Table of contents
Request PCF from your suppliers
On average, 90% of your product-related emissions don't come from your own production*, but in previous steps of the value chain. Would you like to determine the real Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of your products completely?
Then you need to request emission data from your supply chain directly. That's simple with SiGREEN! In SiGREEN you can request the CO2e footprints for individual components of your product directly from your suppliers or add your estimated secondary data if your suppliers don't have that information yet - easy and transparent.
Does that sound good? Scroll down for more.
*Figures may vary by industry and supply chain tier
First step in sending out a PCF request
Navigate to the Procurement tab, choose Material Categories from the dropdown. Here you will find an overview of all the components added. To view Component details, please select the desired Material Category then component by clicking on its name.
Component Overview tab gives you an overview of all your components, including component Identifier types, values, the amount of suppliers available for that component and any emission data that may have already been recorded.
To request component-related emission values from your supplier, once you select a component, navigate to the Manage PCF tab. Here you can see the detailed information of all the suppliers that are linked to that component, any emission proof or secondary data that has already been received and PCF state.
If several suppliers are linked to the selected component, you will also find the percentage of the procurement volume of each of them. By the way: If you need to adjust the shares, click Manage Suppliers button, and you will be able to do it!
Now you have two choices:
Either you rely on primary data directly from your supply chain. Therefore you will send your suppliers a PCF request for that component.
Or, you'd like to enter secondary data to create the first benchmark with estimates or database values.