What is a carbon footprint?

Carbon footprinting measures the amount of carbon emissions produced by the things we do. From flying, to driving our cars, to the things we buy, every one of us leaves a carbon footprint on the environment. The carbon figure on our packs expresses the total calculated output of carbon emissions connected with the product's lifecycle - from seed, to store, to final disposal of the pack.

In total, the Carbon Trust estimates that the UK emits 648 million tonnes of carbon emissions every year. This means each person in the UK can be linked to an average of 11 tonnes of carbon emissions annually¹.

At Walkers, we understand how we as a company have an important part to play in helping to care for the environment and therefore reduce emissions. That's why we have been working with the Carbon Trust for over 5 years on energy reducing initiatives and more recently on carbon footprinting our products.

Find out how we calculated our carbon footprint here.

¹Carbon Trust Report (CTC603) The carbon emissions generated in all that we consume using the UK Carbon Attribution Model, Centre for Environmental Strategy, 2006.