2021

Pajula, Tiina; Vatanen, Saija; Behm, Katri; Grönman, Kaisa; Lakanen, Laura; Kasurinen, Heli; Soukka, Risto

Climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time. At the same time,<br/>we have multiple other environmental issues at hand, such as the responsible<br/>use of resources.<br/><br/>Since the publication of the Carbon Handprint Guide in 2018, the research work<br/>has continued to extend the applicability of the framework to incorporate other<br/>positive environmental impacts in addition to greenhouse gases. Examples used<br/>in the development of the methodology have covered water, nutrient, air quality<br/>and resource handprint calculations. Moreover, we have discussed how to address<br/>environmental handprints at organization and project levels.<br/><br/>This revised version of the Carbon handprint guide has been developed by a team<br/>of researchers at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd and LUT University.<br/>This would not have been possible without committed partners, professional<br/>invited experts and other stakeholders actively attending workshops and providing<br/>valuable contributions to the development of the framework. We would like to<br/>highly acknowledge all of you!