A regulatory term referring to a value, which is calculated or drawn from secondary data, which represents the embedded emissions in goods.
Default value is part of the formal vocabulary used in embedded-emissions reporting, importer obligations, and carbon-border compliance. 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.
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
a value, which is calculated or drawn from secondary data, which represents the embedded emissions in goods;
Reference: Article 3, point 27
In practice, this term matters when companies collect, structure, verify, or communicate sustainability data within embedded-emissions reporting, importer obligations, and carbon-border compliance.
For Minespider, default value is not just descriptive language. It is a modeling term that affects how sustainability, emissions, lifecycle, or product information should be captured and compared.