Carbon Footprint

A carbon footprint is based on a life cycle assessment (LCA) but focuses on a single issue which is climate change.

Carbon footprint

A carbon footprint measures all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the life cycle of your product or service such as such as carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, etc. This helps reveal opportunities for reduction of emissions as well as prevent negative trade-offs, i.e. the shifting of environmental burdens from one stage of the life cycle to another.

In order to comply with the high requirements of an LCA or an international standard, it is impossible to rely on company specific data only. Most companies will be faced with the challenge of missing data, particularly with regards to secondary processes.

Our solution

• SimaPro includes several high quality transparent databases with a broad international scope, including the well known Swiss based ecoinvent database.
• SimaPro allows you to model all GHG emissions of your product or service in a systematic and transparent way. Primary data specific to your product can be incorporated into you analyses and combined with secondary data on GHG emissions available from the SimaPro databases.

Our Consultancy Team has the expertise to conduct product carbon footprints (PCF) in conformance with PAS 2050, the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067.

Below is an overview of the different standards.