Growing the market for low carbon industrial products: policy framework

Closes 15 Sep 2025

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Chapter 4: An Embodied Emissions Reporting Framework IT system

This chapter presents a potential IT system for the EERF that could comprise of a database for reporting embodied emissions, tools and a portal to access guidance and datasets. The system could simplify reporting and enhance comparability. 

4.1. Where do you currently get data for product level embodied emissions reporting from? [select all that apply]
4.2. What limitations, if any, do you or your business currently face when accessing or publishing product level embodied emissions data?
4.3. Do you agree or disagree that a UK repository for embodied emissions data could help your business report emissions data? Please explain your reasoning.
4.4. Should the UK produce its own life cycle inventory with regularly updated, regionally specific data? Note that this could be built from scratch or upon existing inventories. Please provide details of any potential benefits or concerns, as well as how these may impact the completion of a life cycle analysis.
4.5. Would a product benchmarking tool that interacts with the proposed product level embodied emissions reporting database be helpful in making meaningful product comparisons and informing buying decisions? Please explain your reasoning.
4.6. What tools, such as an EPD generator or a product carbon tool, if any, do you currently use when producing embodied emissions data? Please provide details of the features and benefits.
4.7. What tools, such as an EPD generator or a product carbon tool, if any, should government explore producing to reduce the administrative burden of producing EPDs? Please provide details of the features and benefits.