How Activity-Based Footprinting Solves the Complexity of LCA’s
‘An LCA is a complex analysis’ Life Cycle Assessments* (LCA) are, by nature, extensive pieces of research. Only trained experts can create reliable assessments that go to the bottom of complex processes and value chains. At least, that’s the common perception. *An LCA is a scientific analysis of the impact one object or process has […]
5 Ways To Use LCA To Make Your Business More Sustainable
Turning environmental data into sustainable action. You can’t make sustainable improvements in your business, without knowing where you stand in the first place. A *Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tells you exactly that. With an LCA, you measure the environmental footprint of a product or your complete product portfolio. The results include impact types such as; […]
5 Steps to Get Suppliers On Board With Sustainability
It has become clear that the role of supply chains on companies’ environmental impact is often very high. Up to a point, where 90% of your total environmental footprint can occur in said supply chains. This impact percentage from your supply chain might seem impressive – but it also opens up many opportunities for substantial […]
Carbon Offsetting: The Do’s & Dont’s To Ensure Your Carbon Offset Is Credible
*This article was created with the help of Alessandra Souroujon from ClimateSeed. Who hasn’t heard of reducing carbon emissions by now, has been living under a rock for the past 6 years. According to the Paris Agreement, we have to halve our carbon footprint by 2030 and become completely carbon neutral in 2050. Over the […]
The EU’s Green Deal & Taxonomy Are a Big Deal: Prepare for LCA’s
The European Green Deal The European Green Deal was presented by the end of 2019, and slowly rolled out and introduced throughout the EU in 2020. The European Green Deal can be described as the following: “The European Green Deal provides a roadmap with actions to boost the efficient use of resources by moving to […]
Science-Based Targets: What They Are, Why They Work & How To Get Going
Increasing numbers of organizations are embracing reporting and reducing their greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). With that incentive in mind, they often aim to set certain (short-term) goals to achieve. But what kind of goals should you really set? How can you make sure your targets truly matter in the long run? You make them science-based. […]
The revised EPD standard ‘EN15804 +A2’: What’s going to change?
What’s the EN15804? To understand this revised standard of the EN15804, it’s useful to first know what this norm initially entails. The EN15804 standard initiated by the EU in 2012, defines how- especially construction- companies should go about creating their Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). The standard is important as it makes sure that the EPDs […]
Treating CO₂ as waste: How Two Drifters Distillery Became Carbon-Negative
Meet Two Drifters. Two Drifters is one of the most ambitious projects in the spirits industry. We love it. Because when Two Drifters found out that rum could be a viable business for them- they not only deep-dived into the impact of their operations. They designed them to be carbon negative from the ground up. Putting […]
The Biggest Impact on Sustainability That Nobody Talks About
When we conducted the interviews for our Frontrunner Report “Spirits of the Future”, I also talked to Tim Etherington-Judge, the co-founder of Avallen Spirits, a Calvados brand from France. After we’d talked about the ins and outs of how Avallen Spirits had reduced the impact of their Calvados, Tim said something that really stood out […]
11 Industries Compared: The Source of Our Clients’ Environmental Impact
There are two ways to get fit: Dieting and working out. But it’s impossible to say what should have the biggest priority for you – it depends on how fit you already are, what you eat and drink, and how much you already exercise. The same principle holds true for environmental emissions. Every industry has […]
