Development of Evaluation Methodology for Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Production Processes

Abstract

Present study identifies the main CO₂ emissions in production processes for forest management company JSC "Latvijas valsts mezi". The goal of calculations was precisely to determine CO₂ emissions for company and approximately for outsourcing. It was found that the largest amount of JSC "Latvijas valsts mezi" company’s outsourcing CO₂ emissions in production processes are for forest infrastructure development, supply of wood assortment and roundwood harvesting. The major amount of JSC "Latvijas valsts mezi" company’s CO₂ emissions is in Forest Management unit and in the Seeds and Plants unit.