Measuring emissions along the entire value chain gives companies a clear picture of their climate impact. Most businesses use the global Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) as the standard for calculating direct and indirect emissions. Learn more about how it works!
Climate footprint calculation tools overview
When you calculate the climate footprint of products where our paper is used, it may be useful to know more about the following methods and tools.
How to make climate footprint calculations as real as possible
In recent years, fighting climate change has become the most important sustainability issue for companies as well as nations. More and more companies are measuring and reporting their greenhouse gas emissions and, like Holmen, linking their sustainability targets to the Paris Agreement’s ambition to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius.
There are several frameworks to use for making these climate calculations, and most of them are based on, or aligned with, the GHG Protocol.
When companies measure and set their own GHG (greenhouse gas) emission targets, climate accounting becomes more transparent, consistent and comparable between organisations. Defining and looking into emissions created further up – or down – the value chain creates a sound foundation for companies that want to reduce their carbon footprint.
Both the Paper Profile and Carbon Footprint documentation provide input that you can use together with climate impact calculation tools, to get a better understanding of the CO2e emissions from your print or packaging paper products.
Paper profile
The Paper profile is an environmental declaration that facilitates comparison of papers from different manufacturers. It was developed in agreement between leading European paper producers to ensure that the same standards are observed.
Carbon footprint
The Carbon Footprint calculation helps you make a climate-smart choice when buying paper. Based on CEPI's ten toes, it shows all steps from the sequestration in the forest to emissions related to raw material, energy consumption and transports.
Example of third party tool
Climate Calc
ClimateCalc is a third-party tool based on Intergraf standards and the GHG protocol. Learn how it can be used for making comparisons or defining carbon offset for print jobs.
Example of third party tool
Climate Partner
Climate Partner is a tool for printing firms that includes a database where you can enter which paper you use. They offer a simple climate calculation or a more advanced one, depending on how in-depth you want to go.
Calculation results
Dig down into some of the examples where carbon footprint has been calculated on print products such as books and magazines printed on our paper.
Climate impact study
Which paper is actually best from a climate perspective? This was a question Penguin Random House asked. Holmen BOOK had the lowest carbon footprint of all the papers in the study.
Read about the results