HOW IT WORKS:

CLIMATE CONSCIOUS ASSESSMENT We analyze greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted during the making, use and disposal of a product.	CERTIFICATION Provided they meet our requirements, we label assessed products "Climate Conscious."
INFORMED PURCHASING Armed with information about the climate impacts of their daily purchases, shoppers vote with their dollars and buy more Climate Conscious products.	EMISSIONS DECREASE Companies realize their customers care and work even harder to reduce their carbon footprint. GHG emissions decrease and we all win.
New Belgium Brewing Company recently presented results from TCC's Climate Conscious Assessment of Fat Tire Amber Ale at the Craft Brewers Conference and BrewExpo Amercia in San Diego, California. Read the results of our assessment of Fat Tire: Climate Conscious Assessment Report. In September, TCC representatives visited London to participate in the first meeting of the GHG Protocol technical working group for the development of a global standard for product-level carbon footprinting. Read more about the initiative here. Salon.com published a story considering the relative impact on the climate of paper towels and electric hand dryers used in public restrooms. TCC helped with the calculations. Our assumptions and work are shown here.