The carbon footprint can be efficiently and effectively reduced by applying the following steps:

• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to accurately determine the current carbon footprint
• Identification of hot-spots in terms of energy consumption and associated CO2-emissions
• Optimisation of energy efficiency and, thus, reduction of CO2-emissions and reduction of other GHG emissions contributed from production processes
• Identification of solutions to neutralise the CO2 emissions that cannot be eliminated by energy saving measures.