June 16, 2009 - Green Personal and Home Care company, Method, has teamed up with software company, Planet Metrics, to track and analyze the carbon emissions of many of its product lines, throughout the value chain, from cradle to grave.

Method is using Planet Metrics’ new Rapid Carbon Modeling (RCM™) solution to gain insight into the carbon emissions occurring throughout its business and supply chain. The RCM software allows Method to identify carbon and energy-intensive materials and processes within its operations. It also quantifies carbon, energy, and potential energy cost tradeoffs associated with various scenarios, including material substitutions, supplier switching, and logistics changes.

“Planet Metrics’ RCM software provides us with the necessary tools to measure and track the carbon impact associated with product design and sourcing,” says Adam Lowry, Method co-founder and chief greenskeeper. “By better understanding volatile energy and resource prices, we can make better decisions to lessen the overall footprint and save money. As a leading Cradle-to-Cradle business, we are always seeking innovative ways to make progress in this area. Planet Metrics has been a great resource to Method.”

Planet Metrics’ RCM software uses a company’s primary data, including bill of materials, product formulations, transportation and supply chain logistics data and combines it with its own carbon data to get a complete understanding of the whole value chain. The resulting analysis provides a company the opportunity to implement product formulation changes across their product lines, create innovative packaging, and communicate performance improvements to internal and external stakeholders.

With more and more states introducing carbon regulations, and federal regulations looming, Planet Metrics Founder, Andy Leventhal, says analyzing carbon across the organization is increasingly becoming a “must-have” in a business strategy.

“In light of heightened public awareness around environmental responsibility, coupled with the White House administrations’ plans for carbon regulations and constant, intense focus on the bottom line, companies must develop and deploy comprehensive sustainability strategies,” says Leventhal. “A lower carbon footprint leads to lower cost, and as more organizations recognize that deeper understanding of the materials they use helps drive better decisions on sourcing, transportation and distribution, they will create sustainable best practices and greatly improve the bottom line.”