UEIL Sustainability Committee
TÜV Rheinland validates the UEIL and ATIEL methodology to calculate and report Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) for Lubricants and Other Specialities.
TÜV Rheinland Energy GmbH has successfully reviewed the ‘Methodology for Product Carbon Footprint Calculations for Lubricants and Other Specialities (Revision 1)’ and confirmed that it is compliant with international standards for calculating product carbon footprints, the first time such a validation has been conferred on a cradle-to-gate PCF methodology for the Lubricants, Grease and Specialities industry, anywhere in the world. This is an important step in recognising the UEIL/ ATIEL methodology as an international standard and ensuring that the Lubricants and Specialities industry has a method in which the whole global industry can have confidence, bringing a level of transparency and consistency that until today has not been possible for cradle-to-gate PCF calculations across the lubricants sector.
Revision 1 methodology document can be downloaded from ATIEL (Representative body for European lubricants industry) and UEIL (https://www.
ueil.org/sustainability/) websites.
HSE
The first HSE meeting of the new year was again well attended, with 8 participants on site and over 20 online. There was a lot of news to discuss, in addition to the global economic situation, there were numerous new regulations from the EU authorities.
The economic outlook is not very optimistic: growth in the EU will remain low and clear behind global growth. The attacks on ships in the Red Sea are currently leading to a significant increase in transport costs and longer transport times. In terms of new legislation, the revision of the CLP regulation is now practically complete. In the recent version, base oils unfortunately, have been included in the MOCS (more than one constituent substance) concept, which will ultimately lead to base oils being classified as if they had been artificially mixed based on their composition alone. However, in April 2023, Parliament promised us that base oils would be exempt, this was removed
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for unclear reasons. But there is relief for fold-out labels: although the final text of the regulation is not yet available, it looks as if fold-out labels can be used without restrictions on language and packaging, which is particularly beneficial for SMEs.
There is nothing new on REACH, where the announced revisions will probably be launched after the EU parliament elections in June. We still have a lot to do with the Ecodesign Directive (ESPR), where lubricants are now to be included. We already want to seek contact with the Parliament and the Commission in order to achieve the best possible simplifications for our industry.
www.ueil.org
For more information, contact Laurie McHale
laurie@ukla.org.uk
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