🧱 Intermediate Good

add information about the intermediate goods consumed by your installation during your specified reporting period these are input goods other than cbam goods and raw materials click here docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu to learn more about intermediate goods the emissions associated with your intermediate goods will contribute to your direct (scope 1) emissions under the eu cbam, intermediate goods can also be classified as source streams docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu add intermediate good our platform currently supports the calculation based approach docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu , which is one of the two approaches permitted by the eu cbam this approach, in turn, distinguishes between two methods the standard method and the mass balance method we explain these methods in more detail here docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu unless you operate an integrated steel mill or produce sintered ore, pig iron, or crude steel, use the standard method standard method what is the standard method? docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu right click on the screen and select external inputs > intermediate good select the standard calculation method select the intermediate good you will notice that the intermediate goods dropdown list includes some cbam goods, such as pig iron and direct reduced iron (dri) these are listed only for cases where you use the bubble approach docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu if you purchase any of such goods from external suppliers, you must input them as purchased cbam goods docid\ bbhvkana38pedvnnez2q9 and request the actual emissions data from your suppliers you can create a new type of intermediate good by typing its name and clicking create note if you create a new type of intermediate good, you must manually input the calculation factors, including the emission factor and, where available, the conversion factor docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu select the measurement unit enter the quantity if applicable, enter an alternative emission factor what is the emission factor? docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu click next mass balance what is the mass balance method? docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu right click on the screen and select external inputs > intermediate good select the mass balance calculation method select the intermediate good you will notice that the intermediate goods dropdown list includes some cbam goods, such as pig iron and direct reduced iron (dri) these are listed only for cases where you use the bubble approach docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu if you purchase any of such goods from external suppliers, you must input them as purchased cbam goods docid\ bbhvkana38pedvnnez2q9 and request the actual emissions data from your suppliers you can create a new type of intermediate good by typing its name and clicking create note if you create a new type of intermediate good, you must manually input the calculation factors, including the emission factor and, where available, the conversion factor docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu select the measurement unit how is the carbon content calculated? docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu enter the quantity if applicable, enter an alternative emission factor what is the emission factor? docid\ d2zsuoqnhqioqfue5yqpu click next edit intermediate good right click on the intermediate good click edit click next to save your changes delete intermediate good right click on intermediate good click delete data sources for calculating emissions from fuels and materials, the eu cbam allows the use of various data sources, some of which are considered to be of higher quality than others the highest quality data source is laboratory analysis, which can be used to determine calculation factors such as carbon content, emission factor, and/or conversion factor of the raw materials consumed by your installation alternatively, you may use a proxy for the carbon content or emission factor, provided you establish an empirical correlation at least once per year using laboratory analysis the key difference is that, with this approach, laboratory analysis is only required once a year to establish the correlation, rather than for each batch of material, which helps reduce monitoring costs the lowest quality data, though still permitted when other options are technically unfeasible or would incur unreasonable costs, is the use of standard values the image below illustrates the hierarchy of these data sources based on their quality standard values you have two options use the database of standard values provided by us (carbon glance) please note that our database may not include global or country specific data for every type of intermediate good in cases where data is missing, no values will be automatically pre filled, and you will need to input them manually if you'd like us to add calculation factors for a specific type of intermediate good, please feel free to contact us at support\@carbonglance com input your own values you can use standard values from data sources you already use for other carbon accounting frameworks, or even data from higher data quality sources it's very important to specify the source of these values in the notes field to ensure transparency carbon glance database of standard values currently, we use the following data sources for the carbon content and emission factor values of intermediate goods standard factors provided in annex viii of the eu cbam implementing regulation https //eur lex europa eu/legal content/en/txt/?uri=oj%3ajol 2023 228 r 0006#d1e32 113 1 vidovic, d , marmier, a , zore, l and moya, j , greenhouse gas emission intensities of the steel, fertilisers, aluminium and cement industries in the eu and its main trading partners, publications office of the european union, luxembourg, 2023, doi 10 2760/359533, jrc134682 https //publications jrc ec europa eu/repository/handle/jrc134682 criteria for data source prioritization we prioritize data sources based on the following criteria, listed in order of relevance granularity preference is given to country specific datasets over global ones recency data from the most recent year is preferred over older datasets consistency when multiple sources are available for the same country and year, preference is given to the one most commonly used across our platform for other countries this is done to ensure greater consistency in the underlying methodologies