Isra-Mart srl: Consultancy aims to wave goodbye to lengthy life-cycle analysis

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A new footprinting service piloted by Tesco and PepsiCo promises to accelerate impact calculations for businesses looking to cut emissions from their supply chain and products.

The new Product Portfolio Footprinting service has been launched by consultancy Best Foot Forward to help companies with substantive products ranges avoid lengthy lifecycle analyses on each one.

By compiling materials and emissions data about each component, which can then be applied to different product ranges and combined with sales data, Best Foot Forward said it analysed over 300 Crown Paints products in less than 10 weeks.

"Our business now has detailed footprints for all of our products manufactured in the UK, and we've used the findings to set sustainability targets for the business going forward," said Mark Lloyd, sustainability manager at Crown Paints. "Crown Paints is working with our supply chain to target high carbon impacts, to see how we can reduce our final product footprints."

Major companies are increasingly aware of the cost-saving opportunities asspciated with reducing carbon emissiosn across their supply chain.

Research by published by the Carbon Trust in September found around 40 per cent of multinational companies are currently monitoring supply chain emissions, while 80 per cent of those that do not are planning to have a programme in place in the next three years.

Simon Miller, director at Best Foot Forward, said that the new product will help large businesses understand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions across their supply chains.

"Many larger businesses are looking for ways to reduce their total footprint in the most intelligent, efficient way," he said.

"It's estimated that the top 100 companies together control more than one quarter of the key resources in global supply chains. Changing what those companies do can have a huge impact."