Continued from page 51
three Environmental Working Groups (Pre-chain / Raw Materials, Production / Logistics, Energy Efficiency) to two Working Groups, namely Carbon Footprint WG and Downstream WG.
Since the formation of the UEIL Sustainability Committee in June 2020, the original three Environmental working groups have made excellent progress in developing a Corporate Carbon Footprint Toolbox, developing a methodology for calculating Product Carbon Footprint and the preparation of white papers, including The EU Green Deal, Basics of Sustainability Reporting, KPIs for Sustainability Reporting, Circular Economy and Understanding the Product Carbon Handprint of Lubricants.
In 2022 the Production and Logistics Working Group developed the first toolbox to enable organisations to collate and summarise their Scope 1, 2 and 3 corporate carbon footprints. Only by understanding where carbon emissions originate and their contribution to the overall corporate carbon emissions can organisations put in place a well-defined strategy, identify their key performance indicators, and take action to reduce their overall carbon footprint. The toolbox, guidance notes, FAQs and recorded webinars can be found on the UEIL Sustainability website.
For a lubricant blender, raw materials can typically account for 70 - 90% of an organisation’s corporate carbon footprint (Scope3.1; indirect emissions; purchased goods and services). The embedded carbon emissions associated with raw materials feed directly through into the carbon footprint of finished lubricants, greases and other speciality products but the problem has been how to calculate the product carbon footprint of finished products in a transparent and consistent way. This challenge has been tackled rapidly by a Task Force, in collaboration with ATIEL and
advisors from adjacent industry associations. Following a period of consultation with industry groups in July of this year, the ‘Methodology for Product Carbon Footprint Calculations for Lubricants and Other Specialities’ will be published in Q4 2023.
The newly formed Carbon Footprint Working Group will support the launch of the PCF methodology and will maintain both the PCF and CCF methodologies and toolkits, as well as develop solutions for open questions in carbon accounting and related methodologies.
The newly formed Downstream working group will focus on aspects of use of lubricants and related regulations that will target topics such as Circular Economy and Green Claims Substantiation. The working group will also work on imminent questions regarding Life Cycle Assessments, a methodology to enable a holistic evaluation of the benefits of lubricants in use and end-of-life treatment of lubricants.
Over the last three years UEIL has rightly been acknowledged as the leading light in the sustainability journey for the lubricants industry. Progress and success only come about through the invaluable commitment of National Associations, member companies and individual representatives, all with a shared passion for a more sustainable future. UEIL is proud to have cooperated openly and successfully with other industry associations, most recently in the preparation of a methodology for Product Carbon Footprint calculations and looks forward to continuing to collaborate and partner for the benefit of the global lubricants industry.
www.ueil.org
LUBE MAGAZINE NO.177 OCTOBER 2023
53
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68
