Presentation on carbon footprints, metrics, measurement, and management. Learn more about Sustainable Business & Design at: http://sustainablelifemedia.com

1. Using Product
Baselines as the
Foundation for Carbon
Footprints
Phil Berry
Sustainable Product Works

2. “Traditional” carbon footprint approach – start in
Scope 1 and work your way out…
• Scope 1: Direct emissions from things you own.
• Scope 2: Indirect emissions from electricity you buy – power plant
• Scope 3: Other indirect emissions – materials, supply chain,
transportation logistics, product use, possibly the services
you supply.

3. Traditional
Scope 1:
A set of discrete
numbers potentially
unassociated with
Scope 1
your business’s core Owned Operations
products or services.

4. Traditional
Scope 1 and 2:
Multiple sets of Scope 2
Power plant emissions
discrete numbers
potentially
Scope 1
unassociated with Owned Operations
your business’s core
products or services.

5. Traditional Scope 3
Materials, supply chain, and product
Impacts
Scope 3:
Now, after building a Scope 2
Power plant emissions
system for Scopes 1
& 2 – you find the
Scope 1
ability to connect Owned Operations
climate impact to
products, supply
chains or services.
But your systems, or
climate metrics, may
not be built for it…

6. Product or Service Scope 3
Materials, supply chain, and product
Impacts
Baseline:
From the start, build a Scope 2
Power plant emissions
system to connect
climate impact / GHG
Scope 1
to product or services. Owned Operations
Done well, it can still
be a compliant
methodology. Pro
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7. Product #1 with Scope 1 and 2
11% 3%
12% Product Creation
Manufacturing
Product Logistics
49%
Distribution
Retail
25%

8. Product #1 with all product contributions
4%
1%
4%
9%
Product Creation
Raw Materials
Raw Material Logistics
45%
18% Manufacturing
Product Logistics
Distribution
Retail
19%

9. Graphic Display of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in a Product Life Cycle
Allocations
Operations
Raw Materials
Manufacturing
Product Trans.
Distribution
Retail
Product Take-Back