Our products’ carbon footprint

In 2021, we conducted a CO2e emissions value-chain analysis, revealing that over 80% of our total CO2e emissions originate from the use phase of our sold products. This highlights the significant carbon footprint of our products during their use phase in customers’ operations. Consequently, this is where the most substantial impact in reducing emissions can be made.

A product’s carbon footprint measures the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated throughout its life cycle. This includes emissions from extracting raw materials, manufacturing, transportation, usage, and disposal. The footprint is typically expressed in kilograms of carbon dioxide equivalent (kg CO₂e). When assessing the environmental impact of a product, two common approaches are used: cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave.

• Cradle-to-gate: This approach measures the carbon footprint from the extraction of raw materials (the “cradle”) to the point where the product leaves the manufacturing facility (the “gate”).
  
  
• Cradle-to-grave:  This approach covers the entire life cycle of the product, from raw material extraction to manufacturing, transportation, usage, and final disposal (the “grave”).

Carbon footprint from our products’ use phase

Cradle-to-grave provides a comprehensive view of the product’s total environmental impact. Cradle-to-grave, on the other hand, includes the use phase of products, where actual CO₂e emissions varies a lot depending on different factors. Here it is thus important to consider factors that can reduce the climate footprint from each product:

• Switch from diesel to electricity
• Purchase of renewable electricity
• Optimized and energy-efficient operation
• Replacement of diesel with HVO
• Utilization of digital solutions for measurement of real-time energy consumption
• Optimization through advanced automation solution
• Purchase of tools and attachments that enable energy savings and resource efficiency 

Local circumstances as well have an impact such as access to renewable electricity etc.

To calculate the emissions from the use phase, following needs to be considered:

• Total energy consumption during expected lifetime
• Energy source (fuel type/electricity) and related life cycle emission factor

When evaluating the results of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), it’s important to consider that emission factors will change over the product’s lifespan. The International Energy Agency (IEA) (https://www.iea.org/) annually publishes the World Energy Outlook Report, which highlights the rapid increase in the production of renewable energy, including biofuels and other renewable sources.

Our carbon footprint/LCA principles 

As a result of Epiroc’s commitment to combat climate change and contribute to zero-emissions operations in our customers’ operations, we are providing climate footprint data for our key products..   

There are currently ongoing initiatives to establish Product Category Rules for certain products. However, due to the absence of established Product Category Rules for our industry, the Environmental Product Declaration standard does not apply. Consequently, comparing product climate footprint reports from different Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) in this industry is challenging, given variations in methodology, system boundaries, and input data.

The following list of products have product specific carbon footprint (cradle-to-gate) available based on conducted LCA. Contact your local customer center to request the product specific carbon footprint report where more details such as kg CO2e-eq, scope of life cycle stages and clarifications on any limitations/exclusions. Please note the actual carbon footprint from products are different. Epiroc has production and supply chain covered globally, meaning that the specific carbon footprint differs. The product list below is continuously updated.

Note! The data in product specific carbon footprint reports is limited to cradle-to-gate. The use phase included in cradle-to-grave varies a lot depending on different factors. To assess the complete carbon footprint from a product, cradle-to-grave is to be considered.

Comparing the carbon footprints from different Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) is only valid if the assumptions, scope, and context of each LCA study are equivalent.

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• A list of products will be updated shortly