20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Life Cycle Assessment

Through a product life cycle assesssment of its DVD emissions, Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment decreased the carbon footprint of its DVDs by more than 5% on a per unit basis from 2006 to 2008, translating into savings of $10s of millions based on total DVDs sold.

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Product Life Cycle Carbon Footprint Comparison

ClearCarbon helped 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment understand the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of retail point-of-purchase DVD displays and proposed a replacement display that would reduce emissions by more than 20,000 tons of CO2e in three years.

Autodesk Carbon Footprint Review

Autodesk asked ClearCarbon to review their historical carbon data and a draft of their FY 2009 corporate GHG inventory for accuracy and completeness. While Autodesk had produced a high-quality GHG inventory, ClearCarbon was able to use its expertise to identify areas for improvement.

Autodesk Event Footprint

Autodesk aims to model best practices in sustainable business and decided to conduct one of the first carbon footprints of a major professional conference, Autodesk University. Autodesk and ClearCarbon worked together to produce an accurate, transparent, and replicable event footprint.

BNSF Railway Shipping Carbon Estimator

BNSF Railways needed a shipping carbon footprint estimation tool which would allow them and their clients to understand and compare the carbon footprint and emissions associated with a BNSF rail shipment to a shipment using over-the-road trucking alternatives.

Client Confidential - Chemical Company Carbon Footprint Review

In the face of rising energy costs and pending government action regulating carbon emissions, a Fortune 500 chemical company needed to better understand its risk. ClearCarbon was there to help. 

Client Confidential - Newspaper Life Cycle Assessment

A major media company wanted to determine the production footprint for a single copy of its newspaper. ClearCarbon documented and detailed the manufacturing process, ultimately allowing the company to identify newsprint suppliers with above average understanding of their own carbon emissions.

Client Confidential - Supply Chain Analysis

ClearCarbon helped a food service company understanding the carbon and water impacts in the supply chains of various food groups at their more than 1,700 locations.

Client Confidential - World Concert Tour Event Footprint

A well-known international rock band wanted to measure the carbon emissions for its 2007-2008 world tour, with more than 150 concerts on six continents. ClearCarbon caluclated the event footprint for the full tour.

Dean Foods Public Disclosure Reporting

Utilizing the depth of carbon experience available at ClearCarbon, Dean Foods was able to craft technically accurate and strategically holistic responses to CDP and CCAR as well as highlight GHG inventory results and carbon reduction goal setting in their own corporate social responsibility report.
 

DP World GHG Footprint Model

To gather all of the data necessary to calculate its corporate GHG footprint, DP World, a global marine terminal operator, required an easy-to-use interface that could be distributed to all ports and be easily understood by on-site personnel. ClearCarbon successfully developed a carbon footprint model that could be translated into a web application for release to DP World’s global facilities.

Environmental Defense Fund Custom Carbon Application

The Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) trustees wanted to be able to quickly estimate their GHG emissions associated with business travel so that they could offset emissions and support the spirit and purpose of the fund. ClearCarbon delivered.

Fox: “24” Event Footprint

 20th Century Fox Television (Fox) wanted to make its hit primetime drama “24” the world’s first carbon neutral television series. ClearCarbon calculate the carbon footprint of the show's 7th season and recommended ways to reduce emissions and purchase carbon offsets.

Fox: Emmy Awards Event Footprint

As part of its “Green with Emmy” campaign, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) wanted to measure the carbon footprint of the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards and find the best options to reduce the carbon footprint and overall environmental impacts of the event. ClearCarbon’s event footprint provided a detailed breakdown of the event emissions and demonstrated the impacts of carbon reduction initiatives.  

Global Forum 2009 Training - Product Carbon Life Cycle Assessment Workshop

The Global Forum 2009 offered a one day conference on business innovation through sustainability and asked ClearCarbon to present on life cycle assessments. Each participant was engaged and left with an appreciation of key analytical steps. 

National Dairy Holdings Life Cycle Assessment

When National Dairy Holdings hired ClearCarbon to calculate the carbon footprint for a gallon of milk, they learned that most of the emissions occur in the milk production phase. However, this analysis also revealed that emissions are lower when using a corrugate case to transport the gallons as compared to plastic cases, which may lead to new transport options.

Nestle Waters North America Corporate GHG Inventory

ClearCarbon assisted Nestle Waters North America with the completion of its 2007 and 2008 inventories as well as rebaselining the 2006 inventory. Because NWNA is cognizant of its potential carbon impacts outside of the typical scope 1 and 2 corporate inventory, this effort included significant scope 3 emissions sources that are also incorporated into the company's overall reduction strategy.

News Corporation Corporate GHG Inventory

News Corporation was looking for trusted advisors to assist with improving the management of their global footprint data, carbon reduction strategy, and public disclosure. ClearCarbon prepares detailed annual findings reports for each of News Corporation’s business units and recommends specific energy and cost saving measures to support their Global Energy Initiative.

News Corporation Hara Software Implementation

In preparation for their fourth annual carbon assessment, News Corporation needed technical and carbon management experts to assist with the implementation of a software application to more efficiently manage their global carbon and energy initiatives. News Corporation, as a large, decentralized enterprise with operations throughout the world, faced a number of data collection and staff training challenges when implementing a comprehensive software solution.

News Corporation Training

With ClearCarbon’s guidance and training, News Corporation was able to proliferate carbon reduction programs throughout its television production operations and include educational information on climate change in scripts of major entertainment programs.
 

Nika Water Carbon Life Cycle Assessment

NIKA, a California-based retailer of bottled water, used ClearCarbon to compete a product carbon footprint analysis of their 16 fluid ounce bottled water product, beginning with plastic extraction and ending with the transportation of finished product to market.

Simon Property Group Public Disclosure Reporting

Simon Property Group wanted to report its full GHG footprint for the first time in the Carbon Disclosure Project’s fifth report (2007) and continue reporting annually. That was successful and as a result of Simon’s efforts and ClearCarbon’s assistance, Simon was awarded a designation in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index in 2008 (CDP6), with a score of 88.

Studio Working Group Due Diligence and Supply Chain Analysis

As part of the Wal-Mart sustainability initiative and packaging scorecard, the Studio Working Group (SWG) was formed by three major studios. The SWG enlisted ClearCarbon to further investigate the carbon contribution of different DVD packaging options, and ClearCarbon created a database and model that allowed quick analysis of the carbon footprint associated with various packaging alternatives. 

United Nations Corporate GHG Inventory

The United Nations was seeking to create the same carbon preparedness internally that it advocates with its external policies. ClearCarbon inventoried the entire organization's carbon emissions in a complete, detailed, accurate, and transparent process.

Viva Magnetics Product Due Diligence

ClearCarbon assisted Viva Magnetics with conducting a product due diligence of their DVD and Blu-ray cases in order to help Viva create a more environmentally friendly product and decrease the weight of their cases.

Wal-Mart Corporate GHG Inventory

Wal-Mart needed technical experts to assist with measuring its carbon footprint for the first time in 2005. In only three months, ClearCarbon analysts collected data points for more than 7,000 locations in 14 countries to calculate a corporate GHG inventory of more than 20 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (CO₂e).

Worldwise Corporate GHG Inventory