Product Carbon Footprints

Dive into the carbon impact of your products across their full lifecycle. Identify key emission hotspots and share trusted product-level data with clients.

Understand the carbon impact of your products across the lifecycle

With easy-to-use tech and 1:1 expert support, Seedling makes it simple to accurately track, reduce, and report product-level emissions.

Our Product Carbon Footprint tool helps product-based businesses to:

Identify key hotspots across the project lifecycle
Track and reduce project emissions at each stage (concept, design etc)
Share detailed, RICS-sligned reports with with clients

View an example Product Footprint page

Each product you measure gets its own carbon impact page - share with a link or add a QR code to the product packaging.

Read our guide to Product Carbon Footprinting

What is a Product Carbon Footprint, and why measure one? Read our guide to learn all you need to know.
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  • User-friendly software
  • One-click reporting
  • 1:1 support from the experts

Why work with us?

Easy-to-use platform

Seedling is designed for small and mid-sized teams - we streamline product footprints, without comporising on rigour.

Expert backup

We're not just a software platform - we're with you 1:1 throughout the whole process.

Full reporting coverage

Measure, track and report the carbon impact of your entire business, as well as your products, in one place.

How does it work?

1

Measure your emissions

Guided by your adviser, gather and input the data needed for your product carbon footprints.

Our easy-to-use platform and expert support make this doable in days, not months.

2

Identify reduction opportunities

Work with your adviser to understand your hotspots and build a carbon reduction plan.

Get bespoke support, tailored to your business and sector-specific challenges.

3

Share your impact

Your product-level emissions are ready to share on your product impact page - just copy a link or embed a QR code on your packaging.

What our clients say

Hear from our satisfied Seedling clients

‘We found the team at Seedling very helpful. They made the set-up process simple and seamless and went above and beyond in understanding our business and how to capture the right data. We are delighted with the results.’
Consulting
Stuart Pearce
Director
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Journey4
"With Seedling, we inputted data on what we do as a brand: the materials we use, where they're made, how they've travelled etc. The team at Seedling then calculate what that means in terms of carbon. To see all of our data in one place, and having a real person at the end of the phone to discuss what the data means and crucially how to make what we do better, was amazing."
Fashion
Patrick McDowell
Founder
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Patrick McDowell
"We wanted to understand and reduce our carbon footprint but felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start. Seedling guided us through the process every step of the way, their easy-to-use platform made collecting our business data straightforward, and the team gave us tailored support to build an emissions reduction plan. Thanks to Seedling, we’ve started our journey to Net Zero with confidence."
Creative agency
Ursula Fairlie
Senior Content Manager
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Rationale
"Seedling were an invaluable partner in developing our Carbon Reduction Plan. Their collaborative approach involved accurate emission calculations, presented transparently through a user-friendly platform. Seedling's expertise and dedication made the entire process seamless – I’d recommend Seedling to businesses on a sustainability journey."
Consulting
Kristina Vard
Marketing lead
,
FarrPoint
"We love the Seedling product! The footprinting process was easy and comprehensive, and we were surprised at the speed of turnaround. Our public page is a great addition to our environmental communications which really helps us to stand out."
Software
Sam Holding
Strategic Partnerships Lead
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BibliU
"I love working with Seedling. Passionate, insightful and thoughtful people doing work that benefits our business, our staff, and the whole planet. They are easy to work alongside, with a well-constructed process that is simple to follow for any business, small or large."
Software
Simon Stewart
Client Services Director
,
Big Blue Door
"Seedling has enabled us to play around with our strategy and understand the impact of any changes we make. For instance, if we want to switch 60% of cotton to recycled, we can quantify the impact that this will have. This is so helpful because once we've set targets, the key challenge is understanding how we get there."
Fashion
Mica Phillips
Sustainability Manager
,
Margaret Howell

FAQs

Your questions answered

How does Seedling calculate product-level emissions?

Following guidance from the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067 standards, we first define the product to be measured (e.g. 1 finished unit of product X) and the boundaries (or scope) of the assessment - usually cradle-to-grave. We'll then analyse the input/output flows of the product (things like ingredients or materials on the input side, and waste on the output side). You'll then input data relating to those processes, and we'll calculate emissions on that basis.

Are Product Carbon Footprints mandatory?

It depends on the sector and your geography. The EU is rolling out regulation on Digital Product Passports which mandate product-level impact assessments for some products. However, other businesses may not be directly affected, but still required to submit product-level data as part of tenders or client requests.

How does the product impact page work?

Once you've measured your product-level emissions, you can easily share the results using your product impact page - an online dashboard showing a full breakdown of the product's emissions and key hotspots. Simply share a link, or add a QR code to labeling or packaging.

What is the GHG Protocol and ISO 14067?

Both are standards that specify how product-level emissions should be calculated, with some differences.

The GHG Protocol is a framework/guideline (flexible, widely adopted, covers organizations, value chains, and products).

ISO 14067 is a formal standard (more prescriptive, mainly for product-level footprints, often used for certification/verification).

How long does it take to measure product-level emissions?

Using our Product Footprint module, you can calculate product-level emissions as soon as you have the data ready to input.

Still have questions?

Book a demo or get in touch and we'll be happy to help. Or follow this step-by-step guide to measuring your business's carbon footprint.