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A footprint outline, usually with a figure, stating a product's emissions.
Also known as: Carbon label, CO2 label, Footprint symbol, Carbon neutral label
Carbon footprint labels state a product's greenhouse-gas emissions, usually as grams of carbon dioxide equivalent. There is no single mark and no single methodology, so two labelled products are often not comparable.
States a product's greenhouse-gas emissions, conventionally expressed as grams of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Contexts: Packaging
Follows no single mark or methodology: schemes differ in which stages of the life cycle they count, so figures from two schemes are frequently not comparable even for the same product.
Contexts: Packaging
The outline of a bare footprint, sole and toes, usually shown beside or containing a figure and a unit of mass.
Both quantify an environmental property, one under regulation and one without a common method.