Closed-loop displaced emissions and removals
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Separately reports emissions and removals displaced through application of the closed-loop approximation method, without netting them into the studied product's end-of-life inventory result.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- CO2e per unit of analysis — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Product inventory period
- Aggregation
- Reported separately for displaced emissions and displaced removals; not included in the studied product's end-of-life inventory result
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Product life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions and removals
- Controlled domain
- Products and life-cycle assessment
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Consequential displaced processes associated with application of the closed-loop approximation method, outside the studied product's end-of-life stage inventory
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 AuthoritySource evidence
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- September 2011 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- page 66, paragraph 2, last sentence
- Measurement Authority4c1a122155a31fd23021
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- September 2011 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- page 66, paragraph 2, last sentence
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- CO2e per unit of analysis — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Product inventory period
Unit meaning: Values use CO2e per unit of analysis under the disclosed GHG Protocol Product Standard method, product boundary and reporting period.
Table fields and units
- product
- unit of analysis
- functional unit or reference flow
- recycling/allocation method
- displaced process or material
- direction
- gas
- biogenic status
- displaced emissions or removals (CO2e per unit of analysis)
- GWP source/date
- inventory period
Published dimensions
- product
- unit of analysis
- functional unit or reference flow
- life-cycle stage
- boundary type
- gas
- biogenic status
- direction (emission or removal)
- inventory period
- GWP source/date
- allocation/recycling method
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. This candidate is the same construct as the separately required closed-loop displaced emissions and removals disclosure. The source statement establishes the required separate presentation but does not support use of a corporate or generic avoided-emissions identity.
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
- page 66, paragraph 2, last sentence
Supports: The official GHG Protocol Product Standard source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Closed-loop displaced emissions and removals”.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard, September 2011 publication.
- State that the closed-loop approximation method was applied.
- Describe the allocation/recycling method and the basis for the displaced emissions and removals calculation.
- Disclose the product, unit of analysis, functional unit or reference flow, relevant life-cycle stage, inventory period, gases, GWP source/date, and biogenic status where applicable.
Record-specific limitations
- Applicable only when the closed-loop approximation method is used.
- Must be reported separately from the studied product's end-of-life stage inventory and must not be netted into the product inventory total.
- Does not represent corporate Scope 1, Scope 2, or Scope 3 emissions.
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.