WHAT DOES “CARBON NEUTRAL” MEAN?
Carbon neutrality, as defined by the IPCC (United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) in 2018, is the “situation in which net anthropogenic CO₂ emissions are offset globally by anthropogenic removal of CO₂ over a specified period of time”. The primary actions are reducing and compensating. Since achieving zero emissions is not yet possible with today’s technology, in order to reduce emissions companies must engage in activities that offset them, like reforestation or sustainable mobility projects.
WHAT IS EMBODIED CARBON?
According to the World Green Building Council, embodied carbon emissions originate from construction materials and processes, throughout every phase of a building or infrastructure’s life cycle. Embodied carbon emissions include extraction of materials, transport to the manufacturer, actual production, transport to the construction site, construction, the use, maintenance, repairs, replacements, renovations, demolishing, transport of demolished structures, processing, and disposal.
WHAT IS A CARBON NEUTRAL TILE OR CO2-NEUTRAL TILE?
A carbon neutral tile is a ceramic or stoneware tile whose associated carbon emissions have been offset with carbon credits through participation in specific projects certified by third parties.
WHAT ARE CARBON CREDITS AND HOW DO THEY WORK?
Carbon trading is the market that allows companies to buy and sell so-called carbon credits, or rather the right to emit a certain amount of CO2. The goal of carbon trading, which dates back to the Kyoto Protocol and began in 2005, is to gradually reduce total emissions.
Carbon credits, also known as carbon offsets, are certificates that represent a ton of carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gases that have been reduced or removed from the atmosphere. These are purchased by companies in order to help offset the CO2 emissions that they produce. These purchases fund projects by other companies which reduce or absorb carbon emissions. This allows products whose total carbon footprint cannot be eliminated through further interventions in their production process, to be declared carbon-neutral.
WHAT ELSE DOES PANARIAGROUP DO TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SECTOR OF CERAMIC SURFACES FOR FLOORING AND CLADDING?
Panariagroup is a leader in sustainability. The THINk ZERO project is the result of the Group’s commitment to pursuing a practical and concrete approach to sustainability, as evidenced in the certified Sustainability Report that it publishes every year.
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