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GREEN OR SUSTAINABLE MANUFACTURING:

A sustainable apparel manufacturing is going to be vision for the corporate garment
manufacturing companies as well as medium companies in the coming years. Major
goal of this project is reducing carbon foot print per product produced by the
company. Interesting
PROJECT TITLE:
DEVELOPMENT OF A TOOL FOR MEASURING CARBON FOOT
PRINT,
AIM:
This study will focus on gathering information about GHG emissions from activities
along the full life cycle of manufacturing different garments, from raw material
acquisition through disposal.
AND Develop an Application for calculating the carbon footprint of an industry.
INTRODUCTION
What exactly is a carbon footprint?
Every single one of us has an impact on the world in a variety of ways. You may not
know it but each day, from the moment you wake up, you’re contributing to your
carbon footprint.
“The term carbon footprint…is a shorthand to describe the best estimate that we can
get of the full climate change impact of something. That something could be anything
– an activity, an item, a lifestyle, a company, a country or even the whole world”
(Berners-Lee & Clark, The Guardian).
You may vigilantly turn off the lights when you leave a room. Perhaps you recycle or
take public transport when you can? These simple, everyday actions help to
conserve valuable (and often finite) resources and reduce your carbon footprint.
What may not be so obvious, is how to reduce the impact your fashion choices may
have on the climate.
The carbon footprint of clothing
According to The Carbon Trust, clothing accounts for around 3% of the global
production (or 850 million metric tonnes) of CO2 emissions per year. This figure
includes both the production process and emissions produced after we have bought
the clothing, such as when we’re washing, drying and ironing. To put that figure in
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perspective, consider the fact that Australia emits approximately 542.1 million tonnes
of CO2 each year, and the U.S. emits 6,870 million metric tons.
We’re not going to pretend that climate change can be solved if we buy a pair of
carbon neutral sneakers. But considering the clothing industry’s significant carbon
footprint, the choices we make when we go shopping and how we look after our
clothes can make a real difference to the environment.
Business and carbon footprint
Business efforts are increasingly focused on understanding and addressing
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. As these efforts mature, greater attention is being
focused on GHG emissions throughout company value chains and product life
cycles, from raw material extraction to disposal, as a complement to company-
specific carbon foot printing. Reasons for this focus include an interest among
companies in improving communications with consumers and others, a desire to
reduce GHG-related risks throughout the value chain, and a potential need to
address future product labeling requirements.
OBJECTIVE:
As we know that every industry has its own set of procedures and practices that it
follows and as much as we standardize it there is always some difference left. Also
not only do industries differ in between themselves but also with time. With new
technologies being implemented every month the industries are bound to change the
processes and thus the carbon footprint. Then how do we keep up the researches to
this changing time?
Well this project is going to:
 Identify the possible aspects of carbon footprint and gather the needed
information to calculate it most accurately
 Develop an application to calculate the carbon footprint that can be
customized with respect to each industry as well as with change in time and
process.