{"id":66250,"date":"2024-06-03T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ecoonline.com\/emissions-factors-what-they-are-and-how-to-calculate-them-2\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T10:10:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T10:10:18","slug":"emissions-factors-what-they-are-and-how-to-calculate-them-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ecoonline.com\/en-us\/blog\/emissions-factors-what-they-are-and-how-to-calculate-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Emissions Factors: What they are &amp; calculating them"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"Pegasus__Container w-full   relative h-fit  text-content-dark mobile-stacking-standard is-layout-flow wp-block-pegasus-container-is-layout-flow\" style=\"  padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30); \" >\n\t        \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t        \t\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"relative h-full is-flex-layout flex flex-col justify-start  w-full\">\n\n<p>Is your business making sustainable choices when it comes to your products or processes? 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