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Product carbon footprints

What if you could create a carbon footprint of everything you sell?

When customers ask for product carbon footprints, send us your catalogue as it is, with prices. GreenInsight cleans, classifies and footprints every line, so you get one CO2e figure for every product you sell, not just a few flagship items. Rapid PCF starts at £50 a product.

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Your catalogue, footprinted

Every product now carries its carbon figure

  • Nitrile gloves, M

    Box of 100£9.80

    1.9 kg CO2e

  • Surgical masks

    Box of 50£4.90

    2.1 kg CO2e

  • Hand sanitiser gel

    500 mL£3.40

    0.9 kg CO2e

  • Syringe, 3 mL

    Box of 100£18.40

    1.2 kg CO2e

  • Scrubs tunic, M

    Each£12.50

    4.8 kg CO2e

  • Sharps container

    1 litre£2.10

    0.5 kg CO2e

Illustrative example: six catalogue products, each shown with an illustrative carbon footprint per pack.

The engine

Start with the catalogue you need to cover.

You don't need a bill of materials for every product to begin. Send your catalogue as it is, with prices. GreenInsight cleans, classifies and footprints every line.

01

Your catalogue

Sent as it is: names, descriptions, prices and origin where you have it.

  1. Nitrile gloves M 100pk9.80
  2. SURG MASK IIR x504.90
  3. Hand gel 500ml pump3.40
  4. Syringe 3ml luer + ndl18.40
  5. Scrubs tunic teal M12.50
  6. Sharps bin 1L yellow2.10
  7. Paper hand towel C-fold21.00

02

GreenInsight

Every line is classified, given its recipe and footprinted with the best evidence available.

GreenInsight

  1. Classify
  2. Find the recipe
  3. Apply carbon data

03

Your PCFs

A carbon figure for every product, with deeper analysis where it's useful.

  1. Nitrile gloves, M1.9 kg
  2. Surgical masks2.1 kg
  3. Hand sanitiser gel0.9 kg
  4. Syringe, 3 mL1.2 kg
  5. Scrubs tunic, M4.8 kg
  6. Sharps container0.5 kg
  7. Paper hand towels3.6 kg

The evidence behind each footprint

The strongest evidence first. Modelling only when needed.

GreenInsight reads every catalogue line – description, units, origin – and works down from the most specific evidence. If a similar product with the same specification already has a footprint, we use it. If none does, we model it.

Catalogue line Best evidence match Product footprint
  1. 1Supplier-specific footprintProcess-level data from the manufacturer
  2. 2EPDVerified environmental product declaration
  3. 3Other LCAPublished lifecycle study
  4. 4Material-basedBuilt from the recipe's materials
  5. 5MRIO matrixEconomic modelling for the product's country of originDrawing on what we already know74mproducts recognised1.8mattributes and componentsMore on this below

ISO 14067

The product carbon footprint standard

The international standard for measuring and reporting the carbon footprint of a single product. It's the reference buyers in the UK and Europe look for when they ask for product-level figures.

GHG Protocol

How emissions are counted

The global framework most organisations use to count and report their greenhouse gas emissions, including the Scope 3 figures your customers build from what they buy.

Standards

Aligned with ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol

Our method is aligned with both. Your footprints follow the rules your customers' own reporting already uses, so they can take your figures into their Scope 3 numbers without translating them first.

Every footprint starts from the strongest evidence available for that product, and the method behind it is the same across your whole catalogue.

We're having our methodology independently validated, so buyers who ask for third-party assurance will have it.

One product, start to finish

From catalogue line to carbon footprint.

Take one line from an ordinary catalogue: a 3 mL syringe with a description, a pack size and a price, but no carbon data. Here's how the engine gets from that line to a footprint.

Illustrative modelled components of a 3 mL syringe, material contribution only
ComponentMaterialg CO2e
Plunger rodPolypropylene3.2
Plunger sealSynthetic rubber or TPE1.0
BarrelPolypropylene5.2
Needle hubPolypropylene0.6
NeedleStainless steel0.6
Protective capPolypropylene1.0
Total per syringe11.6
100 syringes1,160
Box and packagingBoard and film40
Box of 100, total1,200 (1.2 kg)

The knowledge behind it

Most products aren't new to us.

Over the years we've learned to recognise 74 million products, however messily they're described, and the 1.8 million attributes and components they're made from. So a new catalogue doesn't start from a blank sheet.

  1. 01Each catalogue line is classified against products we already recognise.
  2. 02Its recipe, an estimated bill of materials, comes with it.
  3. 03Carbon data is applied to the recipe and its country of origin.

74million

products recognised and classified

1.8million

attributes and components they're made from

Illustrative product matrix: relative share of each attribute or component
ProductPlasticSteelRubberPaperPackagingTransport
Syringe, 3 mLhighlowlownonemediumlow
Nitrile glovenonenonehighnonemediumlow
Hand towelnonenonenonehighmediummedium
Paper cuplownonenonehighlowlow
Laptopmediumhighlownonemediummedium
Illustrative product matrix by attribute or component: relative share in each product
Attribute or componentSyringeGloveTowelCupLaptop
Plastichighnonenonelowmedium
Steellownonenonenonehigh
Rubberlowhighnonenonelow
Papernonenonehighhighnone
Packagingmediummediummediumlowmedium
Transportlowlowmediumlowmedium

The product matrix, illustrative. Each recognised product maps to the attributes and components it's made from, in proportion: materials, packaging and transport.

Compare the routes

Three ways to get product carbon footprints.

Most routes either hand the work to your team or price each product as its own study. We start from the catalogue you already have and cover it in one go.

