Proposals for improvements to the PEF method
Schmidt J, Weidema B P, (2024)
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2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark.
Introduction
The European Commission has asked for feedback on elements that could be potentially considered for the revision of the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 of 15 December 2021 on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations.
In addition to the replies to the survey circulated, we have prepared this document with specific proposals to the PEF method as described in Annex 1 of the Commission Recommendation (EU) 2021/2279 of 15 December 2021 (hereafter called the “2021 PEF method”).
Our proposals have three objectives:
1) To make it possible to follow the method description without unnecessary effort, while maintaining or enhancing the quality and practical applicability of the resulting PEF studies.
2) To clarify the text in places where the current text is ambiguous or can lead to mis-information relative to the decision that a PEF study intends to support.
3) To harmonise requirements, so that the same requirements apply across all products and across all elementary flows.