An industry first: new guidance from ILA on calculating carbon footprint of lead metal

The International Lead Association has produced the first ever guidance on developing a carbon footprint for lead metal.

The product carbon footprint has become an instrument for many global stakeholders interested in limiting and reversing climate change effects

The goal of this guidance is to provide LCA practitioners and their stakeholders with a standardized approach on how to calculate the climate change impact for all relevant GHG emissions (expressed in CO₂eq) for the production of lead metal.

The guidance was developed by Sphera Solutions GmbH with support from an Industry expert panel and follows ISO14040/14044, and 14067 as well as Product Lifecycle Accounting and Reporting Standards, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methods.

The ILA’s new product carbon footprint guidance provides companies with a standardised approach to calculating the climate change impact of producing refined lead metal for use in the London Metal Exchange [LME] Passport, for the EU Battery Regulation and other global sustainability legislation as well as for communicating environmental impacts with customers.

As and when industry approaches and regulatory requirements develop, the ILA will update this document to reflect these.

Download the guidance here.