Calculate your product carbon footprint, including greenhouse gas emissions.
A product carbon footprint study is a form of life cycle assessment which calculates the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of your product or range of products. By measuring the carbon footprint of a product we can then assess how much a product affects climate change. This enables manufacturers to start to take action to reduce emissions, and take action towards reducing the rate of climate change, too.
A Product Carbon Footprint will...
- Accurately calculate Scope 3 impacts by understanding the indirect emissions from product-related activities throughout the supply chain.
- Demonstrate transparency for your customers, because you understand the supply-chain environmental impacts associated with products being brought onto the market.
- Highlight the carbon hotspots associated with a product, chiefly these may lie in transportation, or packaging, or manufacture. Occasionally the greatest impacts arise in unexpected areas. Understanding hotspots allows reduction efforts to be more focused and avoid shifting burdens between life cycle stages.
- Finally, by establishing a baseline carbon footprint, organisations and businesses can then set meaningful reduction targets and share them in public initiatives like the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi).
Frequently Asked Questions about Product Carbon Footprint
- How much does a product carbon footprint study cost?
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Costs vary depending on the scope and complexity of the project. For example, a single product PCF can usually be completed relatively affordably. Accordingly, a carbon footprint study on a large range of products or stock keeping units may take more time and may cost more.
- Will a product carbon footprint help me meet my compliance obligations?
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By working with a life cycle assessment consultant like Blue Marble, we will take the time to understand your specific requirements in order to ensure our solution addresses your particular requirement.
- Do you have expertise in our sector?
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We have a broad range of expertise across a number of sectors, especially electronics, construction, education, FMCG, waste management, automotive and pharmaceuticals. We do not specialise in any particular industry, but are able to address all sectors equally.
Why choose Blue Marble?
- We offer highly affordable solutions for businesses wishing to establish the carbon footprint of their products.
- We are consultant-led, meaning we support you throughout the data-gathering process, conduct the modelling and calculations and also report on the impacts.
- We are sustainability professionals with a track-record of providing highly-valuable reporting and analysis for a broad range of clients looking to understand the environmental impact of their products.
Case Studies
Bio-Bin® – Product Carbon Footprint study for a product with strong environmental credentials
Sep 02, 2024
Econix produce the Bio-Bin® – an innovative, paper-based clinical waste container.
Frobishers chooses a life cycle assessment (LCA) for products
Jul 04, 2024
South West drinks brand Frobishers has an ambitious plan to make its products carbon neutral. Managing director David Pearce explains why it has chosen to carry out a life cycle assessment (LCA) with Blue Marble.
LCA Comparing Nappy Waste Recycling Process with Landfill and Incineration Scenarios
Sep 02, 2024
DiaperRecycle is a start-up nappy recycling business based in Melbourne. Their recycling process involves diverting waste disposable nappies from landfills and decreasing greenhouse gas emissions while joining the circular economy and recycling a waste consumer product into other products.
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