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80+ Sustainability Statistics for 2025: Ultimate List

80+ Sustainability Statistics for 2025: Ultimate List

Steel’s Sustainability: Metal’s Environmental Impact Calculated

A guide to the environmental impact of steel, aluminum, and other metals. Learn about their carbon footprints, decarbonization, CBAM, and how to calculate a PCF.

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Steel’s Sustainability: Metal’s Environmental Impact Calculated

B Corp Update: Your Guide to the 2025 Certification Standards

The B Corp update for 2025 changes everything. This guide breaks down the new mandatory standards, from foundational rules to the seven Impact Topics.

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B Corp Update: Your Guide to the 2025 Certification Standards

What is an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)?

Learn what an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is, its benefits, and how it provides transparent environmental data for your products. Start measuring with Arbor.

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What is an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)?

Energy's Environmental Impact

Compare energy’s environmental impact. Learn about the carbon footprints of energy sources, including coal, gas, solar, wind, and nuclear.

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Energy's Environmental Impact

Top 12 ESG Software and Tools

Discover the top 12 best ESG software in 2025, compare features and pricing, and see why Arbor is the #1 ESG software.

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Top 12 ESG Software and Tools

Arbor vs. Persefoni

See why Arbor is the best Persefoni alternative by offering precise, affordable product carbon footprinting with rapid analysis and easy integration.

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Arbor vs. Persefoni

Arbor vs. Sweep

See why Arbor is the best Sweep alternative by offering precise, affordable product carbon footprinting with rapid analysis and easy integration.

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Arbor vs. Sweep

Introducing Arbor’s Product Carbon Footprint Index

Explore Arbor's Product Carbon Footprint Index to see the average carbon footprint of 200+ products. Learn how to measure your PCFs accurately.

Introducing Arbor’s Product Carbon Footprint Index

Understanding India’s Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR)

Your guide to India's BRSR reporting. Understand requirements, compliance, and how Arbor helps businesses streamline ESG disclosures. Learn more now.

Understanding India’s Business Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting (BRSR)

Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Discover how supply chain risk assessment uncovers threats. Improve resilience and meet compliance standards with expert strategies.

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Supply Chain Risk Assessment

Decarbonization: Your Company’s Roadmap to Reducing Emissions

Learn the decarbonization definition, strategies for companies to reduce emissions, and see real decarbonization examples. Start your net-zero path.

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Decarbonization: Your Company’s Roadmap to Reducing Emissions

Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge

Get the essentials on Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge. See what net-zero means, participation benefits, and how companies can build a compliant climate strategy.

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Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge

What is Net Zero?

Understand and hit your net zero goals. See key strategies for achieving net-zero emissions, decarbonization, and science-based targets across Scope 1, 2, and 3.

What is Net Zero?

Lithium’s Environmental Impact: Calculated and Explained

What's going on with Lithium’s environmental impact, how to calculate it, other environmental costs, and ways to reduce its impact.

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Lithium’s Environmental Impact: Calculated and Explained

What is SECR? A Complete Guide to UK Streamlined Energy Reporting

Understanding SECR: Understand the UK Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting framework, requirements, and how Arbor can help you comply.

What is SECR? A Complete Guide to UK Streamlined Energy Reporting

Navigating California's Climate Regulations: A Guide to SB 253 and SB 261

See key requirements of SB 253 and SB 261, California's climate disclosure laws, who needs to comply, and how to prepare for these landmark regulations.

Navigating California's Climate Regulations: A Guide to SB 253 and SB 261

Mark Carney Climate Policy: What Businesses Need to Know

Mark Carney’s new climate strategy: what the consumer carbon tax axing and industrial emission rules mean for your business in Canada.

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Mark Carney Climate Policy: What Businesses Need to Know

CDP Reporting: A Technical Deep Dive into the 2025 Integrated Questionnaire

Master CDP reporting with our technical guide. Learn about integrated modules, emissions, targets, and more to ensure a comprehensive and effective disclosure.

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CDP Reporting: A Technical Deep Dive into the 2025 Integrated Questionnaire

Hotspot Analysis: Feature on Arbor’s Platform

Pinpoint product emission sources with Arbor's Hotspot Analysis. Understand your carbon hotspots to dive deep into and target carbon-intensive areas of your product.

