Quantify electricity use and emissions

Mandatory

Required: must be met for the credential.

Superseded

The document this clause was read from is superseded. It is kept so older citations resolve.

Klar Cite summary

This clause concerns final manufacturing electricity use and GHG emissions. This concerns climate.

Cradle to Cradle Certified·clause 5.1 QUANTIFYING ELECTRICITY USE AND EMISSIONS·p.62

Original wording

Product Standard clause 5.1 QUANTIFYING ELECTRICITY USE AND EMISSIONS — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording, so it is not republished here. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.

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

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Details

What the product must meet

Applies to
the Basic level of certification and above (Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum)

How it is proven

Who checks it
Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake

Klar Cite’s reading

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

Type of requirement
Meet a limit or condition — e.g. a maximum emission or a minimum recycled content
Standing
Required — must be met for the credential
Topic
Climate Health — the topic the clause addresses, grouped by the Common Materials Framework (CMF)

Cite this clause

Cradle to Cradle Certified · Product Standard · version v3.1 · clause 5.1 QUANTIFYING ELECTRICITY USE AND EMISSIONS · page 62 · build 2026-10-27-1239 · https://klarcite.com/r/4a85481072707d79

Source document

Record details

Page 62 of the file (printed page 54), 5.1 QUANTIFYING ELECTRICITY USE AND EMISSIONS. Read in build 2026-10-27-1239, harvested 2026-10-27.

uid 4a85481072707d79 · document 8e7328bba260bd04 · fidelity verbatim · published 2020-03

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