ISO 14067 Product Carbon Footprint
Product Carbon Footprint calculation and documentation based on ISO 14067 principles and requirements.
PCF-X supports manufacturers and suppliers in quantifying the greenhouse gas emissions associated with their products using product-specific data and life cycle assessment methodology.
ISO 14067 · Product Carbon Footprint · Life Cycle Assessment
What Is ISO 14067?
An international framework for Product Carbon Footprint
ISO 14067 establishes principles, requirements and guidelines for quantifying and reporting the carbon footprint of a product (CFP) in a manner consistent with international life cycle assessment standards.
The assessment focuses specifically on the climate change impact of a product and expresses the result in CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e).
ISO 14067 can be applied to products, components, materials and services across different industrial sectors.
What Does a Product Carbon Footprint Include?
The carbon footprint is built from the product's life cycle
Depending on the defined system boundary, the assessment considers greenhouse gas emissions associated with relevant stages and processes in the product life cycle.
These may include:
Raw materials and purchased components
Material production, upstream processes and supplier-specific information where available.
Manufacturing
Electricity, fuels, process energy, consumables, production losses and other relevant operations.
Transport
Transport of materials, components and products where included within the system boundary.
Use stage
Where relevant to the assessed product and required calculation scope.
End of life
Treatment, recycling, recovery or disposal where included within the assessment.
Defining the PCF Scope
The calculation boundary must match the purpose of the assessment
Before the calculation begins, the product and assessment scope must be clearly defined.
Depending on the purpose and applicable requirements, a PCF may cover different portions of the product life cycle.
De exemplu, vizual aș pune aici trei blocuri mici:
Cradle-to-Gate
From raw material acquisition through manufacturing to the point where the product leaves the production facility.
Cradle-to-Grave
From raw material acquisition through production and use to the product's end of life.
Partial PCF
Selected life cycle stages or processes, where permitted and appropriate for the intended application.
ISO 14067 PCF Methodology
From activity data to a traceable carbon footprint
An ISO 14067-based assessment requires more than applying emission factors to a list of materials.
PCF-X structures the calculation around relevant methodological elements including:
Product definition · Functional or declared unit · System boundaries · Life cycle inventory · Primary and secondary data · Allocation · Data quality · GHG emissions · GWP characterization · Assumptions and limitations
The objective is to produce a PCF result whose data sources, calculation methodology and assumptions are transparent and traceable.
Primary and Secondary Data
Product-specific data improves the quality of the assessment
Where available and appropriate, the calculation uses primary information representing the actual product and manufacturing processes.
This can include:
- Product mass and composition
- Material quantities
- Purchased components
- Electricity consumption
- Fuels and thermal energy
- Manufacturing processes
- Production losses and scrap
- Consumables
- Transport data
- Supplier-specific PCF information
Where primary information is not available, appropriate secondary life cycle inventory datasets and emission factors may be used and documented.
From Data Collection to PCF Result
- Define the product and objective
We establish what is being assessed and why the PCF is required. - Define the system boundary
Relevant life cycle stages and processes are identified. - Collect and review data
Product, material, manufacturing, energy, transport and supplier information is collected and assessed. - Model and calculate the PCF
The life cycle inventory is developed and greenhouse gas emissions are quantified. - Document the result
The PCF result, methodology, data sources, assumptions and limitations are documented.
What You Receive
Depending on the agreed assessment scope, an ISO 14067 PCF project can include:
- Definition of the product and assessment objective
- Definition of system boundaries
- Structured data collection
- Review of product and manufacturing data
- Life cycle inventory modelling
- Selection and documentation of datasets and emission factors
- GHG calculation and GWP characterization
- Product Carbon Footprint result in kg CO₂e
- Documentation of assumptions and data gaps
- PCF calculation report
- Supporting calculation documentation
ISO 14067 Across Mobility Industries
One methodology, different product requirements
ISO 14067 provides a methodological framework that can be applied across different industries, while individual sectors and customers may introduce additional calculation and data requirements.
For PCF-X, this includes specialist applications in:
Automotive
PCF for components, assemblies and supplied products.
Catena-X
Automotive PCF calculation and data preparation within the Catena-X context.
Rail
PCF for rolling stock and railway infrastructure products, components and subsystems.
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