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Emission factor from ERASM SLE 2014

Crude palm kernel oil (CPKO)

World · Cradle to gate · Any year

Each kg active substance of this food counts as 3.07 kg CO₂e up to the factory gate. ERASM gives one figure, for use anywhere and in any year.

Value, cradle to gate

3.07kgCO₂e/kg active substance

Net total: fossil, biogenic and land use · GWP100 · AR4

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂full carbon balance

One value, for any year

ERASM sets no date window, so there is no year to pick.

Reference year 2011

Region
World GLOBAL
Boundary
Cradle to gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Open · CC BY 4.0

Where 3.07 comes from

Published as one number

ERASM prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up and no split by gas.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 3.07

Goods and services you buy are Scope 3, category 1, purchased goods and services.

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Food and agriculture › Processed food · World · per kg active substance · Average

Cradle to gate · Net total · AR4

Boundary
Cradle to gate
Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing and purchased energy
GWP method
IPCC AR4, 100-year horizon
As printed by ERASM · impact method CML 2001 baseline
CO₂e basis
Net totalFossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂full carbon balance
Not split by gas; CO₂e only
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Open licence · Any year

What this number covers

What ERASM counts in the figure for 1 kg active substance, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Inbound transport
    • Raw materials
    • Upstream fuel (well-to-tank)
    Included

  2. Production

    • Fuel combustion
    • Manufacturing
    • Purchased electricity and heat
    Included

  3. Your record

    1 kg active substance in your records. The factor is per kg active substance.

    = 3.07

Outside this boundary

  • Installation
  • Maintenance
  • Outbound transport
  • Retail
  • Use phase
  • Throwing away packaging and leftovers
  • Recycling credits

ERASM does not count any of this in the figure for 1 kg active substance.

From ERASM's record to a comparable factor

ERASM publishes this factor as one record. Here is each field as printed and what open-climate.ai made of it.

About this factor

ERASM publishes no description for this food. Filed under Oils.

Source and licence

Publisher
ERASM (A.I.S.E. / CESIO)
Library
ERASM SLE 2014 (IJLCA 2018)
Published
14 August 2017
CC BY 4.0 Open

The values and their metadata are served in full and may be reused with credit to the publisher.

Credit it with this lineSchowanek D, Borsboom-Patel T, Bouvy A, et al. (2018) New and updated life cycle inventories for surfactants used in European detergents: summary of the ERASM surfactant life cycle and ecofootprinting project. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23:867-886. doi:10.1007/s11367-017-1384-x. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
A plain reading of the licence, not legal advice. The licence text prevails.

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Schowanek D, Borsboom-Patel T, Bouvy A, et al. (2018) New and updated life cycle inventories for surfactants used in European detergents: summary of the ERASM surfactant life cycle and ecofootprinting project. Int J Life Cycle Assess 23:867-886. doi:10.1007/s11367-017-1384-x. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/erasm/ (CC BY 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-erasm-crude_palm_kernel_oil-global-kg_active_su-cradle_to_gate-7f64500a/?v=efv1-f734b6829bff5494fe6b600a1fd45205

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