In October 2021, the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments proposed in the Implementation Plan for Promoting Green Consumption that by 2025, the market share of green and low-carbon products will greatly increase, and by 2030, green consumption will become the conscious choice of the public, and green and low-carbon products will become the mainstream in the market. As an important tool to promote green and low-carbon consumption, product carbon footprint for enterprises is to quantify the carbon emissions of their own products/services, understand the impact of their products on climate change, and then take feasible measures to reduce carbon emissions in the supply chain, thus reducing the cost incurred by enterprises in calculating the carbon emissions of their products or services. Carbon footprints or carbon labels can help enterprises cope with the pressure from climate change on the one hand, and enhance their influence in green production and consumption on the other hand.
Product Carbon Footprint Assessment Solution
Overview
Features
Have the official authorization of CLCD database in China and the official channel of foreign databases
The carbon chain is long, including cradle to gate, cradle to grave and model to uncertainty. Build a set of high-value models with complete system
With strong adaptability, it is able to conduct life cycle assessment for all kinds of products
Have long experience in carbon services and personnel, and have the certificates of carbon verification manager, carbon asset manager and carbon trader
Realization
Standard & guidance
ISO 14067 Greenhouse gases - Carbon footprint of products - Requirements and guidelines for quantification
PAS 2050 Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services
ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework
ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines
Service content
Product life cycle assessment: users can choose cradle-to-gate/cradle-to-grave according to product characteristics.
Cradle-to-grave is to evaluate the impact of a product on the environment from the whole process of obtaining raw materials, production, use and abandonment, that is, from cradle to grave.
Cradle-to-gate is to evaluate the process from raw material mining to product leaving the factory, that is, from cradle to gate, and analyze its impact on the environment.
Consultation on energy saving and carbon reduction at product end: through product life cycle assessment and analysis, formulate energy saving and emission reduction plans that can be implemented in the production process.
Product carbon neutrality: realize product carbon neutrality by purchasing CCER (Certified Emission Reductions) according to the results of product life cycle assessment and in combination with the enterprise's own energy saving and carbon reduction planning for products.
Operation process
| Product carbon footprint workflow | Time/working day | |
| Start-up stage | Select products | 5 |
| Determine the scope and boundary of accounting | ||
| Collect basic information of products | ||
| Carbon footprint accounting stage | Collect emissions generated in the product life cycle process | 30 |
| Using database to calculate carbon footprint of products | ||
| Prepare product carbon footprint accounting report and analyze the results | ||
| Accounting results | Self-declaration certificate (assistance in certification) | 5 |
| Product carbon footprint certificate | ||
| Total | 40 | |