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Background Note
| HBS Case Collection
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2013
(Revised from original 2011 version)
Carbon Footprints: Methods and Calculations
by
Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
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Abstract
Describes methods to calculate the carbon footprint (greenhouse gas emissions) of an organization's operations and supply chain, and a product or service. Illustrates concepts with examples of calculating the carbon footprint of an organization (Harvard Business School) and a product (a newspaper). Provides data necessary for carbon footprint calculations.
Keywords: Operations;
Supply Chain;
Pollution and Pollutants;
Measurement and Metrics;
Environmental Sustainability;