Definition and Purpose
A Company Carbon Footprint (CCF) represents the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with your company’s operations. This includes everything from energy and fuel use to supply chain activities and waste disposal, providing a full picture of your business’s carbon impact.
A CCF is an essential tool for measuring, understanding, and managing emissions across the organisation. By calculating your CCF, you’ll gain insights into which areas contribute most to emissions (impact hotspots), helping you prioritise reduction efforts (e.g. by site, or operational structure) and set effective sustainability targets.
Why It Matters
For food companies, emissions can be particularly complex, often involving a large portion of indirect emissions from your supply chain (Scope 3 emissions). Accurate CCF data allows you to:
Understand your impact: identify emissions hotspots across your operations and value chain, like purchased goods and waste disposal.
Meet regulatory and stakeholder expectations: a CCF helps you align with regulations (e.g., SECR, CSRD) and stakeholder demands for transparency on carbon impact.
Guide meaningful action: with a clear emissions profile, you can make targeted reductions and track progress toward sustainability goals, boosting your brand’s credibility and supporting long-term resilience.
Our Approach
At My Emissions, we make the CCF process straightforward by providing clear guidance, accessible tools, and support at every step, ensuring accuracy and compliance with global standards like the GHG Protocol.