Hotspot Analysis: Feature on Arbor’s Platform

Supply Chain Risks: A 2025 Guide

Understand supply chain risk, how to assess it, and why managing it is key to resilience. Learn how a solid risk plan supports compliance and cost savings.

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Supply Chain Risks: A 2025 Guide

What is the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)?

Learn about the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), who reports the requirements, and how Arbor can help streamline your climate disclosures.

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What is the CDP (Carbon Disclosure Project)?

Prototyping: New Feature on Arbor’s Platform

Explore Arbor's sustainable product prototyping for low-carbon product design. Compare designs, enable eco-friendly iterations, and achieve lower emissions with ease.

Prototyping: New Feature on Arbor’s Platform

Arbor vs. Worldly

See why Arbor is the best Worldly alternative by offering precise, affordable product carbon footprinting with rapid analysis and easy integration.

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Arbor vs. Worldly

Introducing Arbor's Carbon Equivalent Calculator

Effortlessly convert CO₂e to practical equivalents using Arbor's free Carbon Equivalent Calculator tool to visualize your environmental impact.

Introducing Arbor's Carbon Equivalent Calculator

PACT Methodology: A Standardized Approach to Product Carbon Footprints

Discover how the PACT Methodology streamlines carbon transparency by standardizing Scope 3 emissions data and enabling verified PCF reporting.

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PACT Methodology: A Standardized Approach to Product Carbon Footprints

What is Canada's Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS)?

Explore how Canada’s Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) regulates industrial emissions while maintaining business competitiveness.

What is Canada's Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS)?

What is a Product Life Cycle Assessment (PLCA)?

Discover how Product Life Cycle Assessments guide sustainable business decisions. Learn key stages, prevent burden shifting, and gain a competitive advantage now.

What is a Product Life Cycle Assessment (PLCA)?

Colorado’s Climate Disclosures (HB25-1119)?

Colorado's HB25-1119 mandates businesses over $1 billion to disclose greenhouse gas emissions. Learn about phased requirements and compliance penalties.

Colorado’s Climate Disclosures (HB25-1119)?

What is New York’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (Senate Bill 3456)?

Learn about New York's Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (S3456) and its impact on emission disclosures and compliance.

What is New York’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (Senate Bill 3456)?

What is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)?

Explore how Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) shifts waste management to producers, promoting sustainability. Learn how Arbor aids compliance efficiently.

What is Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)?

AI’s Environmental Impact: Calculated and Explained

What's going on with AI’s environmental impact, how to calculate it, other environmental costs, and ways to reduce its impact.

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AI’s Environmental Impact: Calculated and Explained

The Tariff Wars: Trump Tariffs vs. CBAM Carbon Tariffs

Explore the tariff war between Trump’s tariffs and EU's CBAM carbon tariffs, impacting global trade and industry dynamics.

The Tariff Wars: Trump Tariffs vs. CBAM Carbon Tariffs

Top 3 Sustainability Challenges and How to Tackle Them

Discover how to tackle three common sustainability challenges in your business with practical strategies and expert insights.

Top 3 Sustainability Challenges and How to Tackle Them

80+ Sustainability Statistics for 2025: Ultimate List

Explore key sustainability statistics for 2025, covering emissions, consumer behavior, business strategies, technology, and more.

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80+ Sustainability Statistics for 2025: Ultimate List

Bottom-up vs Top-down: Why top-down isn’t working anymore

Explore how bottom-up approaches lead climate action as top-down strategies falter, reshaping sustainable business practices with data-driven impacts.

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Bottom-up vs Top-down: Why top-down isn’t working anymore

Maximize ROI with a Decarbonization Strategy: 5 Key Business Divisions

Learn how key business divisions benefit from a decarbonization strategy to optimize ROI, lower costs, and reduce emissions.

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Maximize ROI with a Decarbonization Strategy: 5 Key Business Divisions

Do you have Decarbonization Writers' Block?

Join Danny in uncovering the common hurdles in decarbonization to better understand and embrace your sustainability journey.

Do you have Decarbonization Writers' Block?

What is an Emission Factor (EF)?

Discover how emission factors help measure greenhouse gas emissions and simplify carbon footprint calculations.

What is an Emission Factor (EF)?

What is the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB)?

CSSB sets high-quality sustainability standards, guiding Canada in aligning with global practices. Voluntary till 2025. Transition aid for Scope 3.

What is the Canadian Sustainability Standards Board (CSSB)?

