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6. Measuring Carbon: An Organisational Management Perspective

verfasst von : Elaine Conway

Erschienen in: The Low Carbon Economy

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Companies implement carbon management systems for a plethora of reasons: to reduce costs, to respond to regulation or supply chain pressure, to manage risk or for altruistic purposes. Equally, there is a myriad of carbon management systems available, such as life-cycle analysis (LCA), economic input–output analysis (EIOA), hybrid models and footprint measures. This chapter provides an outline of some of the most popular methodologies in current use to highlight alternative approaches to managing carbon within individual firms and the wider supply chain. It suggests approaches for both first-time adopters of carbon management systems and for those who have already started on the path to measuring their carbon impacts.

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Titel: Measuring Carbon: An Organisational Management Perspective
verfasst von: Elaine Conway
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: The Low Carbon Economy
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-56752-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-56753-2

Copyright-Jahr: 2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56753-2_6

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