ISO says the move hopes to remove the confusion associated with the various carbon measurement models available and aims to create a clear guideline for printing companies wishing to measure their carbon output.

Local environmental expert Phillip Lawrence was nominated to this new Working Group by Australia’s ISO TC 130 committee.

Lawrence says, “The industry, around the world is becoming populated with private label calculators.  Although it is good to see firms take this activity on-board, the individual calculators do not give stakeholders of the industry the real opportunity to compare carbon output from firm to firm in a standard way”

Lawrence has previously represented the Australian TC 130 committee as a member of the carbon foot-printing Task Force and has again been enlisted to participate with the new working group.

Also commenting, Luke Wooldridge, Australian TC 130 chairman says, “The Australian TC 130 committee is once again delighted that Phillip will represent the Australian Industry by contributing to the framework of what will be an important new international standard.

“Many printing companies are already conscious of their impact on the environment however right now there is not one universally accepted method for measuring this impact. It is hoped that when this new standard is eventually released it will create a clear and consistent way for printers to measure their carbon footprint which will in turn help the industry remain competitive.”

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