Carbon Footprint Label, also known as Carbon Emission Label, is a labeling method used to display the carbon emissions of companies, production processes, products (including services), and individuals.
South Korea has developed a carbon labeling scheme for intermediate products and services and a low-carbon product certification scheme, both of which are non-mandatory and voluntarily participated by enterprises.
The United Kingdom is the first country in the world to introduce the carbon footprint labelling scheme for products. In March 2007, the Carbon Trust launched the world's first batch of products labeled with carbon labels.
At present, there are three types of carbon labels in the United States, all of which are launched by different companies, with no official carbon label system.
The Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (TGO), Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development (TBCSD) and Thailand Environment Institute (TEI) jointly launched the carbon reduction label.
Japan launched the carbon labeling scheme in 2009 and announced the calculation method of carbon dioxide emissions, the products applicable to the carbon label, and the unified carbon label icon.