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title: Carbon Footprint
date: 2024-03-27T13:20:30Z
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## Definition

**Carbon Footprint** means the \[total [\[GHG Emissions\]](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/greenhouse-gas-emissions/) from the life cycle of the \[product\] \[event\] OR annual [\[GHG Emissions\]](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/greenhouse-gas-emissions/) OR \[[Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/scope-1-2-and-3-emissions/)\] relating to the \[Company\] \[party\].\]

**Organisational Carbon Footprint** means total annual \[worldwide\] [Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/scope-1-2-and-3-emissions/) originating from all the activities, including energy used in buildings, industrial processes and business travel, across the organisation, including its supply and value chains.

**(cradle to grave)**

**Product Carbon Footprint** means the total \[greenhouse gas emissions\] from the processes used in the whole life cycle of the \[product OR service\], from the extraction of raw materials and manufacturing through to its use and final re-use, recycling or disposal, including [Greenhouse Gas Emissions](https://chancerylaneproject.org/glossary/greenhouse-gas-emissions/) associated with the raw materials and services purchased by the Supplier in order to deliver the \[product OR service\].

**(cradle to customer gate)**

**Product Carbon Footprint** means the total amount of greenhouse gas emissions, associated with the production and delivery of a product from the extraction of raw materials (cradle) through all processing, manufacturing, packaging, and transportation stages, up to the point where the product reaches the customer (gate).

**Supply Chain Carbon Footprint** means the total annual greenhouse gas emissions associated with the extraction, processing and transportation of raw materials and the provision of services purchased by \[_insert organisation name_\] in order to deliver its service\[s\] \[\[and/or\] product\[s\]\].