Carbon IQ is Zeus Packaging’s powerful new environmental impact tool, designed to give your business a clear, data-driven view of how your packaging choices affect the planet — and your bottom line.
Built in collaboration with sustainability software specialists Nutritics, Carbon IQ helps to measure, compare and manage the carbon footprint, eco-cost, and energy use of every packaging product across multiple life cycle stages.
Whether you’re a major retailer, a fast-moving ecommerce brand, or a global 3PL provider, Carbon IQ provides transparent packaging data to support smarter, more sustainable decisions.
What Is Carbon IQ?
- Carbon IQ is an intuitive digital platform that:
- Estimates the carbon footprint (kg CO₂-eq), eco-cost, and cumulative energy demand of packaging products.
- View life cycle impacts across multiple stages — from raw materials to manufacturing, transport and end-of-life scenarios
- Compares alternative packaging formats side-by-side, helping you choose more sustainable options.
- See simplified A–E impact ratings (developed with Nutritics) to support confident decision-making.
- Generates ready-to-share reports and visuals to support your sustainability goals and customer transparency.
- Assess the Economic Impact of Sustainability vs. Cost Efficiency.
How It Works
- You can input packaging products into the Carbon IQ platform, with:
- Material breakdowns (e.g., plastic, board, aluminium)
- Manufacturing processes and country of origin
- Transport routes and modes.
- End-of-life assumptions (e.g., recyclable, incinerated, composted)
- Carbon IQ then calculates and displays the environmental impact of multiple life cycle stages.
Source: Zeus Packaging
