New LCA-based environmental indicator for evaluating the positive climate impacts of products
Environmental impacts are often expressed through footprint indicators describing a negative impact, as in the familiar carbon and water footprints. Until now, companies have lacked the means to present positive effects. Now, VTT and LUT University alongside with Finnish companies have developed a method and guidelines for evaluating and communicating on the carbon handprint of products. The carbon handprint describes the positive climate impacts of a product. The initiative for the development of a carbon handprint came from Finnish companies. It is based on existing, standardised LCA methodologies, such as the carbon footprint.
Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2018-12-environmental-indicator-positive-climate-impacts.html