Frequently asked questions
The Greenline Package online platform calculates life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the entire cradle-to-gate production chain of a paperboard product and issues an easily communicable label that can be printed on the paperboard package.
The Greenline Package online platform calculates life cycle carbon dioxide equivalent emissions of the entire cradle-to-gate production chain of a paperboard product and issues an easily communicable label that can be printed on the paperboard package.
Upon ordering a paperboard package from Kroonpress Ltd, you will be given an option to calculate the carbon footprint of the paperboard packaging. The carbon label is calculated with a calculator that is based on ISO 16759:2013 method. The carbon information is communicated via carbon labels and a QR-code that is stored in the public database, providing details about the emissions of the labelled product.
How are carbon emissions calculated?
You can read more about this in the method section. In short, we employ a ISO 16759:2013 standard to account for the cradle-to-gate life cycle emissions of producing a paperboard product. We have acquired data from all stakeholders in the production chain; in case of unavailable data, best available data from credible scientific resources are used.
ISO 16759:2013 is a standard that provides a specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services. Cradle-to-gate life cycle greenhouse gas emissions in the Greenline Package platform have been calculated according to this specification. It is further development of PAS 2050 and ISO 14067.
What’s a carbon dioxide equivalency?
Carbon dioxide equivalency is a quantity that describes, for a given mixture and amount of greenhouse gas, the amount of CO2 that would have the same global warming potential (GWP), when measured over a specified timescale (generally, 100 years). There are various other greenhouse gases, e.g. methane and nitrous oxide, which have a global warming potential of 25 and 298 times that of carbon dioxide of equivalent mass. Let's say a factory emitted 1 tonne of CO2 and 1 tonne of methane; its carbon footprint would thus be 1x1 + 1x25 = 26 tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
I’m a general consumer, why should I use GreenlinePackage.com?
To get climate-related information about how paperboard package producers produce the products that you use. For example, by scanning the QR code with your phone, you will be directed to a page with easy-to-read statistics and data about resource consumption for that exact product. If you have a personal carbon budget, you can view what is influencing the footprint of the paperboard products and how much you would need to compensate.
How trustworthy is the life cycle emissions quantification and grading?
Our carbon calculation method is adopted from ISO 16759:2013. Our methods for calculating and grading are described in detail and are open for public access in the method section.
Who initiated Greenline Package and why?
It was initiated by Kroonpress Ltd., which is one of the largest and modern printing press plants in the Baltic region. There are three key drivers that lead to the establishment of Greenline Print:
- industrial production places a burden on the environment and climate, so measures had to be taken to diminish the environmental footprint
- society demands environmental action from polluters and producers along with transparent information about claimed environmental improvements
- supply chain stakeholders (paperboard producers) have taken great steps in improving their environmental performance and it is the package producers that need to communicate these efforts as they are the last in the production pipeline
Do I have to print in Kroonpress to use Greenline Package?
For the time being, yes.
What’s a cradle-to-gate life cycle?
It means that the emissions assessment takes into account everything from the extraction of raw materials to producing intermediary products to transportation and final product consumption. The assessment boundary for paperboard products ends with the „gate“ which is the publisher's address.
Why doesn’t Greenline Package encompass a full cradle-to-cradle life cycle assessment?
The downstream processes not included in our assessment are usage and end-of-life for which we have no control over. For example, the distribution emissions after shipping the packages for each customer are hard to determine, as are the waste collection and disposal emissions, not to mention the lack of data regarding disposal – be it storage, incineration, landfilling or recycling.