A product carbon footprint (PCF) quantifies the greenhouse-gas emissions of a single product across its life cycle — typically cradle-to-gate for B2B — calculated to ISO 14067 and exchanged through frameworks such as PACT Pathfinder and Catena-X. Major OEMs and retailers now request PCFs at SKU level as a condition of doing business.
Why PCF matters now.
OEMs and retailers have moved their carbon requirements from company level to product level — and when you cannot supply a credible SKU-level number, scorecards substitute industry-average data that makes your product look worse than it is.
What it changes commercially.
PCF capability now decides tender eligibility and shelf access in automotive, electronics, construction and retail supply chains. Suppliers with verified product data win specification; suppliers without it are quietly substituted. The same dataset also feeds CBAM, battery-passport and EPD obligations.
The standards we build to.
How the engagement runs.
- 01 — Scope the portfolioSelect products and boundaries against actual customer and regulatory demands.
- 02 — Model the productBill-of-materials, process and energy data into an ISO 14067-conformant model.
- 03 — Deliver buyer formatsOutputs in PACT, Catena-X or the customer's scorecard format, verification-ready.
- 04 — Scale the engineA repeatable PCF system your team runs across the portfolio.
What you take away.
- Product carbon footprintISO 14067-conformant PCF at SKU or product-family level.
- Buyer-format outputsData delivered in PACT, Catena-X or customer-specific scorecard formats.
- Hotspot & ecodesign analysisQuantified levers in materials, process and sourcing to cut the number.
- PCF engineA repeatable model so the portfolio scales without re-engagement.
- Verification supportDocumentation prepared for third-party verification where customers require it.
What success looks like.
- Defensible SKU-level carbon data buyers accept
- Retained eligibility on OEM and retailer scorecards
- Quantified ecodesign levers that cut product carbon and often cost
- A scalable engine, not a one-off study
Industries that use this most.
for a first verified-ready PCF; substantially faster per SKU once the model is built.
PCF: the questions buyers ask first.
A PCF measures one impact — climate — for one product. An LCA measures the full set of environmental impacts (water, resources, toxicity and more) under ISO 14040/44. A PCF is effectively the carbon module of an LCA, and we build it so it extends to full LCA without rework.
B2B buyers almost always want cradle-to-gate — raw materials through your factory gate — because they own the downstream. Consumer-facing claims and some regulation need cradle-to-grave. The boundary is set per audience, on the same underlying model.
A first PCF on an existing product typically takes 3–6 weeks, driven by bill-of-materials and process data availability. Subsequent SKUs on the same engine take days, not weeks.
Not yet in most markets — but it is contractually required by a growing share of OEM and retail buyers, and regulations such as the EU Battery Regulation already mandate product-level carbon declarations for specific categories. The commercial mandate is ahead of the legal one.
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