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By calculating the carbon footprint of your products and services and implementing a carbon management programme, your business can benefit and you can make an important contribution to fighting climate change. Benefits include saving money by reducing costs, improving processes, adding credibility to marketing claims and identifying the carbon pressures on your business now and into the future.

In-depth carbon footprinting knowledge and hands-on experience
Our substantial knowledge and experience with carbon labelling, life cycle analysis (LCA), product and services footprinting and supply chain analysis ensures that our clients receive a robust analysis. Our extensive technical expertise in carbon management, sustainable energy, energy efficiency, product design and logistics management allows us to both rapidly identify supply-chain based carbon abatement opportunities for our clients, as well as support their implementation.

International carbon footprinting experience
Ecofys has worked across a broad range of sectors on carbon footprinting and supply-chain analysis, and provided detailed advice on carbon reduction options. Our strong track record in stakeholder engagement means we are able to efficiently obtain data from companies in both up and downstream supply chains. Thanks to our international network, you get both insights into local supply chains and the ability to cover global operations.

At the forefront of carbon footprinting initiatives
Our experts are directly involved in the world’s leading corporate carbon footprinting and supply-chain standards initiatives. Specific experience in the UK includes supporting the Carbon Trust in developing their product carbon labelling scheme, including undertaking product footprints using the PAS 2050 standard.