Product Carbon Footprint

Norwegian Environment Agency Assesses Consumption-Based Greenhouse-Gas Target for Norway

Norway’s environment authorities have delivered a report to the government assessing options for a consumption-based greenhouse-gas reduction target, including an overarching goal and sector-specific targets for key consumption areas. If pursued, such a target could shift climate policy towards the carbon footprint of imported goods and domestic consumption, signalling future expectations for how businesses measure and reduce emissions across value chains.

23 May 2026, 09:08regjeringen.noNorway

Japan MOE Announces Joint PFAS Chemicals Review Meeting and Product Carbon-Footprint Model Project

Japan’s Ministry of the Environment has scheduled a joint chemicals review meeting on long-chain PFAS and opened a model project to help industry groups and regions develop and scale product and service carbon-footprint calculation. Together these steps point to tighter PFAS controls under Japan’s chemicals regime and rising expectations that suppliers provide standardised carbon-footprint data to support decarbonisation and climate policy goals.

22 May 2026, 10:22env.go.jpJapan

China Publishes Global Bamboo-As-Plastic Product Carbon Footprint Standard System

China’s International Bamboo and Rattan Center and Beijing University of Technology have announced what is billed as the world’s first product carbon footprint standard system for bamboo-based plastic substitute products, released on 19 May 2026. While voluntary rather than binding, this framework is likely to become a key reference for lifecycle carbon accounting, certification and green trade for bamboo products, shaping how manufacturers, financiers and buyers quantify and compare low-carbon performance.

21 May 2026, 06:51tanjiaoyi.comChinaGlobal

China Issues Five-Ministry Action Plan for Excellent Textile and Apparel Brands (2026–2028)

China’s MIIT and four other ministries have issued a 2026–2028 action plan to cultivate “excellent” textile and apparel brands, linking brand-building goals with standardisation, digitalisation and green transformation measures. For manufacturers and brand owners this signals forthcoming tightening of textile product standards, carbon-footprint expectations and quality enforcement across China’s textile value chain, warranting early alignment of design, sourcing and factory investments even though no immediate new legal limits are set.

20 May 2026, 09:13gov.cnChina

IEC Approves China-Led Project for International Standard on Product Carbon Footprint Digitalization

China’s market regulator has announced that the International Electrotechnical Commission approved a China-led project to develop the first international standard for digitalising product carbon footprint data across electronic and electrical product supply chains. Once completed, this standard could become a key global reference for interoperable product carbon-footprint data exchange, shaping how manufacturers and brands design carbon reporting, verification, and low-carbon supply-chain strategies.

14 May 2026, 10:09samr.gov.cnGlobalChina

China: Inner Mongolia Advances Product Carbon Footprint Labelling And Data Infrastructure

Chinese authorities are expanding product carbon footprint labelling, with Inner Mongolia identifying eight priority product categories while pilots such as Jiaxing’s one‑stop carbon footprint platform and a national data‑quality seminar led by the China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences build supporting data infrastructure. These initiatives signal that robust, certifiable product‑level carbon footprint information will increasingly shape export competitiveness, access to green procurement and participation in zero‑carbon industrial schemes, even though current measures remain largely voluntary and incentive‑based.

11 May 2026, 11:15inews.nmgnews.com.cnChina

US IRS Changes Section 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit Hearing to Telephonic-Only

IRS has converted the 27–29 May 2026 public hearing on proposed Section 45Z clean fuel production credit regulations to a telephonic-only format, keeping the existing dates and times. Stakeholders following this rulemaking must now plan for remote attendance by the stated May deadlines, with no changes to the underlying credit eligibility or emissions-calculation proposals.

9 May 2026, 13:24public-inspection.federalregister.govUnited States

European Parliament Approves Regulation on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting of Transport Services

In late April 2026, the European Parliament approved at second reading the new EU regulation establishing the CountEmissionsEU framework for harmonised greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services. This will give transport and logistics operators a single ISO-based standard and future EU tool for calculating and communicating emissions, shaping how they track data, design services and meet climate and reporting expectations over the next few years.

3 May 2026, 07:33europarl.europa.euEuropean Union

EU Adopts Regulation on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting of Transport Services

In April 2026 the EU adopted a new Regulation establishing a harmonised framework for calculating and disclosing greenhouse gas emissions from freight and passenger transport services that start or end in the EU. Over the coming years, transport operators, logistics providers and data intermediaries that quantify or communicate those emissions will need to align with the EU methodology, central databases, calculation tool and verification rules, ahead of full application 54 months after the Regulation enters into force.

1 May 2026, 13:04data.consilium.europa.euEuropean Union

GHG Protocol Releases Scope 3 Phase 1 Progress Update With 95% Coverage Rule And New Category 16

GHG Protocol has issued a March 2026 Phase 1 progress update outlining draft revisions to its Scope 3 Standard, including a 95% minimum coverage rule, stricter data-quality and verification expectations, and a new Category 16 for other value chain activities. If implemented as signalled, these changes will materially tighten Scope 3 boundary setting, increase pressure for primary supplier data and financed-emissions transparency, and raise the bar for companies preparing for future climate disclosure and assurance regimes.

