Embedded Emissions

Embedded emissions cover direct emissions from producing a good and, for certain products, indirect emissions from electricity consumed. The methodology is governed by EU Implementing Regulation 2025/2547 (three approaches: calculation, mass balance, direct measurement). For steel, the production route, blast furnace, scrap-based electric furnace or hydrogen direct reduction, radically changes intensity. Distinct from embodied carbon in construction materials. The declarant uses verified actual data or, failing that, Commission default values.