PrintCity Alliance Preparing 'Carbon & Energy Reduction' Report

4. Carbon Footprinting is an evaluation tool to measure the environmental impact of a product or process primarily to facilitate the reduction of energy use and to lower GHG emissions; and only secondarily to provide a calculation base to offset emissions that cannot be reduced

5. Current sector or national Carbon Footprinting approaches are confusing, costly and complex – they need to be clear, concise and credible; A harmonized international approach to applying Carbon Footprinting across all elements of the graphics industry value chain is required; Carbon Footprinting will be challenging for small companies unless simplified