Carbon leakage has been debated ad infinitum in the context of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The concept refers to the risk that by imposing additional costs on CO2 emissions within the boundaries of a country or region, business activity will be displaced to other regions and CO2 emissions will continue as before. Now the broader issue of “sustainability leakage” looms on the horizon....
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Blog posts for the Product LCA category are listed below.
Sustainability Leakage Debate Looms On The Horizon
- Tagged in :
- Sustainability Marketing,
- Product LCA
The Midlife Crisis Of Carbon Labels
Large procurers such as BT, McDonalds and Wal-Mart are increasingly requiring evidence of suppliers’ environmental credentials while multinationals such as Apple and Unilever are shifting from a narrow ‘enterprise sustainability’ view to focus on product level sustainability. Both of these developments lead back to thinking about the best use of voluntary environmental product labels....
Where does it come from? Traceability issues inspire sustainable supply chain progress
Traceability in the supply chain is rapidly becoming a hot sustainability topic as global brands realise that tackling their most significant environmental impacts requires digging down several tiers into their supplier base. Puma’s Environmental Profit & Loss account reveals that 57% of the value of its impacts lies with Tier 4, raw material suppliers. ...
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- Energy Management,
- Carbon Strategy,
- Sustainability Marketing,
- Product LCA
