Standard
ISO 14067
Also: ISO 14067:2018 · carbon footprint of products standard
The international standard specifying principles, requirements and guidelines for quantifying the carbon footprint of a product, based on ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 and limited to the impact category of climate change.
ISO 14067 is the reference standard for calculating a Product Carbon Footprint. It applies the life cycle assessment framework of ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 to a single impact category, climate change, and adds requirements specific to greenhouse gas accounting.
Key requirements
The standard requires a defined functional or declared unit, a system boundary that covers the life-cycle stages in scope, documented treatment of biogenic carbon and land-use change, and separate reporting of removals and emissions. It also requires that fossil and biogenic GHG emissions be reported separately.
Partial footprints
ISO 14067 allows a partial carbon footprint, for example cradle-to-gate, provided that the scope is clearly stated. This is the basis for most supplier-to-customer PCF exchange.
Relationship to the GHG Protocol
The GHG Protocol Product Standard and ISO 14067 are broadly consistent. Industry frameworks such as PACT reference both, and many companies calculate a footprint that complies with both at once.
Where Verdatir fits
Verdatir reviews PCF studies for ISO 14067 conformance, checking unit definitions, boundary completeness, biogenic carbon treatment and the provenance of every emission factor.
Sources and further reading
In practice
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