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corporate carbon footprint

Every clca article tagged “corporate carbon footprint” — 6 technical pieces covering the topic from methodology, standards interpretation and practical application angles.

6 articles

2026-06-2410 min read

Turning EPD data into a Scope 3 inventory

The EPDs you hold are the best data source for a corporate inventory — if you map the right modules to the right categories. Practical mapping rules.

2026-06-1710 min read

ISO 14064-1: the standard behind a corporate greenhouse gas inventory

The GHG Protocol gives method; ISO 14064-1 builds a verifiable management system. How they differ, the category structure and verification requirements.

2026-06-1612 min read

Scope 3 Category 1: moving from spend-based to material-based

Purchased goods and services is most companies’ largest emission line — and usually their worst-measured one. A staged method for raising data quality.

2026-06-1512 min read

GHG Protocol Scope 1, 2 and 3: drawing the boundaries correctly

The three scopes answer different questions. Organisational boundary choices, control approaches and what Scope 3’s fifteen categories mean in practice.

2026-05-0710 min readFundamentals

What is a carbon footprint? Product, organisation and personal

One term covers three different things, and confusing them breaks the arithmetic. The boundaries and units of product, corporate and personal footprints.

2026-04-2110 min readFundamentals

What is ESG? Environmental, social and governance criteria

ESG is not a label but an assessment framework. What the three letters measure, who asks, and where the data behind the E actually comes from.