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The corporate footprint measures the emissions of the entire organisation over a year (Scopes 1, 2 and 3 of the GHG Protocol). The product footprint (PCF, Product Carbon Footprint) calculates the emissions associated with a specific unit of product across its life cycle, typically "cradle-to-gate" or "cradle-to-grave". They are complementary but distinct calculations: the customer, retailer or regulator usually asks for the per-product figure, not the company aggregate. Retexcycle calculates the PCF from the real data of each batch.

The most widely used reference frameworks are ISO 14067 (product carbon footprint), ISO 14040/14044 (life cycle assessment), the GHG Protocol Product Standard and, in the EU, the PEF method (Product Environmental Footprint) with its PEFCR category rules. To communicate the result to the market, an EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) verified under ISO 14025 is commonly used. Retexcycle structures the inventory in line with these standards so the result is defensible under audit.

Generic databases (sector averages) are useful for a first approximation, but they do not reflect your real chain and produce poorly differentiated results. More and more schemes — and the European regulatory trend itself — require primary or supplier-specific data for the most relevant stages, especially in Scope 3, which usually concentrates most of the footprint. Using primary data reduces uncertainty, improves the audit score and makes it possible to demonstrate real year-on-year improvements. Retexcycle prioritises the capture of primary data per batch and supplier.

CBAM (the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism) requires declaring the embedded emissions of certain imported products (steel, aluminium, cement, fertilisers, etc.), and from 2026 it entails payment for those emissions. The Digital Product Passport (DPP), arriving with the ESPR ecodesign regulation, will include environmental information per product. In both cases the starting point is the same: a traceable, verifiable per-product footprint figure. Calculating your PCF properly today leaves you prepared for both requirements.

It depends on the complexity of the chain, but the greatest effort is not the calculation, but gathering and validating the data: energy and fuel consumption, raw materials and their origins, transport, losses and waste per stage. With the information organised, a PCF can be ready in weeks rather than months. Retexcycle reduces that time by structuring the capture per stage and reusing the traceability data you already collect for other purposes.

It is not always mandatory, but verification by an independent third party is what gives credibility with customers, retailers and regulators, and it is a requirement for publishing an EPD or making environmental claims without the risk of greenwashing. The forthcoming Green Claims Directive tightens this point. That is why it is advisable to calculate from the outset with traceable data and organised documentation: Retexcycle leaves the inventory and the evidence ready for the verifier to work without friction.