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MetricProduct performance compliance

Resource use, fossils - characterised result

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Reports the resource use, fossils - characterised result under the current EU Product Environmental Footprint or Organisation Environmental Footprint method. PEF/OEF method and lifecycle boundary remain explicit dimensions; this characterised result is not merged with other result forms or similarly named inventories and physical-flow measures.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
MJ - EU Environmental Footprint characterised result
Reporting basis
The PEF study period or OEF reporting interval, with comparison periods retained separately
Aggregation
Aggregate only observations using the same EF method, lifecycle boundary, reporting unit, period, category model and result form.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Product performance compliance
Controlled domain
Products and life-cycle assessment
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Selected method (PEF product system or OEF organisation/product portfolio) and selected lifecycle boundary (total lifecycle or total lifecycle excluding the use stage).

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

    EU Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint methods

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Annex I, corrected 23 May 2022
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    PEF method, PDF pages 26, 80, 81
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    EU Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint methods

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Annex III, corrected 23 May 2022
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    OEF method, PDF pages 26, 79, 80
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    EU Product and Organisation Environmental Footprint methods

    characterised
    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279, corrected 23 May 2022; EF 3.1 July 2022
    Requirement
    Mandatory
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    PEF Annex I, PDF pages 26, 80, 81 | OEF Annex III, PDF pages 26, 79, 80
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    International EPD System

    abiotic-depletion-fossil
    Publisher
    EPD International AB / International EPD System
    Edition
    GPI 5.0.1 (27 February 2025) with default indicator list Version 3.0
    Requirement
    Mandatory
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    GPI 5 default indicator list Version 3.0; Abiotic depletion of fossil resources
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
MJ - EU Environmental Footprint characterised result
Reporting basis
The PEF study period or OEF reporting interval, with comparison periods retained separately

Unit meaning: Report the EF category indicator in MJ for the declared PEF functional unit or OEF reporting unit.

Published dimensions

  • Environmental Footprint method: Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) or Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF)
  • Lifecycle boundary: total lifecycle or total lifecycle excluding the use stage
  • Reporting unit: PEF functional unit or OEF organisation and product-portfolio reporting unit
  • Reporting period or interval

Calculation method

Formula information

Status
Specified
Formula type
Sum

Formula

Characterised EF result = sum_i (LCI flow_i x characterisation factor_i)

Classify each inventory flow to the applicable EF category, multiply it by the current EF characterisation factor and sum the contributions for the selected method and lifecycle boundary.

Variables

SymbolVariableDefinitionUnit
LCI flow_iLife-cycle inventory flowAmount of classified material, energy, resource or emission flow i.source-flow unit
characterisation factor_iEF characterisation factorCurrent EF 3.1 factor converting flow i into the category indicator unit.category unit per source-flow unit

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

    Product Environmental Footprint Method - Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279, Annex I

    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Annex I, corrected 23 May 2022
    Locator
    PEF method, PDF pages 26, 80, 81

    Supports: The PEF method establishes the product-level identity, calculation sequence, reporting forms and lifecycle-boundary variants of “Resource use, fossils - characterised result”.

    Open official source
  • Measurement evidenceChecked 31 August 2026

    Organisation Environmental Footprint Method - Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279, Annex III

    Publisher
    European Commission
    Edition
    Annex III, corrected 23 May 2022
    Locator
    OEF method, PDF pages 26, 79, 80

    Supports: The OEF method establishes the organisation-level identity, calculation sequence, reporting forms and lifecycle-boundary variants of “Resource use, fossils - characterised result”.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279, corrected 23 May 2022; EF 3.1 July 2022

  • PEF or OEF method and any applicable PEFCR or OEFSR
  • Functional or reporting unit and reference flow
  • System and organisational boundary, lifecycle stages and exclusions
  • EF reference-package, characterisation, normalisation and weighting-factor editions
  • Company-specific and secondary data, data-quality rating and allocation choices
  • Whether results include or exclude the use stage

Record-specific limitations

  • This is an Environmental Footprint potential-impact result, not a prediction that a local environmental or health threshold is exceeded.
  • Do not merge characterised, normalised, weighted and single-overall-score results; each has a different calculation and interpretation.
  • Do not aggregate across PEF/OEF methods, lifecycle boundaries, reporting units, reference-package editions or periods.

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.