INDUSTRY NEWS
Why harmonised PCF matters for building credibility in a regulated Europe
At this year’s ICIS Base Oils & Lubricants Conference in London, the ATIEL & UEIL Joint Sustainability Committee (JSC) shared an update on how Europe’s lubricants industry is responding to a rapidly changing sustainability landscape.
or markets request different PCF calculations for the same product.
Beyond regulation, adoption is being driven by value chain alignment. The inclusion of the JSC PCF methodology in Catena X signals that lubricants PCF is becoming part of how downstream customers manage Scope 3 emissions and supplier comparability. This integration positions lubricants data alongside materials such as steel and polymers, reinforcing its relevance in industrial supply chains.
Crucially, the methodology has also received endorsements from multiple European and national industry associations, underlining broad sector support and helping accelerate uptake.
The ATIEL/UEIL Joint Sustainability panel at ICIS World Base Oils 2026.
The backdrop is clear. EU policies under the Green Deal, including CSRD/ESRS, ESPR, the Circular Economy Action Plan, and new rules on environmental claims, are moving from policy to enforcement. These frameworks increasingly require companies not only to disclose environmental data, but to do so in a way that is comparable, auditable, exchangeable, and decision useful. As emphasised in the ICIS sessions, regulation is telling industry what must be measured—but not how.
This gap is precisely where the JSC’s recent work has focused. Over the past months, ATIEL and UEIL have jointly advanced a harmonised, third-party certified Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) methodology for lubricants, designed to provide a consistent and technically robust way of calculating and communicating product level emissions across Europe and across industries. The aim is not to add another reporting burden, but to prevent fragmentation, where different customers, platforms,
The message to industry is pragmatic: PCF is no longer a future concept. It is becoming a prerequisite for regulatory compliance, customer trust, and competitive positioning, provided it is built on a shared, credible foundation.
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LUBE MAGAZINE NO.193 JUNE 2026
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