Product carbon footprint
The Chancery Lane Project, Glossary entries, states in relation to a Product Carbon Footprint: ‘This product-specific definition of Carbon Footprint may be favoured by larger companies when assessing the overall environmental impact of their products (goods and / or services) and meeting CSR obligations. Product Carbon Footprint is sometimes abbreviated to ‘PCF’. The Product Carbon Footprint sums up the total Greenhouse Gas emissions generated by a product over the different stages of its life cycle, ‘from cradle to grave’… In recent years, various standards have been developed to determine the CO2 balance of products. The best-known standards for calculating a carbon footprint are the British PAS 2050, the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067...’
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