Carbon Trust gets PAS 2050

The Carbon Trust has been awarded accreditation allowing it to verify the carbon footprint of products assessed under PAS 2050

The certification arm of the Carbon Trust has become the first organisation in the world to achieve independent accreditation from UKAS to provide greenhouse-gas verification services against the 2011 version of the standard for assessing the carbon footprint of products, the Publicly Available Specification 2050 (PAS 2050).

The accreditation recognises the Carbon Trust Certification’s competence, impartiality and capability to independently verify a product’s carbon footprint.

“The Carbon Trust has a long-term commitment to supporting the development of international standards in carbon footprinting, which we see as vital to address climate change,” commented Darran Messem, managing director of certification at the trust. PAS 2050 outlines a framework for assessing the amount of carbon emitted in the creation of products and services.

It also clarifies how recyclable materials should be assessed and includes emissions from biomass and other biogenic sources.