Calculating your carbon footprint

Benefits of attending

Food manufacturers and processors are under increasing pressure to meet ambitious targets for carbon reduction. In order to comply with customer demand, companies are now expected to know their carbon footprint.

This course is aimed at companies throughout the food supply chain faced with the challenge of analysing and reporting the carbon footprint of their operations for one or several of their products.

Delegates will be introduced to various approaches to greenhouse gas assessment and will receive guidance on how to carry out their own carbon footprint analysis and on the interpretation of the results of this assessment. The course provides delegates with practical instruction on which information is needed for the analysis, where to set system boundaries, how to perform the assessment and how to interpret the results. The course will be a mix of lectures, practical sessions and discussions.

Course content

• Current issues in the carbon footprinting debate
• Methodologies for greenhouse gas assessment
• PAS 2050 - the product carbon footprint
• The influence of the supply chain steps on the overall carbon footprint of a product
• Assessing your greenhouse gas emissions
• Ideas for carbon footprint reduction

"This is a course for companies throughout the food supply chain that want to know how to find their carbon footprint and what to do about the results. Practical sessions will give hands-on experience in the assessment of greenhouse gas emissions."

Nick May – Event Director

For further information contact the Training Department on +44 (0)1386 842104 or