Tunring a Lifecycle Carbon Analysis into a competitive advantage
Knowing yourself, your strengths and weaknesses is often a key factor of success in many areas of life; and your company is no exception. In case of low carbon strategies, the rule applies too. This article will explain you why and how to turn a Lifecycle Carbon Analysis (LCA) into a competitive advantage.
The emission factor
Without it, carbon accounting wouldn’t exist. Yet it is data that vary form a region of the globe to another, that need regular update to be relevant, and is compatible with a lot of different units.
We are talking here about the emissions factor (also called Carbon Intensity, or emission intensity), the factor of multiplication that converts quantified data into a kg or a ton of equivalent CO2 (CO2e), allowing to estimate the carbon impact of a complex organisation by a simple sum of the different emission activities.