Cradle-to-gate

Cradle-to-Gate  is a calculation tool developed in the project and contains more than 5,000 validated emission factors. The tool can be used freely by SMEs and other companies to calculate the estimated CO₂ footprint of their products from a cradle-to-gate perspective. 

In the first video below, Senior Researcher Hans Sanderson from AU iClimate explains more about the background to the development of the tool and how you can use it in your company. In the second video, Managing Partner Jakob B. Lauritsen from Gejst Studio then guides you through the tool and shows how to use the tool and its features.

Although you can calculate your product’s CO₂ footprint with the tool, you and your company are encouraged to continue to engage in dialogue with your customers about their needs for CO₂ reporting and documentation across the value chain. 

Disclaimer: 
Aarhus University makes Cradle-to-Gate available as a research-based decision-support tool, but assumes no responsibility for the calculations, results, or decisions that companies derive from using the tool. It is solely the individual company that is responsible for the data, assumptions, and calculation results that are used and communicated externally. 
 
Aarhus University can only vouch for the validity of the emission factors included in the tool, but not for company-specific uses, inputs, or interpretations of the results. Cradle-to-Gate therefore cannot be equated with third-party-verified environmental product declarations (EPDs) or life cycle assessments (LCAs). 

Companies must therefore not state that Aarhus University has validated their calculations, products, or results, but may only refer to the fact that they have used the calculation tool Cradle-to-Gate, developed by Aarhus University, to estimate the product’s CO₂ footprint.

The background to the development of the tool

How to use the tool

Cradle-to-gate

Klik her for at komme videre til cradle-to-gate værktøjet, der hjælper dig med at beregne CO2-aftryk på enhedsniveau.

Cradle to Gate er udviklet af professor Hans Sanderson og Professor Annabeth Aagaard, Aarhus Universitet med støtte fra Industriens Fond

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