A regulatory term referring to the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from the production of goods.
Emissions in CBAM are specifically the greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere from the production of goods, not a catch-all term for every climate metric in the supply chain. The definition is deliberately tight because CBAM is regulating production-linked embedded emissions, not general ESG storytelling.
Regulation (EU) 2023/956 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
the release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere from the production of goods;
Reference: Article 3, point 3
This term matters when teams need to keep the Regulation's production-linked emissions concept separate from broader footprint, ESG, or value-chain climate language. If that boundary is blurred, companies risk mixing incompatible datasets and methodologies in their CBAM reporting.
For Minespider, emissions is a deceptively simple term that needs strict scoping. The operational challenge is making sure everyone in the chain is talking about the same emissions boundary when data is requested, supplied, and verified.