Scope 3 Emissions in Greenhouse Gas Accounting
While many companies are already making progress in recording and reducing their direct and indirect emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2), Scope 3 emissions still represent a challenge for many companies.
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Guide 8 steps to the product carbon footprint
A product carbon footprint (PCF) shows how many greenhouse gas emissions a product is responsible for over its life cycle. The resulting measures for climate protection, resource efficiency or cost reduction can be applied in many areas.
Transparency on greenhouse gas emissions
This white paper provides you with a compact overview of the most important steps in creating a PCF and the requirements of recognized general standards such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, the ISO 14067 standard and industry-specific standards such as Together for Sustainability, as well as many other tips for application.
“With the creation of the PCFs by the experts at ÖKOTEC, we have taken an important step towards achieving our sustainability goals, which will also benefit our customers along the entire supply chain.”
DR. INGO BIERTÜMPEL
Site Management Duisburg and Head of Research and Development At GRILLO-WERKE AG
8 steps to a product carbon footprint (German)
Please note that this guide is only available in German.
In this compact guide, you will learn how to approach the creation of a product carbon footprint:
- Definition of objectives and limits
- Setting the limits for the PCFs
- Determination of activity data
- Assignment of other activity data with distribution keys
- Determination of emission factors
- Collection of reliable primary data from suppliers
- Calculation, communication and application of PCFs
- GHG report, verification and communication
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