Custom Product Carbon Footprint Tools

Suppliers are increasingly being asked to provide carbon data to customers as procurement teams factor this into their decision making. A custom-designed product carbon footprint tool can help you easily quantify and transparently provide carbon data to your clients.  

Whether you manufacture specific products, entire buildings or projects, a custom-built and easily usable carbon footprint tool empower you to provide clear and concise carbon data quickly and independently. 

What is a Product Carbon Footprint Tool?

A Product Carbon Footprint Tool is a fully customised Excel-based calculator that enables your team to estimate the carbon footprint of a specific product, building or project. These tools are built around your product data, material inputs, transport distances, energy use, and other relevant emissions sources. 

The tools are user-friendly, designed to be operated by non-specialists, and can generate outputs such as: 

  • Carbon footprint per product, per order, or per batch
  • Carbon intensity metrics (e.g., kgCO₂e per unit, per m², per tonne)
  • Optional report-style outputs for sharing with clients or stakeholders
  • Carbon footprint comparisons with relevant benchmark products/services
  • Product portfolio footprints to cover your product ranges

How Does It Work?

We collaborate closely with your team to understand your product types, data availability, and reporting needs. From there, we build a flexible tool that can:

  • Be updated as your product range evolves and your carbon data becomes more mature, reflecting changes in your organisation 
  • Incorporate your supply chain data or secondary emission factors (we have access to over 100,000 emissions factors of materials, products, fuels and actvities) 
  • Include drop-down menus, batch calculators, or summary dashboards 
  • Generate formatted reports automatically, where required 

How Bespoke Are They?

Unlike generic calculators, our tools are built specifically for you. This means: 

✔ Adapts to Your Product Range 

Whether you have a single flagship product or hundreds of items, the tool can scale to your range. Tools can accommodate: 

  • Modular or configurable products (e.g. fencing panels, kits) 
  • Variable materials and finishes 
  • One-off or bespoke components 

✔ Reflects Your Organisation 

We don’t force you to work around the tool—we build the tool to work around you. Inputs can mirror your existing order forms, bill of materials, or quoting systems. That makes it easier for your team to adopt and use. 

✔ Matches Your Available Data 

Not every company has detailed carbon data at hand. We tailor tools based on what data you do have—whether that’s basic weight and material info, or detailed supply chain inputs. We can include default values and optional overrides. 

✔ Grows With You 

As your product lines evolve, your tool can be expanded or updated. We can build in flexibility for future changes—such as new suppliers, additional emission scopes, or updated carbon factors. 

Adherance to Standards 

Our Product Carbon Footprint Tools are developed in line with internationally recognised standards and guidance to ensure credibility and comparability of results. Depending on your needs, the tool can be aligned with: 

  • ISO 14067 – Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products — Requirements and guidelines 
  • ISO 14044 / ISO 14040 – Life cycle assessment principles and framework 
  • EN 15804 – Environmental Product Declarations for construction products 
  • GHG Protocol – Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard 
  • Relevant Product Category Rules (PCRs) for your sector 

This ensures that results are defensible, transparent and relevant for your organisation’s requirements. 

Optional Features 

Each tool can be edited to feature optional extras, such as the following: 

  • Report-ready outputs (e.g. PDF summary reports) 
  • Built-in emissions comparisons (e.g. versus EPDs or benchmarks) 
  • End-of-life and lifecycle scenarios 
  • Dashboard summaries for internal tracking 
  • Team training or video guides to accompany the tool 

Why Use a Custom Tool? 

A custom Product Carbon Footprint Tool has a large range of benefits, and can be updated and improved over time, becoming a living document that represents the evolution of your organisation over time. 

  • Save time – Remove manual calculations and standardise carbon assessments 
  • Win clients and business – Clients are increasingly expecting carbon data to be available when undertaking procurement decisions 
  • Empower your team – Non-specialist staff can independently run product carbon estimates 
  • Increase transparency – Provide clients with clear, defensible carbon data 
  • Support your carbon goals – Embed carbon thinking into your sales and design processes 

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