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MetricProduct life-cycle greenhouse gas accounting

Carbon contained in an intermediate product

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports carbon contained in an intermediate product under the GHG Protocol Product Standard.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
mass of carbon per unit of analysis — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Declared product inventory period
Aggregation
Aggregate only non-overlapping observations with the same product, unit of analysis, boundary, period, GWP basis and allocation method.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Product life-cycle greenhouse gas accounting
Controlled domain
Products and life-cycle assessment
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Attributable processes within the declared cradle-to-grave or cradle-to-gate product life-cycle inventory boundary.

Verified source occurrences

Framework coverage

This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.

  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    September 2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    PDF page 89, Chapter 11 requirements | Page 19, Table 3.1, Chapter 13, Inventory Results | p.104, §13.2, Inventory results | Page 17, Table 3.1, Chapter 11 Calculating Inventory Results
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  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    September 2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 19, Table 3.1, Chapter 13, Inventory Results | p.104, §13.2, Inventory results
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    September 2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 17, Table 3.1, Chapter 11 Calculating Inventory Results
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    September 2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    PDF page 89, Chapter 11 requirements
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
mass of carbon per unit of analysis — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Declared product inventory period

Unit meaning: Values use mass of carbon per unit of analysis under the disclosed GHG Protocol Product Standard method, product boundary and reporting period.

Published dimensions

  • Intermediate-product boundary
  • Product and inventory version
  • Unit of analysis, functional unit or reference flow
  • Cradle-to-grave or cradle-to-gate boundary
  • Inventory period
  • 100-year GWP source and date

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. This is an explicitly required product-inventory result consolidated across repeated source occurrences.

Verified sources

Evidence and status sources

Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.

Measurement evidence

  • Measurement evidenceChecked 28 August 2026

    Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard

    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    September 2011 publication
    Locator
    PDF page 89, Chapter 11 requirements | Page 19, Table 3.1, Chapter 13, Inventory Results | p.104, §13.2, Inventory results | Page 17, Table 3.1, Chapter 11 Calculating Inventory Results

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol Product Standard source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Carbon contained in an intermediate product”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard, September 2011 publication.

  • Product and inventory version
  • Unit of analysis and reference flow
  • Boundary, exclusions and life-cycle-stage definitions
  • GWP source/date and included gases including the 2013 NF3 overlay
  • Allocation, recycling, land-use-change, uncertainty and assurance methods when applicable

Record-specific limitations

  • Product results are not corporate Scope 1, Scope 2 or Scope 3 inventories.
  • Offsets, avoided emissions, delayed-emission weighting and indirect effects are excluded from the inventory result.

Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.

Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.