Towards certified carbon footprints of products - a road map for data production - Climate Bonus project report (WP3)

Kirsi Usva, Mikko Hongisto, Merja Saarinen, Ari Nissinen, Juha-Matti Katajajuuri, Adriaan Perrels, Pauliina Nurmi, Sirpa Kurppa and Sirkka Koskela

No 143:2, Research Reports from VATT Institute for Economic Research

Abstract: This report is a part of a series of reports from the Climate Bonus project. The report illustrates the basic structure of a system that could produce strict and reliable data needed for generating product-oriented carbon footprints in Finland. It also represents a road map for developing the system for the energy and food sectors. Steering mechanisms, standards and possible data sources central to the system are also reviewed. Accuracy and a scope of the outlined system should be developed step by step, starting from the major emission sources, processes and products. Account has also been taken of linkages between the proposed system and existing environmental management systems, annual reporting practices and the European emission-trading scheme (EU-ETS).

Keywords: Greenhouse gases (GHG), carbon footprint, indirect emissions, life cycle assessment (LCA), input-output modelling, monitoring of emissions, verification, guarantee of origin, environmental product declaration (EPD), product certification, supply chain management, kasvihuonekaasupäästöt, hiilijalanjälki, välilliset päästöt, elinkaariarviointi, LCA, panos-tuotosmallinnus, päästöjen monitorointi, verifiointi, alkuperäjärjestelmä, ympäristöseloste, tuotesertifiointi, tuoteketjun hallinta, Environment, Ympäristö, Labor market and policies promoting economic growth, Työmarkkinat ja kasvua tukeva politiikka, O130 - Economic Development: Agriculture; Natural Resources; Energy; Environment; Other Primary Products, O310 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives, O330 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes (includes impact on production, welfare, income distribution, international competitiveness, military power, measurement, and case studies; international transfer of technology), Q010 - Sustainable Development, Q190 - Agriculture: Other, Q490 - Energy: Other, Q540 - Climate; Natural Disasters, Q550 - Environmental Economics: Technological Innovation, Q560 - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounting, (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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