REVIEW OF CARBON FOOTPRINT ASSESSMENT IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

Author:
Jin Zhang, Xiaoming Qian and Jing Feng

Doi: 10.1108/efcc-03-2020-0006

This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

Under the global climate change, carbon footprint has become a hot issue at home and abroad. However, there is no consensus on the concept, measurement and application of carbon footprint. In this paper, first, the concept and connotation of carbon footprint are reviewed; then, different methods of carbon footprint measurement are compared, and it is found that “bottom-up” life cycle assessment and “top-down” input–output analysis are applicable to different research scales.

Pages 51-56
Year 2020
Issue 1
Volume 1