What are the Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS)?

Explore how the Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS) are redefining business sustainability reporting requirements in Canada.

What are the Canadian Sustainability Disclosure Standards (CSDS)?

How to Calculate the Carbon Footprint of a Product

Learn how to calculate the carbon footprint of a product and with software like Arbor. Understand product carbon emissions for better sustainability.

How to Calculate the Carbon Footprint of a Product

What is the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)?

Discover the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) to combat carbon leakage, level the playing field, and support sustainable industries.

What is the UK’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)?

Lululemon Sustainability: A Journey Beyond Reports to Real Impact

Discover Abdullah's insights into Lululemon sustainability, the ABC pants and the shift towards carbon footprinting and data integrity transparency.

Lululemon Sustainability: A Journey Beyond Reports to Real Impact

Best Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of a Product

Reduce Product Carbon Footprint: Discover key strategies to lower emissions and enhance sustainability efficiently throughout your product's lifecycle.

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Best Ways to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of a Product

Top 5 Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Software and Tools

See our top 5 picks for product carbon footprint (PCF) software and tools for 2025. Find the ideal solution to measure your product's carbon footprint.

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Top 5 Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Software and Tools

What is ISO 14075?

Explore ISO 14075's role in managing social impacts across product life cycles. Learn effective strategies for sustainability initiatives.

What is ISO 14075?

What is ISO 14072?

Learn how ISO 14072 guides organizational life cycle assessments for comprehensive sustainability insights.

What is ISO 14072?

What is ISO 14071?

Understand ISO 14071's framework for verifying LCA studies, elevating sustainability claims with credible assessments.

What is ISO 14071?

Understanding Canada's Sustainable Investment Guidelines and Climate Disclosures

Discover Canada's groundbreaking sustainable investment guidelines and climate-related financial disclosures. Explore how these new policies affect you.

Understanding Canada's Sustainable Investment Guidelines and Climate Disclosures

All About Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions

See the key differences between Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions and learn how to manage your company's carbon footprint effectively with Arbor's expert guide.

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All About Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions

What is a Carbon Footprint of a Product (CFP)?

Carbon Footprint of a Product (CFP) measures GHG emissions across a product's lifecycle, essential for sustainability and regulatory compliance.

What is a Carbon Footprint of a Product (CFP)?

What is a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)?

Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) measures GHG emissions across a product's lifecycle, essential for sustainability and regulatory compliance.

What is a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)?

What is California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253)?

SB 253 mandates California businesses with revenues over $1 billion to disclose their GHG emissions starting in 2026.

What is California’s Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act (SB 253)?

What is California’s Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261)?

SB 261 requires California businesses with revenues over $500 million to disclose climate-related financial risks every other year starting January 1, 2026.

What is California’s Climate-Related Financial Risk Act (SB 261)?

Canada’s Bill C-59 & Greenwashing: A Detailed Guide for Businesses

Comply with Canada's Bill C-59, avoid greenwashing, and make genuine environmental claims. Essential for all businesses in Canada aiming for sustainability.

Canada’s Bill C-59 & Greenwashing: A Detailed Guide for Businesses

What is Carbon Accounting?

Explore carbon accounting in 2025: measuring GHG emissions, processes, challenges, software solutions, and a JCB International case study.

What is Carbon Accounting?

What is the EU CSRD? The Ultimate Guide 2025 for Carbon Accounting

Learn about the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and its impact on carbon accounting, reporting requirements, and software solutions.

What is the EU CSRD? The Ultimate Guide 2025 for Carbon Accounting

What is ISO 14001?

Learn the steps to achieve ISO 14001 certification, enhance sustainability, reduce costs, and boost your reputation with Arbor's expert guidance.

What is ISO 14001?

Understanding Canada’s Bill C-59: New Greenwashing Regulations

Discover how Canada’s Bill C-59 combats greenwashing by enforcing stringent requirements for environmental claims. Ensure your business complies today.

Understanding Canada’s Bill C-59: New Greenwashing Regulations

What is ISO 14067?

Understand ISO 14067 and its significance for measuring product carbon footprints. Enhance sustainability and regulatory compliance with this guide.

What is ISO 14067?

Zero Emission Buildings in Vancouver and Toronto: Requirements & Timelines

Learn about Zero Emission Buildings (ZEBs) in Vancouver and Toronto, their application requirements, and how to measure emissions to achieve compliance.

