Footprinter: More Than Just a Carbon Calculator

 -Best Foot Forward Launch Tool to Help Businesses

Reduce Carbon Footprints- 18 April 2007

 For organisations wanting to reduce their carbon and ecological footprint, knowing where to start can be difficult.  Businesses need a clear outline of their sustainability and tangible information on how to reduce their footprint.  Queens-award winning sustainability consultancy, Best Foot Forward, has launched the Footprinter tool, the first web based carbon calculator for businesses that offers a new level of accuracy and functionality.  Existing measurement tools are mainly aimed at individuals and use non-standard, generic data.  This means that outputs are not as accurate as they would be if they were specific to the individual organisation.   

The Footprinter tool is the next generation of environmental accounting tools providing detailed analyses, reporting facilities and scenario planning.  The tool provides organisations with a bespoke system, that they can continue to work with and evaluate their progress.  Currently, many web based calculators only consider carbon outputs and have a limited set of fixed inputs.  However, the Footprinter tool is customisable offering users the ability to add items that are relevant to their specific business.   

For organisations tentatively taking their first steps on the carbon management path, fully integrated support and consultancy services are available from Best Foot Forward.

“Leading businesses are already finding that a better understanding of their carbon emissions is good for the bottom line. Pressure to tackle climate change through reductions in CO₂ emissions is also coming from consumers, investors and legislators.  Footprinter makes carbon accounting far simpler for those wanting to measure, monitor and reduce their impact on the environment. No more messing around with spreadsheets or struggling to find conversion factors.  Footprinter provides a full web-based solution backed up by support from Europe’s leading footprint specialists.“ Comments Craig Simmons, technical director & co-founder of Best Foot Forward.

About Best Foot Forward

Founded in 1997, Best Foot Forward has worked with over one hundred organisations and has carried out projects ranging from measuring the ecological footprint of a single apple to the entire city of London. It has worked with businesses in many different sectors including manufacturing, construction, transportation and commerce. In 2005 Best Foot Forward was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development for its work in this area.  For more information visit www.footprinter.com