Comparison of Co2Analysis, self-service PCF tools and consultancy LCA studies
Co2AnalysisSelf-service PCF toolsConsultancy LCA studies
Who does the workWe do, with GreenInsightOften your team, in a self-service toolA consultant, with data requests to you
What you provideYour catalogue with prices; BOMs optionalStructured product data, depending on the toolUsually detailed data for each product
Set-upNo software to install or integrateTool set-up and integration, plus team timeData collection for each product
Time to resultsWithin weeks, for your whole catalogueQuick once products are modelledTypically weeks per screening study1
ScaleEvery product in one goMany products, once set upUsually product by product
CostPriced for whole cataloguesVaries, plus set-up and team timeAround £3k–£10k per screening study1
Who does the work
Co2Analysis
We do, with GreenInsight
Self-service PCF tools
Often your team, in a self-service tool
Consultancy LCA studies
A consultant, with data requests to you
What you provide
Co2Analysis
Your catalogue with prices; BOMs optional
Self-service PCF tools
Structured product data, depending on the tool
Consultancy LCA studies
Usually detailed data for each product
Set-up
Co2Analysis
No software to install or integrate
Self-service PCF tools
Tool set-up and integration, plus team time
Consultancy LCA studies
Data collection for each product
Time to results
Co2Analysis
Within weeks, for your whole catalogue
Self-service PCF tools
Quick once products are modelled
Consultancy LCA studies
Typically weeks per screening study1
Scale
Co2Analysis
Every product in one go
Self-service PCF tools
Many products, once set up
Consultancy LCA studies
Usually product by product
Cost
Co2Analysis
Priced for whole catalogues
Self-service PCF tools
Varies, plus set-up and team time
Consultancy LCA studies
Around £3k–£10k per screening study1

Typical approaches; requirements vary by provider and assessment depth. 1 Screening-level, carbon-only footprint of a single product: Carbon Managers, 2026 UK LCA cost guide.

Options

Start with Rapid PCF. Go deeper where needed.

Every organisation is different. Pick the option that fits you best. Pricing is tailored to your catalogue and the level of analysis you choose.

Quick start

Rapid PCF

The fastest route to a footprint for every product.

You send

  • Your catalogue + prices

You get

  • A PCF for every product in your catalogue
  • Calculated using line-item MRIO modelling
Price£50 per productwith volume discounts

Go further

Enhanced PCF

Deeper analysis for your highest-impact products.

You send

  • Material information for the products, or BOMs (optional)

You get

  • More specific PCFs for your priority products, built from their materials or BOMs
PriceTailored to your scope

  • No extra cost

    At every level, we use any LCA or EPD data you already have.

  • No extra work

    If your ERP or manufacturing system already holds product breakdowns, we can extract the bills of materials from it.

  • Want more?

    Add procurement and finance data for a line-item Scope 3 footprint. Top-100 product identification and overhead validation are also available.

For NHS suppliers

Supplying the NHS? April 2028 is coming.

NHS England's Net Zero Supplier Roadmap brings in carbon footprinting for individual products from April 2028. The NHS will set the scope and methodology with suppliers and regulators. Covering a whole catalogue takes time, so starting now gives you room to prepare.

Outside the NHS, the same request comes from customers reporting Scope 3 Category 1 (purchased goods and services). A footprint for each product gives them a product-level figure instead of a spend-based average.

Source: NHS Net Zero Supplier Roadmap, June 2026 · england.nhs.uk/greenernhs

  1. April 2022Net zero and social value: at least 10% of every tender score
  2. April 2024Carbon Reduction Plans for all new procurements
  3. NowTime to prepare
  4. April 2027Report targets and emissions across relevant global Scope 1, 2 and 3
  5. April 2028Carbon footprints for individual products

NHS Supply Chain and 30+ NHS organisations use Co2Analysis

NHS trusts are our largest group of clients. The organisations you supply may already be measuring their supply chain with us.

Questions

What customers
ask first.

What is a PCF, and how is it different from an LCA or an EPD?

A product carbon footprint (PCF) is the greenhouse gas emissions of one product, given as a single CO2e figure. A life cycle assessment (LCA) is a fuller study of a product's environmental impacts, usually one product at a time. An environmental product declaration (EPD) is a verified document based on an LCA. We don't produce LCAs or EPDs; where you already have them, we use them in your footprints.

What data do we need to provide?

Your product catalogue as it is: product names and descriptions, pack sizes and units, and a buy or sell price. Supplier, manufacturer and country-of-origin details help where you have them. Bills of materials are optional.

Do we need a bill of materials for every product?

No. GreenInsight estimates each product's recipe from what we already know about similar products. If you do have bills of materials or material data, for example in your ERP system, we can use them for more specific results.

What do we receive?

With Rapid PCF, you get one CO2e figure for every product line in your catalogue. With Enhanced PCF, we go deeper on the products you choose, using their materials or BOMs where you have them.

Will this meet NHS supplier requirements?

The NHS hasn't yet set the scope and methodology for product-level footprints. It plans to agree them with suppliers and regulators ahead of April 2028. Footprinting your catalogue now gives you a baseline to build on as the requirements are confirmed.

What will it cost, and how long will it take?

Rapid PCF is £50 per product for catalogues of up to 200 products. Larger catalogues get a tailored quote with volume discounts. Enhanced PCF is priced to your scope. Results for a whole catalogue typically arrive within weeks.

Let's look at your catalogue.

Tell us about your catalogue and we'll recommend the right starting point, whether that's Rapid PCF across every product or deeper analysis where it matters.

What happens next

  1. 1Tell us about your catalogue using the form.
  2. 2We look at it with you and recommend Rapid, Enhanced or both.
  3. 3Send your catalogue as it is, with prices.
  4. 4You get one CO2e figure for every product line.

Why Co2Analysis

  • Aligned with ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol
  • No questionnaires or LCA project
  • Rapid PCF from £50 a product
  • 74 million products already recognised

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