Standards for Calculating a Carbon Footprint

Stefanie Lewandowski, André Ullrich ORCID Icon, Norbert Gronau ORCID Icon
JournalIndustrie 4.0 Management
Issue Volume 37, 2021, Edition 4, Pages 17-20
Open Accesshttps://doi.org/10.30844/I40M_21-4_S17-20
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Abstract

Carbon footprints are a widely discussed topic impacting the individuals as well as companies. A company can be transparent in their actions, by publishing a carbon footprint. These footprints can be calculated for a single product or the whole company. However, there is a variety of different carbon footprint standards. The internationally most recognized ones are the publicly available specification 2050, Greenhouse Gas protocol (2011) and ISO 14067. This paper compares the standards and gives a recommendation for the application of product carbon footprints.

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