Croda Beauty's decarbonisation journey
Croda is committed to achieving net zero by 2050 and has verified science-based targets in line with restricting global warming to below 1.5˚C above the pre-industrial levels.
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What are Scope 1 and 2 emissions?
What are Scope 3 emissions?
What is a Product Carbon Footprint?
What is net zero?
Why should we look to reduce carbon emissions?
What is a decarbonisation roadmap?
What’s the difference between a carbon footprint and a Life Cycle Assessment?
What are Scope 1 and 2 emissions?
Scope 1 emissions are direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that are owned or controlled by an organisation.
e.g. from combustion in boilers, furnaces or company vehicles etc.
Scope 2 emissions are indirect GHG emissions that are purchased and consumed by the reporting company.
e.g. from the supply of energy purchased to power production processes
What are Scope 3 emissions?
Upstream emissions are those that occur before materials arrive at the organisation.
e.g. Emissions from raw material production and transport, capital investments and travel.
Downstream emissions are those that occur after materials leave the organisation.
e.g. The transport and use of final products.
What is a Product Carbon Footprint?
Croda PCFs covers cradle-to-gate emissions, i.e. Scope 1,2 and 3 upstream.
Product Carbon Footprints allow both Croda and our customers to more easily identify and track emissions. This in turn allows for more informed purchasing decisions, as well as the implementation of effective emissions reduction strategies.
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Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) FAQs
PCFs are available for circa 1300 product codes, within the Croda Beauty portfolio. Each PCF is site and pack size specific. PCF values are updated on an annual basis (current data is for 2022) and are therefore specific to the year of manufacture.
Units are kgCO2e/kg; i.e. the number of CO2 equivalents emitted per 1 kg of product. Carbon dioxide equivalent, or CO2e is a metric measure representing total greenhouse gas emissions (including CO2, CH4, N2O) by converting them to the equivalent amount of CO2. GHG removals are not included. Total GHG emission figure is sum of net fossil GHG emissions, biogenic emissions and GHG emissions from land use and land use change.
Together for Sustainability (TfS) is a joint initiative and global network of 50 chemical companies which delivers the global standard for environmental, social, and governance performance of chemical supply chains. The TfS program is based on the UN Global Compact and Responsible Care® principles. By aligning with TfS guidance we are aligned with best practice that is specific for the chemical industry. Their guidance is first of its kind, industry specific guidance on calculating chemical PCFs. It is tailored to meet the unique challenges of calculating chemical PCFs. It empowers companies to produce higher quality carbon footprint data. It is compliant with ISO and GHG Protocol accounting standards.
Croda is an active member of Together for Sustainability (TfS). This industry-leading initiative improves sustainable sourcing throughout the chemical supply chain through assessment, audit and training.
What is net zero?
Achieving net zero supports the Science Based Targets initiative to limit global warming to 1.5°C above above pre-industrial levels.
Croda is committed to achieving net zero by 2050.
Why should we look to reduce carbon emissions?
CO2
The current level of carbon dioxide (CO2) in our atmosphere is the highest it has been in almost a million years. This is primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels, which releases GHGs, including CO2, back into the environment.
Temperature
This in turn leads to an increased greenhouse effect, i.e. where heat energy from the sun is trapped and subsequently warms the planet. This warming causes the climate to change, which can cause devastating effects for our planet.
Climate change
There’s no denying that climate change is real and caused by humans; however, if we all take action and work together to reduce our GHG emissions, we can limit and even avoid some of the worst effects of climate change.
What is a decarbonisation roadmap
What’s the difference between a carbon footprint and a Life Cycle Assessment?
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology for assessing the environmental impacts associated with all the stages of the life cycle of a product, including their impact on air, land and water.
In other words, carbon footprints are just a piece of the sustainability puzzle. They factor into LCAs, but LCAs provide a more holistic look at the trajectory of a product.