Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP)
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What is a Carbon Footprint of Products (CFP)?
A Carbon Footprint (CFP) quantifies the total direct and indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of a product during its entire life cycle, from raw material extraction and transportation, manufacturing, distribution, to usage and disposal. The CFP is typically reported in kg CO2 equivalents, which allows that different GHGs (such e.g. as methane) are considered on a common basis. CFP is based on the methodology of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
The importance of CFPs
Companies can benefit from Carbon Footprint of Products in various ways. A CFP can be used for sustainability reports, e.g. within the Scope 3 emission calculations within the GHG protocol or is part of voluntary climate protection programmes, and is mandatory to participate in emissions trading.
Having a Carbon Footprint of your product enables the identification of cost-effective CO2 reduction opportunities, and the management of your GHG emissions. Next to that, based on the calculated values of a carbon footprint, compensation projects can be supported through the purchase of so-called CO2 certificates. In this way, a contribution can be made to both a company’s and international or regional climate goals.
How is a CFP created?
CFPs are created by our experts in accordance with international standard ISO 14067, which connected to the international standards on Life Cycle Assessments (ISO 14040/14044). Once you have chosen us as your partner in sustainability, we will plan a kick-off meeting where our experts define the technical and organizational framework together with you. Product selection, life cycle stages and system boundaries are determined during this meeting. Afterwards, the data collection phase begins. All relevant data (as indicated by our experts) should be collected by you and be send to our experts. With this data, they can conduct the LCA, and create the EPD. During the second stage, our experts will calculate your products’ emissions by doing the LCA. The results of the LCA are given as the Carbon Footprint, meaning in kg CO2 equivalent. With these results, your CFP will be created.
Corporate Carbon Footprint
企业碳足迹（CCF）是可持续发展报告中的一项重要指标，有助于遵守诸如《企业可持续发展报告指令》（CSRD）等规定。它综合考虑了直接排放和间接排放，并依据《温室气体核算体系》和 ISO 14064 进行计算。通过计算并理解您的企业碳足迹，您可以发现具有成本效益的二氧化碳减排机会，并有效地管理温室气体风险。
Life cycle assessment (LCA)
A Life Cycle Assessment is used to quantify the environmental impacts of processes, products, services or organisations, usually as a basis for other sustainability applications such as Environmental Product Declarations, Product Environmental Footprints and CO2 footprints.
Create your life cycle assessment and EPD with R<THINK
R<THINK is a software application that enables companies to create Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), and Carbon Footprints of Products (CFP), efficiently and according to international and European standards. With R<THINK you can carry out project-specific calculations as well as calculate the environmental impact of your entire product portfolio.
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
As in politics and society, sustainability efforts are also becoming increasingly important in the business world. Companies face the challenge of understanding the environmental impacts of their products in order to communicate them effectively. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are a powerful tool for this purpose.
SEE-Standard – The Sustainability Standard for the mineral and metal sector
The increasing sustainability requirements for companies demand new ways to objectify, validate or confirm the sustainability performances of globally active companies. Supply chain due diligence in the mineral and metal sector is a key element regarding the envisaged sustainability transition. Especially under the consideration of existing and upcoming national and European directives on corporate supply chain due diligence, the SEE standard for the mineral and metal sector was developed.
