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Product carbon footprint

A product carbon footprint (PCF) is the sum of the greenhouse gas emissions and removals of a product across its life cycle, expressed in kgCO2e per unit.

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ISO 14067 defines how to calculate it. It can cover the whole life cycle or only part of it, such as cradle-to-gate, and it requires declaring the unit, the system boundary and the data used. Two footprints are only comparable if they share all three.

Official sources: ISO 14067:2018 (opens in a new tab)

  • Product footprint

    Certify your product’s carbon footprint with an ISO 14067 method verified by LRQA, from your technical documentation, with registration and traceability.

  • ISO 14067

    ISO 14067 is the standard that sets how to quantify and communicate a product carbon footprint. What it requires, what cradle-to-gate is and how Xain uses it.

  • ISO 14067

    ISO 14067 is the international standard that sets out the principles, requirements and guidelines to quantify and communicate the carbon footprint of a product.

  • Cradle-to-gate

    Cradle-to-gate is the system boundary that runs from the extraction of raw materials to the moment the product leaves the factory.

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