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representation of the client’s business, including cost structure
to the RBA’s baseline. Obviously, with a more comprehensive
understanding of the business, the goals and feedback on
carbon footprint are more precise.
An extension of the EBA is the Mitigation Assessment (MA). The
MA quantifies specific mitigation targets that are, in turn, integrated
into the EBA. Contact Climate Earth for details on this service.
Elsewhere, Climate Cooler’s Michel Gelobter is soon to be
on a DVD near you. As one of the experts in The 11th Hour, a
global warming documentary narrated by Leonardo DiCaprio,
Gelobter has had a lifelong academic and activist commitment
to the environment. With his Cooler Complete, he has come
up with a scalable solution for retailers and manufacturers
committed to becoming carbon neutral.
Since he offers a hybrid approach, the time to complete a
study varies with the depth of the analysis. The costs vary as
well, with “an average of 0.05 to 0.3 percent of a product’s retail
price for its service,” he explains. To initiate the work, you will
need the price of the product, weight and country of origin.
Climate Cooler also has an e-commerce Web site called
Cooler. Cooler makes it easy to allow consumers to eliminate
greenhouse gases attributed to purchases made on the site.
The consumer has thousands of goods or services to choose
from by many manufacturers or retailers, such as REI, Target
and Sony. Once the online purchase has been made, the
participating manufacturer or retailer pays Cooler. Then Cooler,
through carbon offset partners, obviates the global warming
impact of what was sold in 30 days or less.
The above sampling of LCA providers are part a growing
number of organizations that can help a retail or manufacturing
business get on the carbon-neutral highway. Do your homework
before you commit to a firm, and make sure your products or
services complement the provider’s area of expertise.
As carbon mitigation standards and verification strategies
evolve, the LCA industry will become more standardized
and precise. During the next several years, scientific and
technological advances will continue to shape the way we deal
with GHG emissions.
Unfortunately, as a civilization, we have little time to dwell
on the coming changes in the LCA standards.
Sources and Contacts
www.climatecooler.com
www.climateearth.com
www.consciousbrands.com
www.carbonlabels.org
www.zerofootprint.net
www.fivewinds.com
www.scscertified.com
www.sylvatica.com
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