The content of this website offers guidance documents for members on the different steps of implementing sustainable practices in their business activities. For further questions on the below documents, please contact the UEIL Secretariat through this website’s contact form or the secretariat@ueil.org email address.
Introducing the UEIL and ATIEL Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Tool
The ATIEL & UEIL Joint Sustainability Committee has launched the PCF Calculation Tool, a easy to use Excel-based calculator designed to harmonize and streamline the calculation of PCF for lubricants. This tool is based around the third-party certified Methodology for Product Carbon Footprint Calculations for Lubricants, Greases, and Other Specialties. It empowers lubricant manufacturers and stakeholders with a user-friendly interface for calculating PCFs.
Key features include:
- How-to-Use Guidance: Detailed instructions for a seamless experience.
- Input Tabs: Capture raw material and manufacturing emissions.
- Output Tab: Generate transparent PCF results.
The tool was developed to address the growing need for harmonization and transparency in PCF calculations within the industry, enabling:
- Transparency: Allows users to apply the third-party certified methodology.
- Consistency: Enables that PCF calculations can meet regulatory requirements, are compatible with other industry standards and can support consistent management for reducing carbon footprint.
- Market Advantage: Enhance market position by demonstrating commitment to sustainability
Available to all lubricant industry stakeholders worldwide, this tool represents a significant step toward achieving alignment and transparency in PCF reporting.
Certified Methodology for Product Carbon Footprint Calculations for Lubricants and Other Specialities
On 17 October 2024, ATIEL and UEIL announced an industry-first certification of the ‘Methodology for Product Carbon Footprint Calculations for Lubricants, Greases and Other Specialities’ by TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH. This marked a significant milestone in the global effort to standardise carbon footprint calculations for lubricants, fluids, and greases, reinforcing the methodology’s credibility and trustworthiness across the industry.
First published in September 2023 and developed in collaboration with external advisors and Carbon Minds, the ATIEL and UEIL methodology provides a harmonised approach to calculating Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) across the lubricants, greases and specialities sectors. Now, with TÜV Rheinland’s certification, companies can further validate their PCF calculations through third-party certification, driving consistency and transparency across value chains.
Company CO2e Value Guideline
The intention of the below document is to start supporting UEIL and other lubricant companies in their steps to measure and account for, and reduce, the carbon footprint of their activities (corporate carbon footprint) and products (product carbon footprint).
Another aim is to start a journey within the community and unfreeze companies who have not engaged in this topic yet or miss the knowledge of doing so.
The document contains the ‘Lubricants Charter’ of a fictitious company, an example and template of CO2e spreadsheet and guideline to the template. The document is reviewed on a quarterly basis.
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Webinar
A webinar has been recorded for you to understand the toolbox.
You can watch it on LinkedIn by clicking here, or you can download and watch it by clicking here.
