Product carbon footprinting: Improving environmental performance and manufacturing efficiency

Environmental Quality Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 13-20

  Kral, Christopher ^a   Huisenga, Mike ^a   Lockwood, Doug ^a  

^a WSP Cantor Seinuk   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS; ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSIONS TRADING; MANUFACTURING; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 72449121429     PISSN: 10881913     EISSN: 15206483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tqem.20242     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. See http://walmartstores.com/Sustainability/9292.aspx.
2. See http://www.carbon-label.com/business/forbusinesses.htm.
3. See http://www.carbonfund.org/site/pages/businesses/category/Carbon_footprint.
4. See http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_2501-2550/ab_2538_bill_20080222_introduced.html.
5. A Renewable Identification Number is a 12-digit number as-signed to a producer for each gallon of renewable fuel produced. These numbers are transferred to fuel distributors, who can re-deem them with the Internal Revenue Service for tax credits
6. Generally, "cellulosic biofuel" refers to fuels derived from agricultural wastes and nonfood energy crops; "alternative biofuel" refers to fuels derived from noncorn grains such as sorghum, and includes sugarcane ethanol; "conventional" refers only to corn ethanol and soy biodiesel.
7. ICM, Inc., is one of the largest suppliers of process technology to the corn ethanol industry in the United States.