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by: Paul Brenton, Gareth Edwards-Jones, Michael Friis Jensen
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This report addresses carbon labeling schemes, a high-profile issue
and one that has important economic implications for developing
countries.
Carbon accounting and labeling instruments are designed to present
information on greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from supply chains. These
instruments have become an important awareness-raising channel for
governments, producers, retailers and consumers to bring about the
reduction of GHGs.
At the same time, they have emerged as a crucial element of supply
chain management, trade logistics and, potentially, trade regulations
between countries. But the underlying science of GHG emissions is only
partially developed. Many of these schemes are based on rudimentary
knowledge of GHG emissions and have mainly been designed by
industrialized countries. There is a concern that these systems do not
accurately reflect production processes in developing countries, and
that they may even shift consumer preferences away from developing
country exports.
The report includes an analysis of current and emerging carbon
labeling schemes and an assessment of available data, emissions factors
and knowledge gaps of carbon footprinting methodologies. The report
also analyzes carbon accounting methodologies for sugar and pineapple
products from Zambia and Mauritius according to PAS 2050 guidelines, to
illustrate whether these schemes accurately represent the production
systems in developing countries. The report concludes with a series of
recommendations on how carbon footprint labeling can be made more
development-friendly.
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