Stakeholder Concerns
- Firms desire low cost, ease of use and protection of sensitive data from the press and competition.
- NGOs and consumers desire transparency, methods to make valid comparisons among firms.
- Governments require adherence to specific rules and standards as well as public relations value with other stakeholders
- Consumers require an easy way to make product comparisons in terms of emissions
- Firms desire low cost, ease of use and protection of sensitive data from the press and competition.
- NGOs and consumers desire transparency, methods to make valid comparisons among firms.
- Governments require adherence to specific rules and standards as well as public relations value with other stakeholders
- Consumers require an easy way to make product comparisons in terms of emissions
Without CL, your customers cannot assess the full environmental impact of your products.
Making a Business Casefor Carbon Labeling
Carbon Labeling (CL) goes a step beyond “traditional” carbon reporting by accounting for the amount of emissions on a per unit of product basis. CL will ultimately allow consumers to make informed choices about emissions aspects of products they purchase or use.
- Demonstrate your environmental responsibility
- Differentiate your products from competition
- Improve your customer trust and loyalty
- Gain preferential status from business customers who adopt CL
- Help yourself better understand your own carbon emissions
If climate change becomes extremely severe, it is conceivable that there will be carbon rationing, even for consumers. In that case, carbon labeling will become an essential tool to enable rationing.