A regulatory term referring to sum of GHG emissions (3.1.2.5) and GHG removals (3.1.2.6) in a product system (3.1.3.2).
Carbon footprint of a product is part of the formal vocabulary used in product carbon-footprint methodology and lifecycle-based climate accounting. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
ISO 14067:2018 - Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products
sum of GHG emissions (3.1.2.5) and GHG removals (3.1.2.6) in a product system (3.1.3.2), expressed as CO2equivalents (3.1.2.2) and based on a life cycle assessment (3.1.4.3) using the single impact category (3.1.4.8) of climate change
Reference: 3.1.1.1
In practice, this term matters when companies collect, structure, verify, or communicate sustainability data within product carbon-footprint methodology and lifecycle-based climate accounting.
For Minespider, carbon footprint of a product is not just descriptive language. It is a modeling term that affects how sustainability, emissions, lifecycle, or product information should be captured and compared.