What challenges do companies face in PCF calculation?

One of the biggest challenges in Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) calculation is accessing reliable and consistent emissions data — especially when working with suppliers across multiple regions, industries, and maturity levels. Many companies struggle with incomplete or inconsistent supplier data, outdated industry averages, and limited transparency across Scope 3 emissions, all of which introduce uncertainty into the PCF process.

Methodological differences, such as varying system boundaries, allocation rules, and emission factor sources, can lead to discrepancies in reported PCFs. This makes standardization and data quality critical for comparability, decision-making, and compliance with frameworks like ISO 14067, and the GHG Protocol.

Sustamize provides a powerful solution to simplify and standardize PCF calculations.
With a unified carbon data platform built on verified, high-quality, and continuously updated CO₂e datasets, sustamize enables companies to:

• calculate PCFs with consistent and audit-ready emission factors,
• replace outdated benchmarks with precise, product-level data,
• overcome supplier data gaps through reliable lifecycle-based datasets,
• seamlessly align PCF results with international standards,
• minimize manual effort and reduce the risk of calculation errors.

By integrating sustamize’s data and digital tools, businesses can move from complex, fragmented PCF workflows to a simple, automated, and highly accurate carbon footprint calculation process — making sustainability reporting faster, more transparent, and significantly more scalable.

Ready to simplify your PCF calculations with high-quality data?

Contact our team or request access to sustamize’s unified carbon data platform to build accurate, standardized, and compliant Product Carbon Footprints with ease.