The National Development and Reform Commission and other relevant departments have issued a number of opinions and notices on "product carbon footprint" on accelerating the construction of the management system of "product carbon footprint".
Opinions on Accelerating the Establishment of a Product Carbon Footprint Management System".
Answering questions from reporters on the "Opinions on Accelerating the Establishment of a Product Carbon Footprint Management System".
Opinions on Accelerating the Establishment of a Product Carbon Footprint Management System".
Expert Interpretation |Respond to market demands, strengthen capacity building, and build an overall framework for the product carbon footprint management system
Expert Interpretation |Build a unified product carbon footprint management system to help achieve the goal of carbon peak and carbon neutrality".
What is "carbon"?
We need to know that greenhouse gases will be emitted from any production and activity, such as production and processing, vehicle transportation, water and electricity, etc.
Greenhouse gases emitted from these activities are the main causes of temperature rise, and there are seven main greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO), nitrous oxide (N O), methane (CH4), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6), and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). - In accordance with IPCC & United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change & Paris Climate Agreement
In order to better exchange information and make data more intuitive, the impact of the seven greenhouse gases on temperature rise will be converted into an equivalent amount of carbon dioxide, which is what we often call "carbon dioxide equivalent". The following full text is denoted by "carbon".
In other words, we often refer to "carbon emissions" as a collective term for seven greenhouse gases, not carbon dioxide alone.
CarbonWhat is "product carbon"?
There are many types of carbon: an organization's operations emit carbon, which we usually define:Tissue carbon。For example, the amount of carbon emitted by a company in a calendar year.
Definition of organization: a company, group company, commercial bank, enterprise or institution, ** institution, association or a combination thereof, or a part of the above-mentioned units with its own functions and administrative management, whether it has legal personality, public or private. The production, processing and transportation of a product also emits carbon, which we usually define as:Product carbon。For example, 1kg of paper emits 5kg of carbon;1kg of fabric emits 23kg of carbon;1 laptop emits 500kg of carbon. The object of verification is the carbon emitted per unit of product. Training, verification and certification of product carbon
Why Systematic Carbon Training?
Product carbon is a carbon-related certification system, and the energy conservation, emission reduction and carbon neutrality of enterprises are more complex, so there are high requirements for the carbon-related capabilities of enterprises. Therefore, training is to improve the ability to do overall planning and implementation.
Verification of product carbon footprint?The verification process of product carbon is the process of verifying the data, modeling, and analysis of the product's carbon footprint related to the carbon emissions of the product, and this process generally requires a third party to verify.
Why do you need carbon footprint certification?
For the "carbon tariff" and "carbon barrier" in the international **, as well as the requirements of domestic "carbon peak" and "carbon neutrality", a third party is required to certify and obtain a "green pass" in order to obtain market opportunities.
At this time, it is particularly important to choose a third party with strong international credibility for certification. Here, you can contact me at the end of the article.
Analysis of the results of product carbon
Now that the results of product carbon are out, how to analyze the data and make certain optimization measures
For our company, there are two points that need to be analyzed:
1.Does the carbon emissions of your own products have an advantage over other products of the same type?Because they are also sold in the market, low-carbon products are more favored by brands and consumers.
If there is no data of the same type of products on the market, then we don't have to be afraid to boldly carry out market publicity and promotion, after all, we are the first person of the same type of products. If there is data for the same type of product in the market, and the data is lower than ours, then we should consider point 2. (Cases with higher data than ours arise, we do not discuss).
2.How can we reduce the carbon data of our products?
What we need to know is that carbon-related plans such as "carbon footprint" and "carbon neutrality" are long-term and continuous, and do not end in a year or once. After obtaining the carbon data, what needs to be done is to save energy and reduce emissions, and the data of the product carbon footprint can be reduced through energy saving and emission reduction measures. Carbon footprint certification is carried out every year, and when the product carbon data is updated, the product carbon footprint has a downward trend.
Energy saving and emission reduction
To achieve low-carbon products, or carbon-neutral products, energy conservation and emission reduction is the first step.
So what are the main energy conservation and emission reduction measures?
1.In terms of energy structure: the use of green electricity, photovoltaic power generation, solar thermal, ground source heat pumps, renewable energy, biomass energy, hydrogen energy, etc.
2.In terms of industrial structure: improve the old production line, improve product productivity, electrification of production line, etc.
3.Efficiency: process optimization to improve efficiency, digital management level, daily saving of electricity and water, etc. Each factory is different, and it is necessary to conduct one-to-one analysis based on the carbon data of the factory to formulate an energy saving and emission reduction plan. For energy-saving and emission-reduction projects, such as photovoltaic panel power generation, professional projects are required to be implemented.
For "zero-carbon products" and "carbon-neutral products", in addition to energy conservation and emission reduction, carbon sinks need to be purchased for offsetting.