ISO 14025 as a basis for carbon footprint. Ellen Riise, Senior Scientist,.
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Environmental product declaration – ISO 14025 as a basis for carbon footprint
Ellen Riise, Senior Scientist, Environment & Product Safety SCA Global Hygiene Category www.sca.com
How can ISO 14025 support communication of a product’s carbon footprint? ISO 14025 – type III environmental declarations Type III environmental declarations are quantified environmental data with predetermined parameters, based on the product’s life cycle Intended use of declaration is B2B communication but B2C is not precluded
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How can ISO 14025 support communication of a product’s carbon footprint?
• When B2C – Declaration within a program with a program operator – Life cycle study based on Product Category Rules • Comparability
– Third party verification of declaration
Life Cycle Assessment ISO 14040, ISO 14044
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Use
Manufacturing Raw mtrls
Waste and recovery
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Life cycle inventory Life cycle inventory Air CO2 (fossil) kg
Water 423,5 AOX
g
0,464
CO2 (bio)
kg
1871,1 COD
kg
0,295
CH4
kg
6,41 N-tot
kg
0,037
NOx Particles
kg kg
1,35 P-tot 0,113
kg
6,604
Life cycle impact assessment CO2
also called Carbon Footprint
CH4
SOx NOx COD
CO2 CO2
The carbon footprint of a product – the total GHG emissions of a product’s life cycle
N2O CO2
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CO2
CO2
CH4 CO2
Use
Manufacturing Raw mtrls CO2
CH4 CO2 Transports
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Waste and recovery
CO2
Product Category Rules Different types of products have different parts in their life cycle where guidelines need to be defined
Content of Product Category Rules, PCR • Definition of product category • Goal and all relevant rules for product category LCA • Declared unit and reference flow • Definition of core module, upstream and downstream processes – Data quality requirements for different life cycle stages (specific / generic)
• Predefined environmental parameters • Definition of additional environmental information, requirements for reporting
Generic data on forestry
Generic data Transports – NTM database
Generic data fuels, electricity – Ecoinvent
PCR on system boundary and data quality Raw mtrls Site specific
Manufacturing Raw mtrls Site specific Generic data, Ecoinvent
Generic data Packaging – Fefco Fuel, electricity Ecoinvent
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Use
Site specific
Waste and recovery
Generic data, specific model
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The ISO 14025 – type III environmental declarations, gives the principles and procedures for communicating a product’s environmental performance on a life cycle basis The carbon footprint of a product is the total greenhouse gas emissions over the product’s life cycle The standard has specific requirements when communicating to a consumer Programme PCR Verktyg 12 13 april 2011 Third party verification hållbarhetsarbete ER
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