• Introducing FootprintIQ: Your Complete Carbon Footprint Analysis Tool

    Introducing FootprintIQ: Your Complete Carbon Footprint Analysis Tool

We're excited to announce the launch of FootprintIQ, our new Carbon Footprinting Tool developed in collaboration with Carbon Footprint Ltd.

Built to the rigorous ISO 14067:2018 standard, FootprintIQ delivers a comprehensive life cycle analysis (LCA) for your products and services. Whether you're seeking a full Cradle to Gate or Cradle to Grave carbon assessment, FootprintIQ provides detailed, actionable insights to support your sustainability goals.

What is Life Cycle Assessment?

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) measures the environmental impact of a product or service across its entire life span - from raw materials and manufacturing to transport, use, and final disposal. While LCAs can cover various environmental factors such as air pollution or ozone depletion, when focusing solely on climate change, it's known as a carbon LCA or product carbon footprint.

Getting Started with FootprintIQ

To begin, simply send an enquiry to our team. We will review your requirements, provide a tailored quote, and once approved, our experts will run a full carbon analysis for your product or service. It's a straightforward process designed to deliver accurate and reliable carbon footprint results.

The carbon footprint analysis is a supplementary service and, as such, is subject to an additional charge. This reflects the specialised resources required to conduct a thorough and accurate assessment. For organisations seeking enhanced credibility and assurance, we also offer the option to have the results independently verified by an accredited third-party body.

 

Who Can Use FootprintIQ?

FootprintIQ is available primarily for bespoke, branded products created with Urban Bar. If you are working with us on a custom design, you will need to request a carbon footprint analysis during the initial design discussions. This allows you to review the environmental impact of your product and, if desired, make design changes before production to reduce the footprint.

 

For standard plain glasses purchased directly from our website, we have already assessed and offset their emissions.

 

If you are ordering plain glasses through standard B2B trade channels (e.g., purchase orders outside of the website), FootprintIQ can be used to provide an assessment for these transactions as well. While changes to the product aren't possible in this case, it still supports businesses that want transparency around the carbon impact of their purchases.

 

What You’ll Receive

Upon completion of the analysis, you will receive a detailed Carbon Footprint Assessment Report. This document breaks down your product’s carbon emissions by lifecycle stage — including sourcing, energy usage, distribution, and disposal — and presents the results both per unit and for larger production volumes. The report is designed to support environmental responsibility and transparency, following industry-standard methodologies. It also allows for independent verification, offering confidence in your sustainability claims.

Our Ongoing Commitment to the Environment

At Urban Bar, environmental responsibility is central to how we operate. All year round, for every order placed, we plant one tree and rescue one plastic bottle from the ocean. For Earth Month (April), we temporarily doubled our impact to two trees and two bottles per order - a reflection of our desire to not only repair environmental damage but to help prevent it.

 

The launch of FootprintIQ at the close of Earth Month underscores this shift in mindset. By helping brands and individuals understand the environmental footprint of their products, we're supporting informed decisions that reduce emissions at the source. Sustainability is not just about offsetting what we can’t avoid — it's about rethinking how things are made from the ground up.

 

Our social responsibility mission includes designing long-life products, minimising waste, using recyclable materials, and supporting ethical sourcing. With FootprintIQ, we’re proud to offer another tool in the journey toward sustainable change.

 

By providing a complete Cradle-to-grave analysis, FootprintIQ empowers you to make smarter decisions about your supply chain, production processes, and product designs.

 

Stay tuned - we're excited to see how FootprintIQ will help businesses reduce their carbon footprint and move toward a more sustainable future.

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