SGS Product Carbon Sustainability Solutions

Meeting these demands involves navigating complex tasks, particularly in collecting high-quality greenhouse gas inventory data, especially for indirect emissions along the value chain. Entering a production sustainable era, stakeholders closely monitor how manufacturers predict and manage climate-related risks in their disclosure efforts.

At SGS, our carbon management experts offer multidimensional support, helping corporations proactively address these challenges, enhance data quality, and then embrace adjustment to improve their production processes.

Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Assessment Service

The PCF quantifies the total greenhouse gas emissions generated by a product throughout all business activities of its life cycle.

A cradle-to-gate PCF encompasses processes from resource extraction and precursor manufacturing to the final product’s completion and departure from the company’s gate.

A cradle-to-grave PCF extends the analysis to include emissions from the product’s use phase and end-of-life.

In the near future, what represent the product will not only be the logo, instead, the PCF information will be the new trademark of the product itself.

ISO 14067

The ISO 14067 standard provides clear guidelines on the calculation process, specifying system boundaries, including the crucial use phase and end-of-life considerations. It signifies a crucial international consensus by the majority of the businesses in the market. Despite the clarity of its guidelines, the complex process can still be difficult for manufacturers to define between production processes regarding boundaries specification.

Different from other certification companies, SGS 2-in-1 service model to combine training program with assessment service that enable us to guide our clients to conduct the ISO 14067 assessment process with us. This mechanism not only gives our clients a better understanding of its emission profiles but provides them with an opportunity to train their internal verifiers.

• 5 stages of ISO 14067 Assessment Service
  • Kick-OFF meeting
  • Support training
  • Data collection
  • Analysis
  • Report

Smart PCF – Instant PCF Assessment

The standard PCF inventory report delivers detailed and transparent emissions data, including critical and sensitive data related to production processes. Therefore, corporations face with the risk of exposing confidential business information when disclosing their reports to showcase the commitment to carbon management.

SGS Smart PCF Service results in a simplified report based on the ISO 14067 methodology. It provides crucial emissions data but conceal classified business information, allowing our clients to s3ubmit their reports without concerning about data security.

• 6 stages of Smart PCF Service
  • Application
  • Communication
  • Data collection
  • Data Validation
  • Analysis
  • Report

Carbon Disclosure, Climate Risk Assessment and Carbon Management

SGS carbon experts possess with extensive experiences and are capable of assisting corporations in developing comprehensive and diverse carbon reporting frameworks for voluntary disclosure based on their needs. In addition, Such as:

• Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) PCF Support Service
• Battery Carbon Footprint Service (the EU Battery Regulation)
• CDP Service
• SBTi Target Service
• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Assessment

SGS has been standing out as one of the pioneering third-party testing and certification organization that dedicated to the field of sustainability. To expedite our clients’ journey toward carbon neutrality, our team of experts have been deeply engaged in the low-carbon and social sustainability sectors across various industrial fields along the global value chain. We persistently explore and deliver professional and feasible solutions as well as comprehensive technical support throughout the entire product life cycle.

Currently, we continue to focus on the dual carbon frontier areas, providing our clients with the latest information to proactively achieve the goal of carbon neutrality. We view carbon emission assessment as just the initial phase, and we are looking forward to going along the journey with more sustainable development companions.