Insights
Notes from the lab.
Guides and method notes on carbon accounting, life cycle assessment and sustainable product measurement, written by the team that builds our tools.
- Methodology2 min read
Location-based vs. market-based Scope 2: why we don't pick one for you
The GHG Protocol allows two ways to count emissions from purchased electricity, and they can produce very different numbers. Most tools quietly choose one. ECOT reports both.
- Product2 min read
What "audit-ready" means in practice, not just as a label
Audit-ready is easy to claim and hard to deliver. We treat it as a property of the data itself, built in from the first row entered rather than assembled the week before a review.
- Guide2 min read
What a product carbon footprint actually measures
A plain-language guide to product carbon footprints: what they include, how system boundaries change the answer, and how to read one without being misled.
- Guide2 min read
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, explained for product teams
The three scopes of the GHG Protocol in plain language, with examples from manufacturing, and why Scope 3 is where most of a product's footprint usually sits.