Author: William Paddock

“EC3 is going to be a big help for companies,” says William Paddock, managing director of WAP Sustainability Consulting, which produces LCAs and EPDs.

“It’s transformative,” agrees Ari Frankel, Alexandria Real Estate Equities’ assistant vice president for sustainability and high-performance buildings. Previously, the tools available were painful to use, he adds. Alexandria is one of six owner/developers piloting EC3.

With social pressure mounting and the evidence of dire need for improvement irrefutable, it’s no wonder that so many companies and brands are targeting 2020 — right around the corner — as a year for major environmental change.

As WAP Sustainability Consulting co-founder William Paddock wrote on the Sustainable Brands blog, “For the sustainability community, 2020 is a particularly important date: 2020 Sustainability Goals have become highly fashionable.”

WAP Sustainability Consulting works with manufacturers and brands to help them meet customers’ expectations on sustainability – specifically around life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon management and product ingredient transparency, particularly in regards to chemicals management.

We spoke with founder William Paddock to learn more about these current hot spots in the ongoing quest for supply chain transparency.

Under current regulations, most companies don’t have to reduce their emissions, or even disclose them. But many are voluntarily scrutinizing their climate footprint anyway, often at the request of investors or corporate customers, says William Paddock of WAP Sustainability, a consulting firm that helps companies with the task.