ESPR term for the total amount of raw materials extracted to meet final consumption demands.
Material footprint measures the total amount of raw materials extracted to satisfy final consumption demand. It gives resource extraction its own signal instead of hiding it inside climate or composition data, but it requires a defined method, scope, and calculation record.
ESPR Article 2, point 26 anchors material footprint in raw materials extracted for final consumption demands. Keep it separate from carbon footprint, environmental footprint, supply-chain records, and material-composition fields because those concepts use different methods and evidence boundaries.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
the total amount of raw materials extracted to meet final consumption demands;
Reference: Article 2, point 26
Public draft page. ESPR source definition; keep separate from carbon footprint and material-composition records.
Record raw-material input, methodology reference, scope boundary, product scope, consumption-demand boundary, calculation record, data source, allocation rule, reporting period, and uncertainty note. The record should distinguish material composition from a footprint calculation.
Material footprint is a resource-burden control: extraction pressure needs its own method, boundary, and evidence trail. That control helps connect sourcing and circularity data without pretending that every material field is a formal footprint result.