A regulatory term referring to emissions from the production of electricity which is consumed during the production processes of goods.
Indirect emissions 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
emissions from the production of electricity which is consumed during the production processes of goods, irrespective of the location of the production of the consumed electricity.
Reference: Article 3, point 34
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, indirect emissions is not just descriptive language. It is a modeling term that affects how sustainability, emissions, lifecycle, or product information should be captured and compared.