Delo calculates adhesive footprints

Delo has established systems to measure the product carbon footprint of its high-tech adhesives, enabling users to assess their products' carbon impact with greater accuracy.

The company calculates emissions using standards from Catena-X and Together for Sustainability initiatives. The product carbon footprint encompasses CO2 emissions generated across various product life cycle phases.

Delo employs the cradle-to-gate approach, calculating emissions from raw material extraction and supply chain through to production site processing. CO2 balances for raw materials combine industry-standard databases with supplier-provided data, while transport emissions are estimated from supplier information.

An internal screening study provides detailed emissions data from selected adhesives during production, factored into overall calculations. The methodology follows guidelines from Catena-X, a data ecosystem for the automotive industry, and Together for Sustainability, a chemical industry initiative measuring supply chain sustainability performance.

'Many raw material manufacturers and logistic providers now allocate specific CO2 emission values to their operations. This allows us to deliver accurate PCF estimates for our adhesives,' said Dr Karl Bitzer, managing director of Delo. 'In turn, our customers can incorporate this data into their life cycle assessment to determine the CO2 footprint of their end products more precisely and achieve their own sustainability goals.'