Sentences with phrase «terms of their carbon footprint»

Although I realize that cinnamon's not exactly a «local» product for those of us not in Indonesia, it doesn't seem like the worst offender in terms of carbon footprint — one little stick goes a long way.

It seems a greener way to go, though that's not proven conclusively by scientific studies, or evidence either health-wise or in terms of carbon footprint.

The sheer volume of vicious language employed to recast social and cultural trends in terms of their carbon footprint suggests the rise of what Allenby calls a dangerous new «carbon fundamentalism.»

«Road to Zero is also calculated with a concrete figure in mind in terms of carbon footprint.

Not exact matches

In the report, the researchers sought to measure how organizations with sustainability programs fare»» not in terms of how effective they are at reducing their carbon footprint, but rather how effective they are at boosting company profits and improving employee relations.

«When I was growing up in New York, ecology wasn't really on the scale of values, and the term «carbon footprint» hadn't even been coined yet,»» he recalled in a statement.

For those concerned about the planet, breastfeeding leaves virtually no carbon footprint in terms of waste of pollution.

Solely in terms of how much grain livestock consume, producing a pound (0.45 kilogram) of beef releases 13.67 pounds (6.2 kilograms) of greenhouse gases, compared with around 6.75 pounds (3.1 kilograms) to produce a pound of pork, and 3.37 pounds (1.5 kilograms) for every pound of chicken — and this does not even take into account the other factors in meat's carbon footprint, from deforestation for pasturage to shipping it to market.

Combinations with five or six different devices notably resulted in a much higher carbon footprint, and are seen as unnecessarily carbon intensive and undesirable as they offered little more in terms of security than the WIDE combination.

People argue against it by saying, «Hey, you know the carbon footprint of flying food thousands of miles is ridiculous so we should grow [things] locally» but the counter argument is, but if you can grow so much wheat sufficiently in Kansas even including the transportation for thousands of miles it's still more efficient in terms of resources.

(2) the term «carbon footprint» means the level of greenhouse gas emissions produced by a particular activity, service, or entity; and

Beyond the primary objective of illumination, making the right lighting choices can help promote happiness amongst staff and students, improve productivity, and significantly reduce a school's carbon footprint, whilst simultaneously cutting long - term energy costs.

Compared to the standard diesel - powered bus, the REEV 4.5 - liter engine is downsized by about 50 % in terms of displacement and can achieve up to 10 mpg, significantly lowering the carbon footprint.

«Plastic Logic is committed to a long - term reduction of the company's energy consumption; the ISO 50001 process creates an awareness about energy and the carbon footprint on our environment.»

«Plastic Logic Germany is committed to a long - term reduction of the company's energy consumption; the ISO 50001 process creates an awareness about energy and the carbon footprint on our environment.»

As commonly used today, for example, the term «carbon footprint» often refers to the number of tons of carbon emitted by a given person or business during a year, or to the tons of carbon emitted in the manufacture and transport of a product.

Corporations are increasingly looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and mitigate the long - term volatility risk of their energy cost.

Given that the United States has strong ethical responsibilities to rapidly reduce its carbon footprint, a matter examined extensively in Ethicsandclimate.org, one might initially conclude that as a matter of ethics switching to natural gas from coal combustion is ethically justifiable as a short - term strategy.

Even if switching to natural gas in the short term reduces the US carbon footprint somewhat, it is still not sufficient by itself to put the US on an emissions reduction pathway consistent with its ethical obligations without other policy interventions including putting a price on carbon or rapid ramp up of renewable energy.

Today, the term «carbon footprint» is often used as shorthand for the amount of carbon (usually in tonnes) being emitted by an activity or organization.

The terms after «Annual Anthropogenic Emissions of CO2» are the «footprint intensity of carbon» and equal roughly 0.25.

The term Insetting was first used in 2009 to refer to the direct investment of a company within its own value chain (up - and down - stream) in order to reduce its carbon footprint.

The wood is imported because Peter says there is no sustainably harvested wood in Africa, so the carbon footprint is perhaps higher than one would like, but it is «a model of design and craft collaborations in the developing world» and the intent is «to be ecologically, economically, culturally and aesthetically sustainable for the long term benefit of each participating community, producer and craftsperson»:: North South Project

«They plan to work together on a long - term basis to educate consumers about their role in minimising the carbon footprint of their clothing.»

So in the simplest terms, how do you define the carbon footprint of buildings?

'' «Electrosmog» refers to the electromagnetic fields emitted by computers and mobile phones, «eco-village» is a term used for small ecologically - sustainable communities and «carbon footprint» is the measure of the impact human activities on the environment.»

Finding one that offers a tailored, sustainable solution that suits your property or business requirements will require some research, but will be worthwhile in terms of cost savings, waste reduction, and reducing your carbon footprint.