Skallerup Klit's carbon footprint: a tool for building up the business strategy

Kristina Overgaard Zacho, Niels Holm Ørnstrup, Tine Marquard Zimmermann, Mariia Kravchenko, Martin Lehmann, Trakarn Prapaspongsa

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Abstract

Skallerup Klit is a Danish holiday center certified as CO2 neutral. They use this label for branding as them selves as the first CO2 neutral holiday center in Denmark. There are reasons to question how ambitious “CO2 neutrality” as a strategy is, because this goal can be reached rather easily by offsetting and without making actual emission reductions. Therefore the purpose of this study is to present recommendations on how Skallerup Klit can build up their business strategy using Carbon Footprint (CFP) as a tool. The CPF is calculated and assessed by using financial data in an Input-output LCA. For the LCA the system boundaries of the assessment of Skallerup Klit´s CFP are defined to include both direct and indirect emissions from the supply chain and from transportation and food eaten at the holiday center. Scenarios are conducted to illustrate where the greatest emission reductions are possible and the results are then used to make recommendations on how Skallerup Klit can build up their business strategy on future CO2 reduction initiatives.
Original languageEnglish
Publication date2011
Number of pages14
Publication statusPublished - 2011
EventLCM2011- Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management - Berling, Germany
Duration: 28 Aug 201131 Aug 2011

Conference

ConferenceLCM2011- Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerling
Period28/08/201131/08/2011

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