Cradle-to-gate process inclusion

Product Carbon Footprint·clause 3.3.1.2·p.33

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The requirement

PACT Methodology for calculating and exchanging cradle-to-gate PCFs clause 3.3.1.2 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The held copy is a single-user licence and does not extend to republishing its clauses.

The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.

Klar Cite classification — not the standard’s words

Addresses: inclusion of attributable cradle-to-gate processes in a footprint, an inclusion expectation for companies; connects to clause 3.3.1.

written by a model, checked against the clause

Read it at the source

What the product must meet

Exemptions
However, there are instances where the lack of data availability or the effort and resources required to calculate certain attributable processes can far outweigh their overall GHG contribution to the PCF. In these cases, companies may exclude certain processes if they disclose and justify these based on their degree of significance to the final PCF.

How it is proven

Who checks it
Applicant declares — a signed statement from the applicant

How Klar Cite classifies it

Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.

What it asks
Meet — a limit, condition or outcome the product must satisfy
Standing
Required — must be met for the credential
Impact area
Climate Health — the CMF area the clause addresses

Cite this clause

Product Carbon Footprint · PACT Methodology for calculating and exchanging cradle-to-gate PCFs · version v3.0 · clause 3.3.1.2 · page 33 · build 2026-10-05-0439 · https://klarcite.com/r/1a343a77c529593b

Source document

Record details

Page 33. Read in build 2026-10-05-0439, harvested 2026-10-05.

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