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When defining, developing and creating a true Carbon Negative Product it is very essential that the entire Product life cycle is taken into consideration.

i.e. Proper Greenhouse Gas assessments should be done at the three main stages of a typical product life cycle namely, Manufacturing, Usage and Disposability.

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The assessments should be done to a globally accepted international standard. For the purpose of reflecting our direct Carbon Negative model and other requirements we have used the ISO environmental standards specific to Greenhouse Inventory assessment. This quality management system is termed ISO14064.

Read more on ISO GHG Inventory Management
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This is Not limited to ISO and many other standards currently exists, but it is time that this too should be narrowed to few so the assessments become consistent. See below for a reflection of possibilities for a GHG emission assessment of a Product life cycle,

3-Stage Product-Emission Grid (C02)
 (values in tco2e)  Manufacture Usage Dispose Net
 Product (a) = p q r z
 Examples,        
 Carbon Positive1 20 55 10 85
 Carbon Positive2 50 0 25 75
 Carbon Neutral1 15 (20) 5 0
 Carbon Neutral2 (40) 35 5 0
 Carbon Negative1 (50) 0 10 (40)
 Carbon Negative2 25 (40) 10 (5)

*In the case of recycling the related Greenhouse Gas will be accounted for in the manufacturing stage as an input for the new Product.

The assessed net GHG footprint is proposed to be placed on the Product itself through an easy to read labeling mechanism. A classification denoted by plus (+) or minus (-) on the label will then reflect to consumers whether the Product has caused excessive Greenhouse Gas emissions as in the case of a Carbon Positive Product or reversal of Greenhouse Gasses as in the case of a Carbon Negative Product respectively.

This grid is further proposed to be scaled to total environmental impact assessment (EIA) and Products to be thus labeled based on its total impact to the Environment. However since the current urgency is with Greenhouse Gasses and Climate Change we remain with the GHG foot print assessment in this primary phase.

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