Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic products and systems -- Principles, methodologies, requirements and guidance (IEC 63372:2026; EN IEC 63372:2026)

2Scope / Description

IEC 63372:2026 describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects. The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods. This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment. This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or updated reference standards; b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions; c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.