Our CO2 Calculator
Calculate the climate footprint of your package
Explore the cradle-to-gate climate impact of different Ecolean packaging options.
The cradle-to-gate climate impact includes everything from the sourcing of raw materials to the moment our ready-to-fill, pre-converted packages leave Ecolean's gate.
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- Aseptic Packages
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Global Warming Potential (GWP)
(g CO2 eq)
The climate impact assessment includes emissions and removals of greenhouse gases arising from fossil sources, biogenic sources, and direct land use change. According to the regulations of the EPD system, four GWP indicators are declared, which differentiates greenhouse gases depending on their origin: GWP-fossil, GWP-biogenic, GWP-land use and land use change (luc), and GWP-TOTAL (the sum of the other three GWP indicators). The first set of Ecolean EPDs were created using the previous regulations of the EPD system that only covered GWP-fossil.
The Environmental Profiles characterisation model is based on factors developed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Factors are expressed as Global Warming Potential over the time horizon of 100 years (GWP100), measured in the reference unit, kg CO2 equivalent.
Cradle to Gate
What's included:
- The impact of raw material production and transportation
- Packaging materials used for transport
- Ecolean's production impact in Sweden
- Transportation to the packaging forming site in China or Pakistan
- Package converting and forming
- Sterilisation for Ecolean® Air Aseptic
- Ready-to-fill packages at the Ecolean gate
What's included in Cradle-to-Gate
- Impact of raw material production and transportation
- Packaging materials used for transport
- Ecolean's production impact in Sweden
- Transportation to the packaging forming site in China or Pakistan
- Package converting and forming
- Sterilisation for Ecolean® Air Aseptic
- Ready-to-fill packages at the Ecolean gate
Climate calculator methodology
The results are taken from EPDs for packages for chilled and ambient distribution. The EPDs follow the Product Category Rules (PCR) for 2019:13 Packaging (1.1) as well as the principles and procedures of ISO 14025:2006. Ecolean’s EPDs are independently verified and registered based on verified LCA data in accordance with ISO 14040, ISO 14044 and the International EPD® System.
The impact from raw materials is equal to the upstream processes in the EPDs and include all production processes for the raw materials used in the packaging production and raw materials for transport packaging.
The impact of the Ecolean production includes the core process as described in the EPD. The results include the impact from the transportation of raw materials to the Ecolean production site, the manufacturing of the packaging material, and the printing and forming the ready-to-fill packages wound on reels. The reels are covered by plastic wrapping and placed on wooden pallets.
The process also includes waste treatment for production waste and impacts due to the production of electricity and fuels used in the production process. Depending on the market, the production of Ecolean packages (primary packaging) is located in Helsingborg, Sweden, in TEDA, China or in Lahore, Pakistan. When the production of packages takes place in China or Pakistan, the carbon footprint includes the transportation of packaging material to the package forming site.
For full environmental data and a more detailed description of the system, please see the Ecolean EPDs at The International EPD® System website:
Ecolean® Air Aseptic packages - production site Helsingborg, Sweden
Ecolean® Air packages - production site Helsingborg, Sweden
Ecolean® Air packages - production site TEDA, China
Ecolean® Air Aseptic packages - production site: TEDA, China
Ecolean® Air Aseptic packages - production site Lahore, Pakistan