Zero Emission Buildings in Vancouver and Toronto: Requirements & Timelines

What is Cradle-to-Gate in Carbon Calculations?

Dive into the meaning of cradle-to-gate, understand its approach and responsibility, and discover the best tools for lifecycle analysis in this detailed FAQ guide.

What is Cradle-to-Gate in Carbon Calculations?

What is Cradle-to-Grave in Carbon Calculations?

Dive into the meaning of cradle-to-grave, understand its approach and responsibility, and discover the best tools for lifecycle analysis in this detailed FAQ guide.

What is Cradle-to-Grave in Carbon Calculations?

Arbor’s Methodology & Compliance for Carbon Emissions Measurement

Discover how Arbor leads carbon emissions calculations with precise methodology and strict compliance, ensuring reliable and comprehensive data management.

Arbor’s Methodology & Compliance for Carbon Emissions Measurement

Top 11 Carbon Accounting Software and Tools

Discover the top 11 best carbon accounting software in 2025, compare features and pricing, and see why Arbor is the #1 carbon accounting software.

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Top 11 Carbon Accounting Software and Tools

6 Shirts, 3 Countries: Analyzing the Carbon Footprint of Clean Fashion

Dive into the sustainable journey of the world's cleanest t-shirts with Material Factors and Arbor, exploring the carbon footprint of global undyed fashion.

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6 Shirts, 3 Countries: Analyzing the Carbon Footprint of Clean Fashion

The Guide to Canada’s OFSI Guideline B-15 Climate Risk Management

Dive into the Guide to Guideline B-15 with our blog, detailing how it boosts resilience and sustainability among Canada's FRFIs by managing climate risks.

The Guide to Canada’s OFSI Guideline B-15 Climate Risk Management

How Should FRFIs Prepare for Canada's OSFI Guideline B-15?

Exploring Guideline B-15: discover how to prepare for Guideline B-15, ensuring your financial institution navigates climate-related risks with precision.

How Should FRFIs Prepare for Canada's OSFI Guideline B-15?

Primary Data & Secondary Data in Carbon Emissions Measurements

Explore primary data and secondary data in measuring carbon emissions for businesses. See examples of each and understand their advantages and challenges.

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Primary Data & Secondary Data in Carbon Emissions Measurements

What is Canada’s OSFI Climate Risk Management (Guideline B-15)?

Discover how OSFI’s Guideline B-15 equips Canada's financial sector to combat climate risks, ensure long-term resilience and foster sustainable finance.

What is Canada’s OSFI Climate Risk Management (Guideline B-15)?

Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions: Explained with Examples

Explore our 2025 guide on Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, complete with examples and visual charts to help you navigate these essential sustainability metrics.

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Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions: Explained with Examples

All About Arbor: Frequently asked questions about Arbor’s name

Explore the essence of Arbor, addressing FAQs about our name's origins, meaning, and significance in the realm of carbon management. Get into the story of Arbor

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All About Arbor: Frequently asked questions about Arbor’s name

The Guide to the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)

Arbor's guide explains Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF) standards and how Arbor's assists institutions in aligning with the framework.

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The Guide to the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials (PCAF)

What is the EU’s Green Claims Directive (GCD)?

Explore the EU's Green Claims Directive (GCD): Combat greenwashing with strict environmental claim verifications. Learn how Arbor aids businesses in compliance.

What is the EU’s Green Claims Directive (GCD)?

What is a Global Average Carbon Calculation?

Explore the limitations of global average carbon calculations and how adopting precise, technology-driven methods can enhance climate data quality at companies.

What is a Global Average Carbon Calculation?

What is Global Warming Potential (GWP)?

Understand what Global Warming Potential (GWP) is, the measure essential for grasping the impact of greenhouse gases and guiding climate action strategies.

What is Global Warming Potential (GWP)?

What is Carbon Neutrality?

Carbon neutrality means balancing emitted carbon with absorbed carbon, aiming for net zero emissions. Learn what it is and how to achieve neutrality with Arbor.

What is Carbon Neutrality?

What is Carbon Intensity?

Discover what Carbon Intensity means, why it matters in sustainability, and how it can be calculated and reduced for a healthier planet. See how Arbor can help.

What is Carbon Intensity?

What is Carbon Offsetting?

