PROJECT IMPACT TOOL

At Morally Made, we're dedicated to taking responsibility for the carbon emissions generated during our projects , this is so that we hold ourselves accountable and to capture data to further improve our practices. While exploring various carbon calculation tools, we've yet to find one that perfectly suits our needs. Existing options either focus on overall event emissions, lacking granularity for our production builds, or are tailored to single products rather than multi-product projects.

Recognising the limitations and costs associated with available tools, we've opted to develop our own. While we acknowledge its imperfections and potential outdated data, our in-house tool allows us to assess our builds thoroughly. Periodic cross-checks ensure we stay within acceptable tolerances.

We approach our project impact assessment through Scopes 1, 2, and 3, along with estimating tree usage. Here's a brief overview of what each scope entails:

  • Scope 1: Emissions related to company vehicles and on-site power generation (though we don't generate power).

  • Scope 2: Emissions from purchased energy (electricity). Note, we’ve extended this to include energy used from CNC & Print suppliers.

  • Scope 3: All other emissions associated with material and product creation and transport.

In most cases, carbon footprints for purchased products, components and materials aren't readily available, we generate estimates by combining online information, product-specific calculations using an LCA calculator, and distance estimates for transportation.

Our carbon calculator evolves with regular updates, and we welcome feedback and recommendations. While we recognise the tool's current state may not be perfect, it allows us to confidently assess our projects' environmental impact. We remain optimistic that a more suitable tool will emerge in the future. 

See below an annotated example of our tool. 

TREE USEAGE

By recording the qty of material we are buying, we are able to estimate the weight. This allows us to obtain an estimate of total mass and equate this to approximately how many tree’s would have been used to produce the material.

We also then use this weight to adjusts our transport emissions.

SCOPE 1

By recording our major journeys associated with a project, we can estimate the emissions produced by the vehicles. We have devised a formula which multiplies the weight of a load by the distance traveled.

SCOPE 2

By recording how much energy we use whilst the project makes it way through the workshop, and estimating how much our suppliers use based on data they shared with us, we can estimate the emissions required to produce that energy.

SCOPE 3

By using assumptions, such as distance and route traveled for our core materials and by using an LCA tool, we can calculate the emissions associated with the production and delivery.

Web searches, known data and the use if AI tools, allow us to estimate emissions for components and purchased goods.

ESTIMATED TOTAL

We then combine all our sub totals, before adding a 10% safety factor.

We then use these figures to ensure we are offsetting and preventing the carbon we believe to be responsible for.

1 SHORT TABLE & STOOL, DELIVERED TO SITE’

Estimated 250kg C02e