We are now bringing together a consortium of internationally prestigious organisations and governing bodies which – by contributing their outstanding expertise and pooling resources – will help bring the Global Footprinting Mechanism to fruition.

The mechanism can spark a new wave of sustainabilIty-based innovation and technology with substantial opportunities for those companies and organisations who recognise its potential. As we make the full life-cycle emissions of goods and services visible so that consumers can judge, with unprecedented accuracy, the sustainability of the things they buy, businesses will have a new means of competing for their market share – not just predominantly by price, but by improving the carbon emissions of the products and services they provide.