Emission inventory
Understanding the carbon footprint or GHG emissions intensity of your business practice facilitates low carbon mitigation investment decision making and operational adaptation solutions.
An emission assessment is the crucial first step in a broader carbon management program and provides the basis for further initiatives such as business planning, target setting, public reporting on performance and ongoing environmental data management.
Our emissions assessment service provides crucial data that is consolidated in a manner that promotes efficient and effective identification of the most appropriate emission reduction measures. The measures are then prioritized by the marginal cost of abatement to develop a comprehensive management plan.
We offer a selection of emission assessments covering corporate, products, services and events to date we have completed more than 1000 assessments.
Operational assessment
An operational assessment is a quantitative summary of the GHG emissions associated with a business’ practice.
The summary includes all emissions within a boundary that is defined by emission source type. Emission source data consolidation is dictated by either an equity share or operational control approach to accommodate each business’ unique organizational structure.
Deciding which emissions source to include in the analysis depends on each client’s primary objective for completing the analysis. A completed GHG inventory provides many benefits including the ability to: register a baseline with an established registry for the purposes of early action recognition and emissions reduction documentation, identify emission intensity hot spots and develop a management plan and provide business partners and end-users with a reputable representation of proactive corporate environmental sustainability policy measures.
Camco utilizes The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, an internationally recognized GHG consolidation methodology recognized for its stringency and fungibility, to complete Operational Assessments. The GHG Protocol is provided in joint partnership by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development and the World Resources Institute. Additionally, our accumulated market knowledge of prominent reporting registries and their accompanying reporting protocols provides clients with the option of tailoring final data to necessary specifications.
Lifecycle assessment
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a quantitative summary of the cumulative embodied emission intensity of a specific unit of manufactured product or service.
An LCA addresses varying lengths of the product’s or service’s life chain. A 'cradle to grave' LCA incorporates emissions intensities starting with the raw material suppliers and ending with the end-of-life disposal of the product.
In comparison, a 'cradle to gate' LCA incorporates emissions intensities starting with the raw material suppliers and ending with the emissions intensities associated with the final stage of the production chain.
A completed LCA provides many benefits including the ability to: communicate the environmental impact of a marketed product to the end-user in the form of a formal or informal 'carbon label', analyze the entire supply and production process chain to identify emissions intensity 'hot spots' and develop mitigation plan to strategically position as a progressive, climate-change conscious business in an increasingly competitive and environmentally aware marketplace.
Camco utilizes International Standard Organization LCA methodology, WBCSD/WRI recommended methodology guidelines and the PAS 2050 methodology, established in partnership by the Carbon Trust, the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the British Standards Institute, when conducting LCA analyses.
The choice of methodology is dictated by the client’s objectives in performing the exercise.