Explore the intricacies of carbon offsetting, its benefits, criticisms, and its role in sustainability with a focus on addressing core emission issues.

What is Carbon Offsetting?

What is the GHG Protocol?

Discover the GHG Protocol, the leading framework for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions, and its role in global climate action.

What is the GHG Protocol?

What is a Spend-based Carbon Calculation?

Dive deep into spend-based carbon calculations, their role in sustainable business practices, challenges, and how they aren't as accurate as you may think.

What is a Spend-based Carbon Calculation?

What is Embodied Carbon?

Discover the what embodied carbon is, what it means in construction, ways to reduce it, and calculate its impact for greener building practices with Arbor.

What is Embodied Carbon?

What is a Hybrid Carbon Calculation?

Dive into how Hybrid Carbon Calculations offer companies a nuanced approach to accurately gauge and reduce their carbon footprint. See how Arbor can help.

What is a Hybrid Carbon Calculation?

What is the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)?

Learn about SBTi Version 2.0 and its impact on corporate emissions reduction. Discover Arbor’s role in empowering efficient carbon management.

What is the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi)?

What is the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)?

Learn about the updated Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), what it is and its influence on climate-focused financial reporting.

What is the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)?

What’s the difference between an EPD, a PCF & an LCA?

Compare the differences between an EPD, a PCF, & an LCA. Understand what they are, how long they take and how Arbor can help deliver accurate, speedy results.

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What’s the difference between an EPD, a PCF & an LCA?

Innovation Fund 2023 Small-scale: What you need to know to get funding

Learn more about the Innovation Fund 2023 Small-scale grant for your company. See eligibility, how to apply, funding requirements & how Arbor can help.

Innovation Fund 2023 Small-scale: What you need to know to get funding

FY24 Energy and Emissions Intensive Industries: What you need to know to get funding

Learn more about the FY24 Energy and Emissions Intensive Industries grant for your company. See eligibility, how to apply, funding requirements & more.

FY24 Energy and Emissions Intensive Industries: What you need to know to get funding

Title 17 Clean Energy Financing: What you need to know to get funding

Learn more about the Title 17 Clean Energy Financing grant for your company. See eligibility, how to apply, funding requirements & how Arbor can help.

Title 17 Clean Energy Financing: What you need to know to get funding

COP28: 8 Key Highlights, Important Topics & News

Discover the critical moments of COP28: from 8 key takeaways, important topics and other news. Explore how COP28 shapes the path for global climate action.

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COP28: 8 Key Highlights, Important Topics & News

What is a Circular Economy?

Discover how the circular economy defines growth and minimizes waste. Explore its principles, benefits, and how Arbor can simplify your sustainability journey.

What is a Circular Economy?

What is a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)?

Explore how Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) is used for assessing product lifecycle impacts, essential for sustainable business decisions and practices.

What is a Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)?

What is a Carbon Credit?

Explore what carbon credits are in carbon management and sustainability. Learn about their origins, types, challenges, and role in fighting climate change.

What is a Carbon Credit?

What is a CO₂ Equivalent (CO₂e)?

Discover what CO₂e is: a key unit in carbon management, used for measuring and comparing greenhouse gas impacts in sustainability and climate strategies.

What is a CO₂ Equivalent (CO₂e)?

What is a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?

Learn about Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and how they evaluate environmental impact. Explore its stages, applications, challenges & how to get good LCA data.

What is a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?

What are Financed Emissions?

Discover the importance of understanding and managing financed emissions. Learn how they impact an organization's carbon footprint and explore strategies.

What are Financed Emissions?

Top 7 Benefits of Carbon Management

Discover the practical benefits of carbon management for companies. From risk mitigation to revenue generation, explore why you should manage your carbon.

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Top 7 Benefits of Carbon Management

A Roadmap to Green Financing and Carbon Management in 2025

Dive into the evolving landscape of sustainable finance, where accurate emissions reporting and green financing are pivotal for financial institutions' success.

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A Roadmap to Green Financing and Carbon Management in 2025

What are Product Category Rules (PCR)?

Explore the significance of Product Category Rules (PCR) in carbon management, their role in sustainability, and how they drive informed environmental decisions

What are Product Category Rules (PCR)?

What are Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR)?

Discover how PEFCR guides businesses in assessing product lifecycle impacts with Arbor's in-depth article on Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules.

What are Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR)?

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