Emerald is a tool that enables companies to accurately measure and report their carbon emissions. It helps companies comply with legislation, enhance their brands, lower costs, and prepare for the low-carbon economy. Emerald calculates carbon footprints across supply chains and allows companies to display dynamic carbon labels on products using technologies like NFC and QR codes. This empowers consumers with information on carbon emissions and helps brands demonstrate their green credentials.

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Company name
Emerald
Sector: Energy and Utilities
Sustainable growth in the green economy
Location: Brazil
Everything we produce, buy and use has a carbon footprint.
The carbon label is
The carbon footprint of a product or service is the total carbon
poised to develop into a
dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted
powerful bridge
during its entire life, from production to use and disposal.
connecting businesses
and their customers.
Are organisations ready for the low
Benefits to organisations
The businesses that carbon economy? Initiative by companies to the green agenda
move quickly to The global call to action on climate change helps:
has put pressure on companies to measure compliance with and preparation for
embrace the new legislation
the volume of CO2 and other GHG they are
carbon agenda will be enhance branding
responsible for, also known as the carbon
lower operating costs
able to demonstrate footprint. Carbon labels show a product's
early penetration into the low carbon market
carbon footprint from source to store, and
responsibility to their mitigate risk
further until its disposal, and convey this employees become good corporate citizens
customers. information to consumers. enables to assess carbon savings and earn
credits for the same
Emerald
Deep understanding of
Emerald is an innovative tool that enables data requirements, collecting primary and
climate change issues companies to accurately report their CO2 secondary data, and calculating carbon
and the application of compliance and provides an invaluable emissions by supply chain process steps.
management information tool for planning
green IT will help clients
future carbon reduction strategies. The Static CO2 labels do not capture dynamic
around the world solution’s modules include Life Cycle parameters which influence individual
harness the benefits of a Assessment & Carbon Labelling, Carbon products: transportation, refrigeration and
Offsetting, Scenario Planning & Abatement heating being some prime examples. Emerald
low carbon economy.
and Administration. leverages Near Field Communication (NFC)
technology and Quick Response (QR) codes
The methodology comprises of five major to display dynamic carbon labels on mobile
steps: analysing internal product data, phones. This empowers consumers with
building a supply chain process map, information that takes into account the
defining boundary conditions and identifying dynamic nature of carbon emissions and the
The world is on the brink of an energy crisis.
Only organisations prepared to adopt a new
model of sustainability will weather the
storm.

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Belgium Netherlands
Brazil Norway
Canada Philippines
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products with low CO2
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Estonia Saudi Arabia
with mobile phone Application server
Finland Singapore
Emerald leverages near field communication (NFC) technology to display dynamic CO2 labels of RFID tagged
France Slovakia
products on mobile phones.
Germany Spain
Hong Kong Sweden
implications of alternative emissions and
Hungary Switzerland potential difference in footprints between
India Taiwan
policy scenarios on the business
instances of the same product. The solution
Indonesia Ukraine
enables users to capture compliance
also incorporates a dashboard that displays
Kuwait United Arab Emirates
obligations under specific compliance
at-a-glance graphical reports for management
Luxembourg United Kingdom
regimes and manage portfolio of carbon
Malaysia USA and offers users the option to drill down from
instruments such as emission allowances
the high-level reports to more detailed
in the voluntary and spot markets
reports, analyses and even raw data.
leverages dynamic labelling to
communicate vital CO2 information to
Build your brand equity through enhanced
consumers conveniently via their mobile
green credentials
phones
Competing in the low carbon economy will
provides customers with comparative
bring major opportunities and challenges to
carbon footprints of similar products in
organisations with the right ‘green’
the same store so that they can choose
capabilities and skills. Emerald:
products with the lowest carbon
identifies carbon savings beyond the scope
footprint.
of other analysis techniques. Besides
is configurable for all GHGs and all
emissions from production and distribution,
products through their entire lifecycle
the label shows CO2 emissions from
thereby supporting accurate
product use, re-use, recycling and disposal
measurement, reporting and reduction
captures details of individual emissions
strategies
abatement projects and evaluates the
“64% of consumers are more likely to buy from an
ethical company than not, up from 25% just two
years ago.”
Computing Business, September 2007
Logica
Divyashree Technopolis
124-125 Yemlur PO
Off HAL Airport Road
Bangalore 560 037
Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 39,000 people across 36 countries. It provides
India
business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Logica works closely
Telephone:+91 80 4194 0000
with its customers to release their potential – enabling change that increases their efficiency, accelerates growth and
Fax: +91 80 4194 3666 manages risk. It applies its deep industry knowledge, technical excellence and global delivery expertise to help its
spark@logica.com customers build leadership positions in their markets. Logica is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and
www.logica.com Euronext (Amsterdam) (LSE: LOG; Euronext: LOG). More information is available at www.logica.com.