J-Trend Carbon Footprinting Project

Carbon Footprint Strategic Initiativeby J-Trend Systems Co., Ltd. : 

Carbon Footprint Strategic Initiativeby J-Trend Systems Co., Ltd. www.jtrend-systems.com For a green design to be a good design, it has to be beautiful and functional

J-Trend propose the following definition of the term ‘carbon footprint’: : 

J-Trend propose the following definition of the term ‘carbon footprint’: (Wiedmann and Minx, 2007) “… a methodology to estimate the total emission of GHGs in carbon equivalents from a product across its life cycle from the production of raw material used in its manufacture, to disposal of the finished product (excluding in-use emissions).” “… a technique for identifying and measuring the individual greenhouse gas emissions from each activity within a supply chain process step and the framework for attributing these to each output product (we [The Carbon Trust] will refer to this as the product’s ‘carbon footprint’).”

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“The carbon footprint is the amount of CO2 emitted due to your daily activities – from washing a load of laundry to driving a carload of kids to school.”(BP, 2007) Carbon footprint is the sum of all emissions of CO2 (carbon dioxide), which were induced by human activities in a given time frame. And The best way is to calculate the carbon dioxide emissions. Usually a carbon footprint is calculated for the time period of a year. (Time for chang, 2009) "A ‘carbon footprint’ is the total amount of CO2 and other GHGs, emitted over the full life cycle of a process or product. It is expressedas grams of CO2 equivalent per kilowatt hour of generation (g CO2 eq/kWh), which accounts for the different global warming effects of other greenhouse gases.“(POST, 2006) …the ‘Carbon Footprint’ is a measure of the impact human activities have on the environment in terms of the amount of GHGs produced, measured in tonnes of CO2.” (ETAP, 2007) ‘Carbon Footprint’ means a lot

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Your Reliable Source of Green & Sustainable Product Packaging

About Carbon Footprint : 

About Carbon Footprint J-Trend pro-actively and spontaneously manage our own carbon footprint initiative based on the international third party authority and professionalism about carbon footprint. We aim to reduce carbon footprint along our green supply chain of biodegradable products. Let’s just do it!

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Product Green Supply Chain Process Map

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Basically, all the products we supply are produced in Asia with: lower cost of labor, optimum machinery efficiency, and our factory facilities are close to shipping port, raw material are sourced locally or near Asia countries. most of the work of the single finished products can be completed in the same factory site efficiently and effectively. J-Trend Product Carbon Footprint

Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) : 

Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) A tonne km (tkm) is the distance travelled multiplied by the weight of freight carried by the HGV. So, for example, an HGV carrying 5 tonnes freight over 100 km has a tkm value of 500 tkm. The CO2 emissions are calculated from these factors by multiplying the number of tkm the user has for the distance and weight of the goods being moved by the CO2 conversion factor in Table 26 for the relevant HGV class. (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2008)

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Table. UK heavy goods vehicle transport emission factors (on distance basis) for CO2 CO2 Emissions = Distance Traveled x Weight of Freight Carried x Emission factor (km) x (kg) x (kg / vehicle km)

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Emission factors Greenhouse (kg CO2)/Material consumption (kg) =Greenhouse (g CO2)/Material consumption (g) =6.31(g CO2)/3.12(g)= 2.0224

Carbon Footprint CalculationWays we calculate the environment cost : 

Carbon Footprint CalculationWays we calculate the environment cost

Carbon Footprint LabelCustomer choice and health : 

Carbon Footprint LabelCustomer choice and health

Reference And bibliography : 

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