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MetricProduct carbon footprint data exchange

Product fossil-source GHG emissions

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Aggregated combustion, fugitive and process greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil sources in the represented product carbon footprint.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
kg CO2e per declared unit — PACT source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reference period declared for the product carbon footprint
Aggregation
Aggregate only non-overlapping observations with the same product, declared unit, boundary, reference period and PACT data-model version.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Product carbon footprint data exchange
Controlled domain
Products and life-cycle assessment
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Fossil-source greenhouse-gas component of the represented product carbon footprint, without implying named-gas disaggregation.

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

    PACT Product Carbon Footprint Methodology

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    WBCSD / Partnership for Carbon Transparency
    Edition
    Version 3.0.3, 18 November 2025
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Section 4.7, CarbonFootprint.fossilGhgEmissions
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    PACT Product Carbon Footprint Methodology

    CarbonFootprint.fossilGhgEmissions
    Publisher
    WBCSD / Partnership for Carbon Transparency
    Edition
    PACT Methodology 3.0.1 and Technical Specifications 3.0.3
    Requirement
    Mandatory
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Technical Specifications 3.0.3, Section 4.7, CarbonFootprint.fossilGhgEmissions
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
kg CO2e per declared unit — PACT source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reference period declared for the product carbon footprint

Unit meaning: Report the value in kg CO2e per declared unit for the declared unit and product footprint represented by the PACT exchange record.

Published dimensions

  • Product
  • Declared unit
  • Source status: fossil
  • Combustion, fugitive and process sources
  • Reference period

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

Report fossilGhgEmissions as exchanged

This is a source-defined result field in the PACT exchange data model. Sustopedia preserves the declared-unit and product-footprint context instead of inventing a universal arithmetic 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 31 August 2026

    Technical Specifications for PCF Data Exchange

    Publisher
    WBCSD / Partnership for Carbon Transparency
    Edition
    Version 3.0.3, 18 November 2025
    Locator
    Section 4.7, CarbonFootprint.fossilGhgEmissions

    Supports: The official PACT Technical Specifications data model supports the reporting identity and field boundary of “Product fossil-source GHG emissions”.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Technical Specifications for PCF Data Exchange, Version 3.0.3, 18 November 2025.

  • Product and product-footprint identifier
  • Declared unit and declared-unit amount
  • Reference period and geography
  • Product carbon-footprint boundary
  • PACT Technical Specifications version

Record-specific limitations

  • This is an aggregated fossil-source component and does not imply separate values by named greenhouse gas.
  • Land-management fossil GHG emissions are a subset of this component when applicable; adding that subset again would double count 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.