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Emission factor from GEMIS v5.2

Polypropylene (PP)

Germany · Cradle to gate · Any year

Each kilogram counts as 3.24 kg CO₂e up to the factory gate. GEMIS gives one figure, for use in any year.

Value for any year

3.24kgCO₂e/kg

Biogenic CO₂ and land use excluded · GWP100 · AR6

FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

One value, for any year

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

Reference year 2020

Region
Germany DE
Boundary
Cradle to gate
Data quality
MediumRated by us, not by the source
Licence
Share-alike · GEMIS terms

Where 3.24 comes from

Published as one number

GEMIS prints this factor as a single figure, with no parts to add up.

Reporting this kilogram under the GHG Protocol

Scope 3, category 1 3.24

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

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Materials › Polymers and rubber · Germany · per kg · Average

Cradle to gate · Excl. biogenic CO₂ · AR6

Boundary
Cradle to gate
Raw materials, inbound transport, fuel supply, fuel combustion, manufacturing, packaging, purchased energy and capital goods
GWP method
IPCC AR6, 100-year horizon
Re-weighted by open-climate.ai from GEMIS's AR5 figure of 3.24 kgCO₂e/kg
CO₂e basis
Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories
Split by gas
Life cycle
Upstream: coveredProduction: coveredDownstream: not coveredEnd of life: not covered

Medium quality · Copyleft licence · Any year

What this number covers

What GEMIS counts in the figure for one kilogram, phase by phase.

  1. Upstream

    • Transport to the plant
    • Raw materials
    • Fuel supply chain
    Included

  2. Production

    • Fuel combustion
    • Manufacturing
    • Packaging
    • Purchased electricity and heat
    Included

  3. Also counted

    • Plant and equipment
    Included

  4. Your record

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

    = 3.24

Outside this boundary

  • Installation
  • Maintenance
  • Transport to the border
  • Retail
  • Use
  • End of life
  • Recycling credit

GEMIS does not count any of this in the figure for one kilogram.

Gases

Basis: Excl. biogenic CO₂FossilBio CH₄Land useBio CO₂GHG Protocol and IPCC inventories

  • Fossil CO₂3.1798.1%
  • Methane (CH₄)0.03941.2%
  • Nitrous oxide (N₂O)0.02330.7%

Σ 3.17 + 0.0394 + 0.0233 = 3.23625, which GEMIS rounds to 3.24.

Each gas is converted to CO₂e with AR6 100-year warming potentials; biogenic CO₂ and land-use carbon are left out, while methane from biogenic sources is counted.

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About this factor

From GEMIS

What it is

In German
Bereitstellung von Popypropylen

What it includes

In German
Gesamter Lebenszyklus inkl. Transporte + Materialvorleistung, ohne Entsorgung. Bezugspunkt Produktbereitstellung, d.h. ohne Nutzung

Source and licence

Publisher
IINAS (International Institute for Sustainability Analysis and Strategy)
Library
GEMIS 5.2 (2025-12-01)
Published
1 December 2025
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GEMIS's terms of use Copyleft

Served in full. Whatever you build on it must carry the same licence.

Credit it with this lineIINAS (2025): GEMIS 5.2, iinas.org/gemis
A plain reading of the licence, not legal advice. The licence text prevails.

Cite this factor

IINAS (2025): GEMIS 5.2, iinas.org/gemis. Normalised by open-climate.ai, https://open-climate.ai/factors/libraries/gemis/ (CC BY-SA 4.0). https://open-climate.ai/factors/ef-gemis-pp-de-kg-cradle_to_gate-0fd43a30/?v=efv1-11114198d0d190a10dbb3832c8c612eb

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