Two Sides Reference Sheet on Climate Change and Carbon Footprint. The amount of energy used and the carbon footprint of a company or product can be reduced by the following initiatives: use of best industry practices and best-available-technology; promoting sustainable forestry as a way of deterring deforestation, and ensuring that forests continue taking up carbon mitigating climate change; efficient use of fiber raw material; energy efficiency of operations and logistics; increased use of carbon-neutral biomass and other renewable or low carbon fuels or energy sources; waste reduction; and recycling.