Process / pipelineClimate change mitigation and accounting
Carbon Footprint Analysis
Carbon footprint analysis quantifies the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—expressed in CO2-equivalent (CO2e)—attributable to an activity, product, organization, or process. Developed from life cycle assessment (LCA) and Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) methodologies, carbon accounting encompasses direct emissions (operations, combustion) and indirect emissions (supply chain, energy consumption, waste). Carbon footprints inform climate mitigation strategies, corporate sustainability reporting, product labeling, and carbon pricing mechanisms.
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Sources
- International Organization for Standardization. (2018). ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements and Guidelines. link ↗
- World Resources Institute & World Business Council for Sustainable Development. (2011). The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Revised Edition). WRI/WBCSD. link ↗
- Weidema, B. P., et al. (2013). The ecoinvent Database – Overview and Methodology. ecoinvent Report No. 1(v3). Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories. link ↗