Calculate your Carbon Footprint
The Carbon Footprint is an objective index that estimates, on the basis of the LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) method, the emissions of GHG Greenhouse Gases, (the gases that trap heat in the atmosphere), expressed in the form of quantities of CO2, generally Tons), generated by a product, service, activity or organisation.
Life cycle from production to the end of the product life
Kg. Of CO2/Greenhouse Gases eliminated/produced from the atmosphere for each kg. of product
Cosetex Silk and nature Vs CO2 and Greenhouse Gases gases. Thanks to the agricultural component (cultivation of the Mulberry tree), which is essential for the production of the silk fibre, the LCA of a product containing 1 kg. of Silk allows 709.57 kg. of CO2 to be eliminated from the atmosphere (more than the amount of CO2 that a person produces for a flight from New York to London (610 kg)).
Social costs of CO2/Greenhouse Gases for each kg. of product
The social and economic costs, deriving from the direct and indirect effects of one kg. of CO2, have been the subject of numerous estimates and evaluations. The latest in-depth study* sets this cost at 220 USD, even if there are much higher estimates (800 USD source EIEE). It is now incontrovertible that climate change, of which the CO2 component is the main cause, has an impact not only in terms of direct and indirect costs but also in a lack of economic and social growth. A product containing 1 kg. of silk fibre demonstrates in an incontrovertible way, and in contrast to other fibres, a "Revenue", a positive economic/social factor, quantifiable in USD 161.73.
Fibre life cycle
Kg. Of CO2/Greenhouse Gases eliminated/produced from the atmosphere for each kg. of product
Producing a natural fibre such as silk, means working with and in nature. Only the Silk system can guarantee protection and regeneration. A regenerating and ecological agricultural system, which can amply compensate, through the agroecological component of the Mulberry, the negative effects produced by man linked to the Textile industry.
1 kg of silk fibre absorbs and frees the atmosphere of 732.96 kg of CO2.
Social costs of CO2/Greenhouse Gases for each kg. of product
The social and economic costs, deriving from the direct and indirect effects of one kg. of CO2, have been the subject of numerous estimates and evaluations. The latest in-depth study* sets this cost at 220 USD, even if there are much higher estimates (800 USD source EIEE). It is now incontrovertible that climate change, of which the CO2 component is the main cause, has an impact not only in terms of direct and indirect costs but also in a lack of economic and social growth. A product containing 1 kg. of silk fibre demonstrates in an incontrovertible way, and in contrast to other fibres, a "Revenue", a positive economic/social factor, quantifiable in USD 161.73.