Second edition of Product Carbon Footprint Guidance published

We have published the Second Edition (March 2026) of the Carbon Footprint Guidance for Primary Produced PGMs.

Since the first release in October 2023, the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) landscape has undergone structural maturation. Regulatory expectations, Scope 3 transparency requirements, and interoperability demands across industrial value chains have intensified. In parallel, digital exchange architectures and standardized PCF data models have gained momentum.

The revised guidance reflects this evolution while preserving methodological stability for primary PGM production.

Key developments in Edition 2:

·       Enhanced methodological precision regarding system boundaries, co-product allocation logic, and reporting structure.

·       Improved alignment with evolving PCF practice, including structured consideration of interoperability frameworks.

·       Integration of learnings from stakeholder engagement, including exchanges with Catena-X and PACT.

·       Strengthened transparency provisions for data documentation and comparability.

Importantly, the guidance remains neutral and non-prescriptive.
It does not mandate participation in any specific digital ecosystem, nor does it impose defined data quality rating systems or primary data-sharing methodologies derived from external initiatives. Instead, it provides a technically robust framework enabling producers to generate consistent, decision-useful PCF results while retaining operational flexibility in implementation and data exchange.

Edition 2 reinforces our objective:
To support credible, transparent and interoperable carbon footprinting for primary produced PGMs — aligned with downstream decarbonisation needs, yet proportionate and feasible for producers.

The updated document is now available for download here.