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Consumer Information about PCF
Product category
Product
group
Textiles
Best options to address global warming
Inclusion of CO2e issues in the multicriterial approach of type I
labels.
Promotion of a label awarding textiles made of fibres from organic
agriculture.
A PCF label makes no sense.
7 Recommendations for input into standardisation or legislation
7.1 Open methodological questions concerning PCF
The following list of open methodological questions bases mainly on the findings of PCF-
Pilote (2009) and Grießhammer / Hochfeld (2009). They have to be dealt with in
standardisation and possibly legislation as different approaches might lead to quite different
results.
Certified green power from renewable energy sources
There still is not a good, broadly accepted method for including green power in the
calculation of a PCF. This not only applies to the PCF, but also for company-related GHG
inventories. The emission factor for green power is often assumed to be zero, which
generally does not constitute a correct evaluation. Currently recommendations are worked
out as to how certified green power should be evaluated with respect to its additional benefits
for the environment. In the PAS 2050, green power is included in the national electricity mix
in order to avoid it being accounted for twice unless it can be proven otherwise.
Emissions from aviation
Not only CO2, but also other substances such as water vapour and nitrogen oxides
contribute to the global warming effect of air traffic. The effect is described using the socalled
Radiative Forcing Index (RFI). That is why the use of the more extensive RFI instead
of CO2e emissions is so important in the case of air traffic.
Significance of the shopping tour
There is no systematic reason to leave the shopping tour involved in buying a product out of
the assessment, something which was proposed in the PAS 2050. When communicating
information to the consumer, the significance of the shopping tour and the effect this has on
a product‘s CO2 footprint is by all means an important aspect.
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