CBAM Embedded Emissions Calculation
CBAM — Embedded Emissions Calculation and Supplier Data Management
We calculate embedded emissions at product level, collect input data from your supply chain and turn the result into a file ready for independent verification.
Promise
We calculate embedded emissions at product level across direct, indirect and precursor components, collect data from the supply chain and turn the result into a file ready for independent verification.
What is it?
Embedded emissions are the total emissions attributable to a tonne of product and form the core measure of the carbon border mechanism. There are three components: direct emissions, emissions from grid electricity, and — in complex goods — the embedded emissions of the input material itself.
The difficult part is not the formula but the data: converting facility-level data to product level, allocating by-products, and collecting precursor data from suppliers.
Why is it necessary?
A calculation that is unverified or undocumented is rejected at verification and your buyer reverts to default values. As important as the calculation itself is that the source of every figure is labelled.
There is a second, less discussed benefit: the production data gathered for the emissions calculation — production route, input list, process steps — is exactly the data an origin analysis requires. A single data effort closes two separate risks.
What do we promise?
- We produce a traceable, line-by-line calculation at product level, with the source of every figure labelled
- We prepare the templates that go to your suppliers for precursor data and manage the collection process
- We run a five-point double-counting check and document the result
- We show, through sensitivity analysis, which measurement you should improve first
- We deliver the result in a format a verifier can accept at the first pass
Who is it for?
Producers found to be in scope at the preliminary review; particularly those that have received a formal data request from an EU buyer and face an approaching verification timetable.
How do we work?
- 1System boundary definition and simple/complex goods decision
- 2Establishing the data collection protocol
- 3Calculating direct and indirect emissions
- 4Precursor data management (supplier declarations)
- 5By-product allocation and product-level result
- 6Uncertainty analysis and verification readiness
Our limits
In accordance with the principle of independence, KORDINAT cannot act as verifier. An accredited verifier is recommended and the process coordinated; the verification fee is paid directly by the client.
Related services
CBAM Preliminary Review
Which of your products fall within scope, which buyer will request data from you, and what is the five-year cost of working with default values? The entry service of the carbon track.
3.3CBAM Buyer Data File
We answer your European buyer's data request with a single file that matches their format and timetable. The same data also produces your sustainability questionnaire response.
4.1Digital Product Passport Readiness
We measure your product family's data readiness field by field, identify the owner of each data point and establish a workable pilot plan.