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Collect upstream emissions from supplier with Request

Use this checklist when your suppliers report the PCF of your raw materials themselves, through requests in ChainTraced. Your own operations are still covered by a dataset; the upstream part arrives as approved supplier transactions. The detailed steps are in the General Product Carbon Footprint manual; this page puts them in order.

Before you start

In place

Where

Each supplier as a counterparty, preferably connected so they can answer in ChainTraced.

Counterparty Management

Purchased products for the raw materials, each with its suppliers and purchase shares under Product suppliers.

Create Products

Manufactured products with a Bill of Material listing the purchased products, their Quantity and Yield.

Create Products

Steps

  1. Create a dataset for your own operations. Under Standards > Emission Datasets, Create new Dataset of type Process, fill it in and publish it.

  2. Attach it to the manufactured products. Emission data tab, Link emissions, Pick a dataset to add; or in bulk from the product list with Edit > Assign dataset.

  3. Request the PCFs. Open each purchased product, tick the suppliers under Product suppliers and click Request PCF. One Environmental Declaration request per supplier is created and the supplier is notified by email; a supplier that already has an open request is skipped. Carousel mode on the product list takes you from one product to the next; see Navigation.

  4. Wait for the answers. The requests sit under Product Transactions > Supplier in Requested , and the supplier's row on the product shows PCF requested. To nudge a supplier, open the request and use Resend notification in the Actions menu. Reminder emails can also be automated in company settings.

  5. Review and approve. An answered request shows Needs your approval . Open it, check the Product Carbon Footprint section and click Approve, or Request Changes with your questions. On approval the emissions are assigned to the purchased product, and the supplier's row shows Approved with the PCF's expiry date.

  6. Check the manufactured products. Emissions overview on the Emission data tab should show Complete : the upstream part from the bill of material, the process part from your dataset. Needs data names the supplier or component still missing.

  7. Submit to your customers. Under Product Transactions > Customer, open each request and Submit, or tick many and use Edit > Submit. The transactions carry the product's current PCF.

A supplier that cannot answer in ChainTraced does not block the chain: fill in their request yourself as described in Estimate emissions with secondary data, or take their published PCF as in Fetch emission data from suppliers.