A cross-source term for the activities and linkages involved in producing, moving, and supplying a product, with scope depending on the source.
Supply chain is a strategically important term because it connects sourcing, production, supplier data, transport, and due-diligence evidence. The key boundary is source scope: ESPR draws an upstream-only chain inside the broader value chain, while ISO 14067 uses both upstream and downstream linkages for product carbon-footprint context.
This page compares ESPR and ISO 14067 source layers. In ESPR, supply chain is not the same as value chain; it is the upstream part of the product value chain before the customer. ISO 14067 uses supply-chain language for product-carbon-footprint methodology and includes both upstream and downstream linkages. EU Conflict Minerals Regulation context: Regulation (EU) 2017/821 defines responsible-sourcing and due-diligence terms for Union importers of tin, tantalum, tungsten, their ores, and gold from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Keep this source layer separate from generic importer, traceability, competent-authority, and broad CSDDD due-diligence meanings.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 establishing a framework for the setting of ecodesign requirements for sustainable products
all upstream activities and processes of the product’s value chain, up to the point where the product reaches the customer;
Reference: Article 2, point 10
ISO 14067:2018 - Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products
those involved, through upstream and downstream linkages, in processes (3.1.3.5) and activities relating to the provision of products (3.1.3.1) to the user
Reference: 3.1.5.2
Public draft page. ESPR and ISO 14067 source layers are related but not legally interchangeable.
Supply chain is source-dependent. The ESPR definition is upstream-only: all upstream activities and processes of the product value chain up to the point where the product reaches the customer. ISO 14067 is broader because it refers to those involved through both upstream and downstream linkages in providing products to the user.
This term originates in ISO 14067:2018 and/or ISO 14044 LCA methodology. It is used in EU product regulation — particularly under the EU Battery Regulation (PEF method for carbon footprint) and ESPR (environmental footprint) — because both regulations require lifecycle-based quantification of environmental impacts. Practitioners applying these regulations should be familiar with these LCA/PEF concepts to correctly scope, conduct, and verify product-level environmental assessments.
Implementation records should capture the supplier identifier, process link, source-scope boundary, traceability record, upstream/downstream status, product or material relationship, facility link, and applicable regulation that defines chain depth.
Supply chain is a source-scoped traceability control: the evidence consequence is that supplier, production-site, plot-origin, transport, or lifecycle-carbon data can be collected at the depth required by the relevant source rather than treated as one universal business chain.
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Read on MinespiderProvides Minespider context for supply chain in an article where “supply chain” is a natural glossary bridge.
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