A regulatory term referring to emissions from the production processes of goods.
Direct emissions in CBAM are the greenhouse gases released by the production processes of the goods themselves, including consumed heating and cooling tied to those processes. The term is narrower than general corporate emissions language and is anchored to the specific production boundary of the goods.
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
emissions from the production processes of goods, including emissions from the production of heating and cooling that is consumed during the production processes, irrespective of the location of the production of the heating or cooling;
Reference: Article 3, point 21
This term matters when a producer or importer has to separate emissions generated inside the production process from other emissions categories used in broader carbon accounting. That distinction affects which data has to be collected from installations and how embedded emissions are calculated under CBAM rules.
For Minespider, direct emissions is a process-boundary term. It forces supply-chain emissions data to stay tied to the actual production step rather than drifting into broader, less decision-useful climate narratives.