We utilize WRI/WBCSD GHG Protocol or ISO/TS 14067 accounting methodology to establish your carbon footprint.
The WRI GHG Protocol is an international accounting tool widely used by governments and business leaders to understand GHG emissions. As of 2011, the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard focuses on life cycle GHG emissions for products over their life cycle.
ISO published ISO/TS 14067 “Carbon Footprints of Products,” which covers quantification and communication requirements of GHG emissions associated with products and services.
Levels of impact captured by carbon footprint approaches vary based on the data collected, the impacts included, and the calculation methods used.
Benefits of Carbon Footprinting with SCS
While GHG emissions are often assessed only at the organizational level, SCS implements best practices to expand the breadth and depth of carbon footprinting to include the impacts of goods produced. Through a seamless process meant to maximize transparency, accuracy, and accountability in reporting, SCS works with your company to engage the life cycle of GHG emissions associated with your products along a spectrum of activities and outcomes:
- Identifying energy and emissions hotspots, and validating efficiency opportunities to ensure consistent, transparent, and measurable reductions over the long term.
- Evaluate alternative product configurations, sourcing and manufacturing methods, raw material choices, and supplier selection
- Report on corporate responsibility
- Meet customer expectations by gaining the metrics to manage your product carbon footprint
- Identify environmental risks in the supply chain
- Position yourself to compete in a carbon-constrained economy
- Improve brand recognition and corporate reputation in new consumer markets