Carbon footprint analysis, calculation and improvement of a pharmaceutical company

Identifier:  TFM:1400

Handle: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TFM1400

Authors:  Brito Gomes Domingues, Mayara

Abstract:
Currently anthropogenic greenhouse gases emissions and its direct relation to global warming is an issue that concerns international communities for the last decades. The increasing awareness about this topic has led to measures to reduce those emissions. The main objective of this master thesis is to calculate the organizational carbon footprint and propose improvement measures to reduce the emissions caused by the activities of the company. To assess these activities the methodology followed is ISO 14064 and to calculate the organization carbon footprint the GHG calculator of Generalitat of Catalunya is used as a tool