BSI British Standards launches technical consultation phase on Greenhouse Gas Emissions standard

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1 October 2007
BSI British Standards today launched a technical consultation phase to continue the development of the Publicly Available Specification (PAS) for the measurement of embodied greenhouse gas emissions in products and services. The consultation is co-sponsored by the Carbon Trust and Defra and will close at the end of October.

This consultation is the first of a broad two stage stakeholder consultation process on the PAS 2050, specification for the measurement of embodied greenhouse gas emissions in products and services. This is an opportunity for select stakeholders to provide technical comments on the draft standard. The comments and suggestions received will be considered for inclusion in the next draft of the standard.

The second stage of the consultation will run February - March 2008 and will be a wider stakeholder review of the draft PAS 2050.

The aim of both stages of the consultation is to create a single standard that will enable a consistent and comparable approach to measuring the embodied greenhouse gas emissions from products and services across their lifecycle that will be applicable to a wide range of sectors and product categories. This work could in the future be the first step towards an internationally agreed standard for measuring product greenhouse gas emissions. The single standard will help companies understand the lifecycle climate change impacts of their products and highlight opportunities to cut carbon emissions.

The development of the standard is being overseen by an independent Steering Group chaired by Jim Skea, Director of the UK Energy Research Centre, with members from businesses, NGOs, Government and academia.

For more information on PAS 2050 and to register interest in participation in the 2nd stage of the stakeholder consultation, please visit www.bsi-global.com/PAS2050.

 
 
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The Steering Group members are as follows:

  • Chairman: Jim Skea, Director, UK Energy Research Centre
  • Keith Allott - Head of Climate Change WWF
  • Prof. Roland Clift - Professor of Environmental Technology, University of Surrey
  • Terence Ilott - Head of Environment, Business and Consumers division, Defra
  • Prof. Tim Jackson - Professor of Sustainable Development, University of Surrey
  • Dr. Paul Jefferiss - Director of Environmental Policy, BP & Carbon Trust Board member
  • Mark Kenber - Policy Director, The Climate Group
  • Nick Monger-Godfrey, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility, John Lewis Partnership
  • Stephen Reeson, Food and Drink Federation
  • Michael Roberts, Director of Business Environment, CBI
  • Richard Johnstone, Energy Saving Trust