How to Use carbon footprint in a Sentence

carbon footprint

noun

• The weight of the glass and the cost of transport account for 29% to 50% of a wine’s carbon footprint.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
• The bigger the size, the bigger the carbon footprint, Goyke said.
  — Drake Bentley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 May 2022
• And a lot less is known about the carbon footprint of this sort of farming.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2024
• The carbon footprint of such monsters could get as low as 6 g/kwh.
  — Christopher Helman, Forbes, 28 Apr. 2021
• Do customers care about the carbon footprint of menu items?
  — Jenna Schnuer, Fortune, 14 July 2022
• Then use the funds to reward those who maintain a low carbon footprint.
  — Will Tizard, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
• That’s also when the state aims to zero out its carbon footprint.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2022
• View 3 Images Love racing, but not a fan of the sport's carbon footprint?
  — New Atlas, 4 Dec. 2024
• Then there’s the problem of the skiers themselves: Most of the carbon footprint in skiing comes from lodging and the cars and planes used to get to the resorts.
  — Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2022
• To cut down on his carbon footprint, Suter drives an electric car.
  — James Wagner, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2021
• These have a lower carbon footprint, zero waste, and can be on-shored in-store or in the region.
  — Mayu Saini, Sourcing Journal, 14 Apr. 2025
• The menu boards at the summit prominently displayed the carbon footprint of each dish.
  — New York Times, 12 Nov. 2021
• Henn, though, thinks companies that want to do good in the world need to do more than reduce their carbon footprint.
  — Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
• One of the grant’s conditions was for the city to devise and enact a way to reduce its carbon footprint.
  — cleveland, 16 Nov. 2022
• Looking to cut your carbon footprint or save some coin by opting out of high gas prices?
  — Car and Driver, 19 July 2022
• One thing is certain: To reduce its carbon footprint, pet food needs to evolve.
  — Shelby Vittek, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Apr. 2021
• Deer are also among the challenges to Britain’s plans to reduce its carbon footprint.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 July 2021
• Short-, medium- and long-term goals are listed through which the district can use to reduce its overall carbon footprint over the next 25 years.
  — Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025
• The city is designed to be traversable by foot or rail, with a low carbon footprint.
  — Daniel Leonard, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2023
• This costs less and also helps shrink their carbon footprint by reducing the number of trucks and buses on the road.
  — Matthieu Larivée, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022
• This also brings down the global carbon footprint on the tracker, so fewer discs need to be removed from the bag each turn.
  — Saira Mueller, CNN, 14 June 2024
• So the carbon footprint is probably a little lighter on the E-edition.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2022
• For those of us in the real estate sector, the concern always seemed to be less about the cause of our manmade carbon footprint and more about cost.
  — Diane Hoskins For Cnn Business Perspectives, CNN, 27 Sep. 2021
• After all, modern Y2K girls are just as conscious of their carbon footprint as the paw print of their pet Chihuahua.
  — Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2022
• Divide that amount of gas by the number of people in the world, and that’s the fair amount of emissions – the size of the carbon footprint – that each individual should cause.
  — Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2023
• But some experts are looking at the carbon footprint of AI itself.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2023
• The company claims that the use of AI is helping cut down the carbon footprint of package delivery.
  — Katie Tarasov, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2024
• All of the above are lessening their carbon footprint by opting for bags over bottles, Evans notes.
  — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Feb. 2025
• And actually what was happening was that people were in a circumstance where their carbon footprint had very little to do with what was causing this impact on them.
  — Simmone Shah, Time, 15 Apr. 2025
• For most companies, Scope 3 emissions—those generated by suppliers and logistics—make up 70% or more of their total carbon footprint.
  — Romain Pison, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025