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Product and Corporate Carbon Footprint Services
The next hazardous substance that your company will be asked to provide data on has many names. Carbon, CO2, CO2e, and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) are all common terms in use today to define the amount of Greenhouse Gas released into the atmosphere and are generally referred to as a “carbon footprint”.
Understanding areas, such as Company, Products, and Supply Chain, that are major contributors to the company’s carbon footprint will identify opportunities for cost savings and contribute to the ongoing global efforts to reduce GHG emissions. We forsee that companies will be taxed in many locales around the world for their GHG emissions so starting now can put you in a strong position.
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Identify activities over which you have direct control such as heating, cooling, and lighting of buildings, manufacturing processes, IT, transportation of materials and products within the company, and employee travel. These areas will serve as a basis for identifying the most energy-intensive activities within your company and help to prioritize those areas that have the highest potential for cost savings and carbon footprint reductions.
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Product carbon footprint reporting is being driven by consumers, corporate purchasers, investors, and the likely impact of current and pending regulatory requirements that cap or tax product carbon footprints of products. The benefits derived by accounting for and reporting carbon footprints of products include the ability to identify and reduce significant sources of GHG emissions across the entire product lifecycle, gain public recognition for early voluntary actions, and manage GHG emissions as accountable risks/liabilities.
The carbon footprint of your products can be considered to be the total of the carbon emissions generated by the
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Transportation and logistics are estimated to contribute over 75% of a company’s total Carbon footprint. A good portion of that can be traced to the inbound supply chain.
The supply chain is now more than just cost, service and quality. Tracking and minimizing carbon in the supply chain becomes a key portion of your total carbon management plan.
The implications are enormous when you realize that so many of the standard practices adopted over the years are carbon-intensive. Take Just-In-Time (JIT) as just one example: high frequency/low volume deliveries of materials to manufacturing sites are contraindicated in a carbon management scheme.
Supplier differentiation and supply chain management now includes another element (carbon footprint) that must be measured, controlled, tracked and aggregated through your supply chain. Do your business processes and tools measure up?
Let DCA’s supply chain experts assist in assessing and optimizing your supply chain practices to meet these new challenges
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