Monitoring the carbon footprint of products: A methodological proposal

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 94-101

  Scipioni, Antonio ^a   Manzardo, Alessandro ^a   Mazzi, Anna ^a   Mastrobuono, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Tetra Pak Carton Ambient   (Italy)

Author keywords

Climate change; Life cycle approach; Product carbon footprint; Product GHG monitoring

Indexed keywords

GHG EMISSION; ISO STANDARDS; LIFE CYCLE APPROACH; MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT; PRODUCT CARBON FOOTPRINTS; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE;

GREENHOUSE GASES;

EID: 84865000342     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2012.04.021     Document Type: Article

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