Product Carbon Footprint

The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) provides a transparent overview of the greenhouse gas emissions a product generates throughout its entire lifecycle – from raw material extraction, production, and usage to disposal.

It visualizes emissions, helps reduce or even avoid them, and thus provides a solid foundation for more sustainable decision-making.

We calculate the PCF according to the internationally recognized standards of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol – the globally leading framework for determining and communicating product-related carbon footprints. This makes climate protection tangible and actionable.

The PCF comprises the total greenhouse gas emissions caused by a product in the various phases of its life cycle.

The Cradle-to-Gate approach takes into account all processes from the extraction of resources to the production of preliminary products and the manufacture of the end product itself, right up to the point at which it leaves the company.

The Cradle-to-Grave approach covers the entire life cycle of the product, including emissions from the utilisation phase and the end of the product's life.

• Online kick-off meeting: Thematic introduction, definition of objectives, system boundaries and preparation of data collection
• Creation of a checklist for collecting the required data
• Review of submitted data for plausibility and completeness
• Development of a GHG inventory based on the submitted data
• Determination of emission factors and calculation of emission quantities
• Preparation of a report presenting the total product emissions expressed in CO₂ equivalents
• Presentation and discussion of the results in a 1-hour online closing meeting

Outcome: Written report “Product Carbon Footprint”