Posted by: johnny_a
in MyBlog on Oct 29, 2008
BSI British Standards, the UK's National Standards Body,has launched a new standard that allows businesses to assess the carbon footprint of their goods and services throughout their entire life cycle. This standard, called PAS 2050, is a consistent way of counting the greenhouse gas emissions embedded in goods and services throughout their entire life cycle - from sourcing raw materials, through to manufacture, distribution, use and disposal. and play a greater part in fighting climate change, thanks to a new standard launched by BSI British Standards, the Carbon Trust and Defra.
The aim of the new standard is to help businesses move beyond managing the emissions their own processes create and to look at the opportunities for reducing emissions in the design, making and supplying of products. This will then help businesses make goods or services which are less carbon intensive and ultimately develop new products with lower carbon footprints.
