With growing global concern about climate change and its impacts, governments around the world have set significantly more aggressive emission reduction targets. Against this backdrop, quantifying the carbon footprint of products is becoming a crucial tool to understand and act to increase greenhouse gas (GHG) uptake and reduce GHG emissions throughout a product's life cycle.
Carbon footprint verification allows organizations to demonstrate their commitment to protecting the environment, distinguish themselves from the competition and reassure their customers that they are committed to sustainable development.
In this direction, SRAC is expanding its portfolio of services with a new product for its customers: verification of the carbon footprint of products.
ISO 14067:2018 "Greenhouse gases - Carbon footprint of products - Requirements and guidance for quantification" is a standard that defines principles, requirements and recommendations for quantifying the carbon footprint of products. It aims to quantify GHG emissions in relation to the stages of the product life cycle, from resource extraction and raw material sources, through the production and use phases, to the end-of-life phase of the product life cycle.
The carbon footprint of a product is the sum total of the GHG emissions and GHG removals associated with a product, expressed as CO2 equivalent and which is based on a life-cycle assessment of the product, with climate change as the only impact category.
Benefits of assessing the carbon footprint of compliant products
- Set clear requirements for quantifying the carbon footprint;
- Monitoring performance in reducing the carbon footprint of products;
- Better understand the carbon footprint of products, identifying opportunities to increase GHG removals and reduce GHG emissions;
- Supporting the transition towards a sustainable low-carbon economy;
- Improved credibility, consistency and transparency in quantification and reporting;
- Evaluation of alternative options for product design, sourcing, production, manufacturing methods, raw material selection, transportation, recycling and end-of-life processes;
- Facilitating the development and implementation of GHG management strategies and plans throughout the product life cycle.
Why SRAC
- strengthening your organization's position in a world increasingly concerned about climate change;
- long-standing experience (our greenhouse gas verification body has been providing verification and validation services since the inception of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme);
- ISO 14065 accreditation for the verification and validation of GHG emissions quantification, monitoring and reporting.
Benefit from:
- Increased integrity of the carbon footprint of products through compliance with recognized standards;
- Improved credibility, consistency and transparency in quantification, monitoring and reporting;
- Creating a solid basis for developing and improving monitoring systems to track GHG emissions;
- Develop and implement emission reduction and decarbonization strategies.
Steps in the verification process
1. Starting the activity- Analysis of information provided by the organization
- Determination of objectives, scope, limits, criteria, level of assurance
- Appointment of the verification team leader
- Selecting the verification team
- Communication with the organization
- Strategic and risk analysis
- Developing the verification plan
- Assessment of the carbon footprint study of the product according to the requirements
- Evaluation of the information and sampled data used to calculate the carbon footprint
- Drafting the verification report and statement
- Independent analysis of the verification report and statement
- Issuance of the verification certificate based on the conclusion of the verification findings (after resolving any findings during the verification)
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