Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)

Benefits of our solution

Ability to differentiate

Be able to communicate product emissions to your customers

Easy and reduced effort

Reduce effort with interfaces to existing databases and workflows that trigger updates

Based on Standards and Primary Data

Use standard methodology (ISO, GHG protocol) for carbon footprinting and leverage the capabilities of osapiens’ other business partner solutions to collect primary emissions data from your suppliers.

Highlights of our solution

System boundaries

Clarify what's in and what's out

Get a clear view of the assessment boundaries for your product footprint. Our solution helps you decide which emissions to include and which to exclude, and apply it consistently across your products.

Data collection

Use the most recent data - primary where possible

Calculate emissions from materials, energy use and transport using data from life cycle assessment (LCA) databases and, where available, from your own suppliers.

Reduction measures

Find out how to reduce your emissions

Identify hot spots in your product’s emissions profile and derive options to reduce them. The solution supports you with helpful resources on reduction measures.

Documentation and reporting

Differentiate your product communications

Use the product carbon footprint to communicate it to customers. Whether you already have a footprint that differentiates you from your competitors or not, sharing this information will become increasingly important in the sales process. Our solution prepares you for this.