A Facebook-inspired tool that can rapidly calculate the carbon footprint of thousands of products simultaneously has been unveiled by researchers at Columbia University’s Earth Institute in the US. The researchers created the tool as part of a project designed to help PepsiCo develop standardised calculations of the lifecycle of thousands of its products. The team is also now looking at transferring the methodology from carbon to other arenas, such as water use.
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