29 Apr 2026, 07:54ghgprotocol.orgGlobal

European Parliament To Confirm Single EU Methodology For Transport-Service Emissions

European lawmakers are preparing in late April 2026 to give final approval to an EU regulation that creates a single, ISO-based methodology and EU-wide tools for calculating greenhouse gas emissions from freight and passenger transport services. Once in force, companies that calculate or are required to report transport-service emissions will need to align contracts, data systems, and marketing claims with this common method over a multi-year transition, reshaping how transport climate performance is measured and compared across the EU.

28 Apr 2026, 19:19data.consilium.europa.euEuropean Union

European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) Consults on Draft Comment Letter to GHG Protocol Actions and Market Instruments White Paper

In April 2026 EFRAG opened a consultation on its draft comment letter responding to the GHG Protocol’s Actions and Market Instruments Phase 1 White Paper, with stakeholder feedback due in mid-May 2026. EFRAG’s draft positions push for a clear separation between robust physical GHG inventories and more experimental market-instrument and avoided-emissions disclosures, seeking alignment with ESRS and EU climate policies and signalling how future corporate climate reporting and use of carbon instruments may be shaped.

24 Apr 2026, 08:21efrag.orgEuropean UnionGlobal

EU Commission Opens Second Consultation on Environmental Footprint Rules for Hotel Accommodation Services

The European Commission has opened a second public consultation (20 April–2 June 2026) on draft Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules that will standardise how hotel accommodation services measure and report their environmental performance across the EU. These rules are expected to become a key reference for credible sustainability communication in the hospitality sector, shaping how hotels evidence and benchmark their environmental footprint in future.

23 Apr 2026, 15:21transport.ec.europa.euEuropean Union

EU Council Publishes Statement of Reasons for Position (EU) No 2/2026 on Accounting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions of Transport Services

The EU Council has published in the Official Journal its statement of reasons for Position (EU) No 2/2026 at first reading on the Regulation governing greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services, formalising the political justification for its agreed text. This adds interpretative context but no new obligations, helping transport operators and large buyers anticipate how the forthcoming EU-wide GHG accounting standard for transport services is likely to be applied once the Regulation is finally adopted and implemented.

22 Apr 2026, 19:58eur-lex.europa.euEuropean Union

Brazilian Chamber Approves Urgency for Bill PL 3838/24 on Carbon-Footprint Compensation for EU Products

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has given urgency to a bill that would require EU-origin products and services sold in Brazil to offset a rising share of their carbon footprint using Brazilian CPR Verde forest-carbon credits. If adopted, this would create a de facto border carbon compensation requirement for EU exporters and Brazilian importers, linking market access to verified climate offsets and adding a new layer of compliance cost and reporting complexity.

21 Apr 2026, 17:44camara.leg.brBrazil

ISO and GHG Protocol Finalize Joint Working Group on Product-Level GHG Accounting Standard

In April 2026, GHG Protocol and ISO formed a joint working group and nominated members to update and harmonise the global product-level greenhouse gas accounting standard. This signals a move toward a single, science-based methodology for product carbon footprints that could underpin future regulatory reporting, CBAM-style mechanisms, and supply-chain decarbonisation decisions.

13 Apr 2026, 20:08ghgprotocol.orgGlobal

EU Parliament Committees Recommend Adopting Regulation on GHG Emissions Accounting of Transport Services

EU Parliament committees have cleared the final hurdle for the CountEmissionsEU Regulation, establishing a mandatory harmonized framework for transport GHG accounting. Businesses must align logistics data with the EN ISO 14083 standard and prepare for a new verification regime to underpin carbon footprint claims across European supply chains.

5 Apr 2026, 19:36europarl.europa.euEuropean Union

EU/Italy (Accredia) Sets 2026 CBAM Verifier Accreditation Timetable

Italy has established the 2026 accreditation timetable and technical requirements for verifiers under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. Importers must secure services from these accredited bodies to validate emissions data, a critical requirement for maintaining market access during the mechanism's full operational phase.

3 Apr 2026, 09:56accredia.itItalyEuropean Union

Greenhouse Gas Protocol Opens Actions And Market Instruments RFI For Corporate GHG Accounting

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol has launched a 60-day consultation on a proposed multi-statement reporting framework for corporate emissions, open until May 31, 2026. This shift toward market-based inventories and impact statements will fundamentally change how businesses account for low-carbon procurement and avoided-emissions investments in their climate disclosures.

2 Apr 2026, 17:38ghgprotocol.orgGlobal

EU Implementing Decision Recognises Latvia Rapeseed GHG Data Under Renewable Energy Directive

The European Commission has formally recognized Latvia's specific greenhouse gas emission data for rapeseed cultivation effective April 2026. Biofuel producers can now leverage these verified national values to optimize lifecycle carbon footprint calculations and improve the market positioning of fuels sourced from Latvian feedstock.

2 Apr 2026, 16:37eur-lex.europa.euEuropean UnionLatvia