This report describes a radical new way for businesses to cut carbon emissions across their supply chain, make cost savings and deliver low carbon products and services to the consumer. Walkers and Trinity Mirror have pioneered the "carbon audit" of their supply chains to build the lifetime carbon footprint of their products.

ΠΕΡΙΕΧΟΜΕΝΑ:

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Key findings from the pilot projects)

INTRODUCTION

Building on carbon management

Economy wide emissions

Low carbon supply chain pilot

METHOD: CARBON MANAGEMENT ACROSS THE SUPPLY CHAIN

The overall approach

The detailed methodology

Geography

RESULTS OF THE PILOT

Benefits

Challenges

Standard outputs

CASE STUDY 1 –WALKERS

CASE STUDY 2- TRINITY MIRROR

CONCLUSION

Carbon footprints in the supply chain.pdf 

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