This information is important to consumers wishing to minimize their ecological footprint and contribution to global warming made by their purchases.
[1] Examples of products featuring their carbon footprint are Walkers Crisps, Kingsmill bread, British Sugar, Cemex cement, Marshalls paving and Quaker Oats, which have all used the label.
This third party certified system, based on an open standard, eliminates the need for heavy auditing and guess work associated with values determined when using isolated accounting methods.
This also addresses how to consistently and fairly apply the smaller details such as the heating, cooling, lighting etc.
Examples of labeled products can be found at the Swiss retailer Migros, such as an organic fair trade sugar from Paraguay, recycling kitchen towels or laundry detergents.