Overview

North Energy can enhance your business. Measuring carbon emissions at every step of the supply chain leads to valuable energy and cost saving opportunities, and publicising your products' carbon footprint with the Carbon Trust’s Carbon Reduction Label enhances brand reputation and sales appeal.

What is a Product Carbon Footprint?

A Product Carbon Footprint is the total carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases emitted during the life of a product, including production, use and disposal.

For example, the carbon footprint for sugar includes cultivation, transportation of all inputs, and processing stages at the plant. It also includes the emissions from transportation and retailing as well as disposal of the packaging.

What is Footprint Expert™?

Footprint Expert™ is a unique and comprehensive toolkit developed by The Carbon Trust Footprinting Company that allows organisations to calculate a reliable, consistent and verifiable carbon footprint – and is designed to save time and money in the process.

The benefits of Footprint Expert™ include:

• Reducing the cost, time and effort involved in product carbon footprinting
• Providing guidance through the process in a simple jargon-free way
• Helping to produce consistent, reliable results
• Giving you the ability to interpret the results to demonstrate areas where reductions could be made
• Footprint model framework built on MS Excel to reduce learning curve and assist in collaborative information sharing across your supply chain
• The ability to undertake a carbon footprint measurement which allows you to certify and communicate if desired in the future

What is Involved?

The footprinting process consists of four essential steps:

• Building a process map, including setting boundaries, understanding data available and identifying sources and contacts
• Collecting primary data from members of the supply chain and collating secondary data
• Assessing materiality (an iterative process)
• Building the carbon footprint

To find out more about Footprint Expert™, visit www.footprintexpert.com
. North Energy have registered as Footprint Expert™ Consultants and can undertake a fully comprehensive Carbon Footprint for your product.

The Carbon Reduction Label

Once the carbon footprint has been determined and certified, a Carbon Reduction Label may be displayed on the product and advertising. More details can be found at www.carbon-label.com.

Next Steps

For more details about how North Energy can help with your carbon footprinting requirements please call Nigel Mortimer on 0114 2012604 or email him at nigel.mortimer@northenergy.co.uk