Supplyframe Launches Carbon Intelligence Program for Electronics

Supplyframe launched its Electronics Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) program on July 17, which gives manufacturers access to carbon footprint data for more than 300 million electronic parts. It’s designed to enable companies to measure and report on the sustainability of new product designs and sourcing decisions, and to enable compliance reporting. Previously, companies trying to calculate cumulative value would have to spend weeks or months getting this data at the part or component level of a complex bill of materials (BoM).

“Until now, engineers designing new products and the procurement teams tasked with sourcing components for those products have not had the ability to assess CO₂ “the emissions of a new design or purchasing decision,” says Steve Flagg, CEO and founder of Supplyframe. “PCF provides them with detailed information about a product’s carbon footprint to meet regulatory reporting requirements and ultimately identify better alternatives that balance corporate efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability goals.”

PCF is being introduced as new European Union and evolving U.S. regulations require electronics manufacturers to quantify and report supply chain emissions. Until now, these manufacturers have focused on reducing Scope 1 and 2 emissions to meet regulations and corporate sustainability goals. However, an estimated 40% of CO₂ emissions from electronic products are Scope 3 emissions from manufacturing, material use, and transportation. As a result, suppliers had little or no data on CO₂ emissions from the electronics they purchase, which has been a problematic loophole for manufacturers seeking to measure the carbon footprint of the electronics they sell.

From material selection to end of life, PCF measures the total environmental impact expressed in kilograms of CO2₂ equivalent, which is integrated with SupplyFrame’s DSI platform, which already provides part information and insight into the supply market. PCF also leverages Supplyframe parent Siemens’ ecosystem of sustainability partners and will evolve to become part of a broader set of metrics and analytics capabilities. The new CO₂This feature is available via an additional subscription to Supplyframe’s DSI platform.