01 · The Data Gap3 min read
I went looking for sustainable products and found a data problem
How a 2024 search for trustworthy eco-friendly products became two years of learning about EPDs, LCA, carbon data and the concept built around the gap.
Journal
All entries
Thoughts and working notes from October 2024 onward. Where an original date was not recorded, the entry shows the month only.
01 · The Data Gap2 min read
Notes on EPD platforms and machine-readable declarations
A market reading of digital EPD infrastructure: why moving declarations from PDFs to structured data matters, and where product opportunities sit.
04 · The Climate PM Practice2 min read
A day in the life of a carbon-aware PM
A working playbook for building carbon thinking into everyday product management: daily habits, the first month, and growing into climate leadership.
01 · The Data Gap2 min read
The SMB carbon advantage
Most carbon tools are built for enterprises, but small and medium businesses carry much of the supply chain. Why that gap matters, and what tools could do.
03 · The Footprint of AI and Software2 min read
Digital decarbonization: tools worth knowing
A field guide to measuring and reducing the footprint of software, websites and AI: open standards, calculators, data sources and where each fits.
04 · The Climate PM Practice2 min read
The surprising simplicity of starting your first LCA
LCAs are less like a chemistry degree and more like learning to cook. Think of one as a health check-up for a product, and start small.
05 · Experiments and Concepts2 min read
Listening to birds with AI: a biodiversity experiment
Running Apple Watch field recordings through Google DeepMind's Perch model to see whether consumer devices can feed research-grade biodiversity data.
02 · How Carbon Data Gets Built2 min read
Where emissions targets actually stand
A reading of national and corporate climate targets against 1.5°C, from UNEP, UNFCCC, IEA and SBTi data, gathered as the base for an explorer concept.
04 · The Climate PM Practice2 min read
Why every product and business leader should understand LCA
Product management is evolving and so is business. A practical guide to life cycle assessment for leaders who will never run one themselves.
04 · The Climate PM Practice2 min read
Make carbon a product metric
If we can track latency and cost per request, we can track carbon per request. A reading list and a case for treating emissions as a first-class metric.
04 · The Climate PM Practice2 min read
From LCA curiosity to collective action at PNW Climate Week
Co-leading a first life cycle assessment workshop in Seattle for 60+ consultants and sustainable design professionals, and what the room taught me.
02 · How Carbon Data Gets Built2 min read
Reading the sustainability standards: India, Europe, the U.S.
Sustainability standards are maturing and becoming infrastructure. A reading across regions, and what it means for product and operations teams.
01 · The Data Gap2 min read
Why LCA and ESG need each other
ESG reports describe a company. LCAs describe a product. As reporting gets more product-specific, the two are converging, and that is where the data gap shows.
03 · The Footprint of AI and Software2 min read
The AI agent infrastructure iceberg, through an LCA lens
An AI agent looks like one chat box. Underneath sit a dozen layers of infrastructure, each with its own footprint. How LCA thinking helps map them.
03 · The Footprint of AI and Software2 min read
The carbon cost everyone is ignoring in AI
Token optimization is everywhere. Carbon optimization is not. Why data center efficiency has plateaued while AI demand keeps climbing.
03 · The Footprint of AI and Software2 min read
Measuring software carbon intensity for AI
Notes on the SCI specification, what it asks product teams to measure, and the product strategies that lower the footprint of AI features.