Product Carbon Footprint
Standardized calculation and exchange of CO₂ footprint data across the supply chain.
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An EDC connector is a core technology enabling secure and sovereign data exchange within Catena-X. The connector manages multiple processes. It allows users to publish data offerings to a shared catalog and to discover offerings from others. It provides means to get access to the data offerings by negotiating access agreements between the consumer and the provider.
The digital twin registry is a directory that stores and manages references to digital twins, allowing participants to discover and retrieve asset-related data.
The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) use case enables the precise calculation and secure exchange of product-related greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1-3) along the entire automotive supply chain. It creates transparency, data sovereignty, and comparability by basing itself on internationally recognized standards such as ISO, as well as the WBCSD's PACT Guidance and the Catena-X PCF Rulebook. The focus is on a cradle-to-gate life cycle analysis that begins with raw material extraction and ends at the factory gate.
A key objective of the use case is the progressive shift from secondary to primary data: while secondary data is based on generic databases or industry averages, primary data comes directly from the real production and supplier processes of individual companies. This gradual transition significantly increases the accuracy of CO₂ calculations, improves the quality of sustainability reporting, and at the same time promotes targeted decarbonization measures in industry.
The use case distinguishes between applications capable of calculating PCF data and facilitating cross‑company data exchange, and applications that are limited to exchanging PCF data without calculation functionality.
Key Features
- More accurate Scope 1‑3 PCF measurements
- Better comparability across the supply chain
- Reliable CO₂ reporting & compliance readiness
- Reduced manual supplier communication
- Faster, data‑driven decarbonization decisions
• No LCA expertise needed
• Predefined model covers Scope 1, 2 & 3 out of the box
• Compliant with Catena-X Rulebook & IMDS PCF reporting
• Scale PCF calculations across your product portfolio
• Predefined VDA-classified materials for fast BOM setup
• Hotspot analysis to identify emission reduction levers
• Scenario comparison for design-for-sustainability
• Ready to use from day one — minimal onboarding effort
• Streamlines certificate exchange across the entire supply chain.
• Reduces the administrative burden of managing multiple customers.
• Ensures secure, reliable, and trusted data sharing via standards.
• Automates validation to eliminate manual processing errors.
• Lowers operational costs through standardized digital workflows.
• Enhances transparency and compliance for all business partners.
• Accurate PCF based on real production data
• Catena-X ready for calculation standards and secure data exchange
• Support CBAM, EPD, and EU Battery Regulation compliance
• Reduce compliance complexity and audit effort
• Identify carbon hotspots with analytics and modeling
• Management of your company certificates to share them with your business partners easily
• Management: of your PCFs - request, create, calculate and share PCFs along your value chain
• Higher PCF accuracy: Primary data replaces estimates, resulting in more reliable carbon footprint values
• Reduced manual effort: Automated data ingestion and standardized validation replace error-prone manual processes
• Faster reporting cycles: Structured, machine-readable PCF data accelerates internal and external reporting
• Strong supply-chain collaboration: Share and receive PCF data with partners in a standardized, interoperable way
• Regulatory readiness: Stay ahead of upcoming sustainability requirements with a compliant, auditable data foundation
• Scalable infrastructure: Built on Quintari Connect, adding new Use Cases requires minimal additional effort
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