Waiting up to two years to have carbon emissions data to inform business decisions was the norm for one spectacles maker from Amsterdam. But Ace & Tate decided that an annual audit of old information by environment consultants was not helping them to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Instead, the company, which has ten shops in London and Oxford and employs about 650 people across Europe, wanted live data on the carbon impact of its day-to-day decisions, such as selecting product material and suppliers and making changes to its manufacturing process.
Femme van Gils, its responsibility manager, said they designed new frames a year before launch, leading to the long lag in knowing the impact to its carbon footprint that the changes caused. “For businesses
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