ISO 14067-aligned PCF studies for manufacturers, exporters, and suppliers responding to emerging regulatory requirements under CBAM, the EU Battery Regulation, ESPR, and CSRD Scope 3.
A Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is no longer a voluntary sustainability initiative. Four active EU-based regulations are creating legal obligations for product-level GHG data:
EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism(CBAM) requires embedded emissions for steel, aluminium, cement, fertilizers, hydrogen & electricity entering the EU.
Definitive phase: January 2026
Introduces mandatory Product Carbon Footprint declarations per battery model and manufacturing site.
EV batteries: in force Feb 2025.
Industrial batteries (>2 kWh): Feb 2026.
Performance class labelling: Aug 2026.
Status: In force NOW
Framework in force July 2024. First delegated acts covering iron & steel, textiles, aluminium in 2026. Mandatory GWP/carbon footprint reporting per product group. DPP registry live July 2026.
First acts: 2026
Large companies reporting under Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) must disclose Scope 3 Category 1 (purchased goods) and Category 11 (sold products).
Requires disclosure of Scope 3 emissions (where material), driving increased demand for supplier-specific and product-level data across value chains.
In force for: Large EU companies 2025
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Establish system boundary, functional unit and life cycle scope per ISO 14067:2018
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Gather primary data across all “cradle-to-gate life cycle stages — raw materials, upstream transportation, production, and packaging.
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Quantify CO₂e of each life cycle stage and total product emissions using ISO 14067-aligned LCA methodologies, informed by the GHG Protocol Product Standard including hotspot(s) identification.
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Deliver a structured, ISO 14067-aligned, audit-ready PCF report with reduction pathway recommendations
EU Battery Regulation PCF requirements are being phased in starting 2025-2026.
CBAM’s definitive phase of financial carbon import obligations started January 2026
Scope 3 Category 1 data requests are cascading through supply chains now.
ESPR delegated acts taking effect 2026–2027, with the DPP registry expected mid-2026.
Scope 3 reporting will cascade PCF requests to a company’s full supply chain for entities falling under CA SB 253, The Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act.
The regulations are already in force. Is your product data ready?
Blue Sky Climate delivers ISO 14067-aligned PCF studies with the rigor and audit-readiness these regulations require.
2026 CDP Master Calendar: Audit-Ready Reporting Milestones.
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