The European Union thesaurus defines environmental footprint as the environmental impact of a product, service, or a company throughout its life cycle.
This indicator demonstrates the environmental behaviour of a product or an organization, and allows for comparison. When the measure is done on a product, it is known as product environmental footprint. When it is done on an organization, it is called organization environmental footprint.
The European Union, for example, established a specific method to measure and communicate the possible environmental impact of organizations and a product’s life cycle in the Internal Document of the European Commission ENV-2012-80108.
This indicator demonstrates the environmental behaviour of a product or an organization, and allows for comparison. When the measure is done on a product, it is known as product environmental footprint. When it is done on an organization, it is called organization environmental footprint.
The European Union, for example, established a specific method to measure and communicate the possible environmental impact of organizations and a product’s life cycle in the Internal Document of the European Commission ENV-2012-80108.
References:
Official journal of the European Union
RECOMENDACIÓN DE LA COMISIÓN EUROPEA sobre el uso de métodos comunes para medir y comunicar el comportamiento ambiental de los productos y las organizaciones a lo largo de su ciclo de vida
Global Footprint Network
Guía Metodológica para la aplicación de la Huella Ambiental Corporativa
Encuesta y grupos focales consultados para la elaboración de este reflexionario
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