A case study of calculating specific embedded emissions for dozens of supplier installations, on behalf of an EU importer.

A case study of calculating specific embedded emissions for dozens of supplier installations, on behalf of an EU importer.

You are a supplier facility and a customer has asked you for EU CBAM “Specific Embedded Emissions” data. What is this data, and how do you calculate it?

The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) regulation requires importers into Europe to declare the “embedded GHG emissions” for imported products. But what is this regulation, and what does an importer needed to do to remain compliant with it?

If you’ve begun the process of creating a Life Cycle Assessment or Product Carbon Footprint, these are the three standards you should begin to understand.

“Product Carbon Footprint”…”Life Cycle Assessment”…even these terms may seem like intimidating jargon, if you are new to this subject. But the steps involved in calculating a Product Carbon Footprint are straightforward, even if some of the techniques required to do so are not.