How to Use carbon footprint in a Sentence

carbon footprint

noun
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  • Achieving this goal requires each link in the entire supply chain to reduce its carbon footprint.
    — WWD, 16 Oct. 2024
  • Some might ask why astronomers would worry about the size of their carbon footprint when other industries are much worse.
    — Eric Niiler, Wired, 21 Mar. 2022
  • In smaller devices, the display has an outsize impact on carbon footprint.
    — Tim De Chant, Ars Technica, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Referred to as Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, a company’s carbon footprint is complex.
    — Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Another avenue for earning the carbon currency is through lowering the carbon footprint of households.
    — Scott Patterson, WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The first is the carbon footprint of the company’s operations, known as scope1; the second is the energy the company uses, known as scope 2.
    — Tim McDonnell, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The bigger the size, the bigger the carbon footprint, Goyke said.
    — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2022
  • And a lot less is known about the carbon footprint of this sort of farming.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Do customers care about the carbon footprint of menu items?
    — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 14 July 2022
  • Then use the funds to reward those who maintain a low carbon footprint.
    — Will Tizard, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That’s also when the state aims to zero out its carbon footprint.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
  • One of the grant’s conditions was for the city to devise and enact a way to reduce its carbon footprint.
    — cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
  • Looking to cut your carbon footprint or save some coin by opting out of high gas prices?
    — Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
  • The city is designed to be traversable by foot or rail, with a low carbon footprint.
    — Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2023
  • This costs less and also helps shrink their carbon footprint by reducing the number of trucks and buses on the road.
    — Matthieu Larivée, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
  • This also brings down the global carbon footprint on the tracker, so fewer discs need to be removed from the bag each turn.
    — Saira Mueller, CNN, 14 June 2024
  • So the carbon footprint is probably a little lighter on the E-edition.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022
  • After all, modern Y2K girls are just as conscious of their carbon footprint as the paw print of their pet Chihuahua.
    — Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Divide that amount of gas by the number of people in the world, and that’s the fair amount of emissions – the size of the carbon footprint – that each individual should cause.
    — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2023
  • But some experts are looking at the carbon footprint of AI itself.
    — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2023
  • The company claims that the use of AI is helping cut down the carbon footprint of package delivery.
    — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Fracking arose against the backdrop of the United States’ massive carbon footprint.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Sep. 2024
  • Hospitals, of course, are only one part of health care’s carbon footprint.
    — Time, 22 June 2023
  • The kitchen also sources local seafood to reduce its carbon footprint.
    — Maggie Hiufu Wong, CNN, 30 Oct. 2022
  • The creative leap Arnold took was to frame the carbon in buildings in terms of those carbon footprint items we have been told about for years—your flight to Europe is a ton of carbon!
    — Lloyd Alter, Treehugger, 27 Jan. 2023
  • One method of reducing our carbon footprint is to adopt what is called a zero-waste lifestyle.
    — Lavonne Roberts, Washington Post, 26 July 2022
  • For instance, eating it twice a week instead of four times a week will shrink your carbon footprint by 25% and may also boost longevity.
    — Allison Aubrey, NPR, 3 Mar. 2024
  • Denmark is set to become the first country to hold bovines accountable for their carbon footprint.
    — Alena Botros, Fortune, 26 June 2024
  • To reduce its carbon footprint, the deli will not offer plates or silverware.
    — Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 7 May 2024
  • Digital product passports can track these efforts, demonstrating a company's commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.
    — Adrian Stelmach, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024

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