Five Year Carbon Footprint of a Textile Industry: A Podium to incorporate Sustainability

The world is experiencing deteriorating climatic changes which are significantly resulting from the increased emission of greenhouse gases. This research highlights the major activities of a textile industry that release greenhouse gases and then focuses on calculating the carbon foot print of the i...

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Published in:	Nature environment and pollution technology Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 125
Main Authors:	Akhtar, Sana, Baig, Shahzeen Fatima, Saif, Samia, Mahmood, Asim, Ahmad, Sajid Rashid
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Karad Technoscience Publications 01-03-2017
Subjects:	Carbon footprint Climate change Emissions Energy consumption Fossil fuels Greenhouse gases Industrial development Natural gas Sustainable development Textile industry Trends Pakistan
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Summary:	The world is experiencing deteriorating climatic changes which are significantly resulting from the increased emission of greenhouse gases. This research highlights the major activities of a textile industry that release greenhouse gases and then focuses on calculating the carbon foot print of the industry for last 5 years. Further, this study also links up the calculated carbon footprint with the environmental sustainability. The methodology adopted to calculate carbon footprint was in accordance to the GHG protocol guidelines. The study emphasizes the different emission sources including scope 1 emission which take into account direct emissions resulting from industry owned activities. The scope 2 are indirect emissions that emit due to the purchase of electricity, natural gas and the biogas emissions resulting from waste disposal. Scope 3 emissions were not accounted in the current study based upon its complexity. Scope 1 emissions were found to contribute greatest in total carbon footprint. The results symbolized an ascending trend in the carbon footprint of the industry over past five years. This ascending trend also denoted that very less environmental sustainability has been achieved by the industry in last five years. Carbon footprint calculated for the base year 2014 was 42867.72tCO^sub 2^e.
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ISSN:	0972-6268 2395-3454