5 reasons why ISO 14067 assurance of Product Carbon Footprints (CFPs) is becoming a business imperative
Discover why verified product carbon footprints under ISO 14067 are becoming essential for compliance, credibility, and competitiveness in hard-to-abate sectors.
Why verified product carbon footprints matter
As global industries move toward net-zero, the ability to substantiate your product’s environmental performance is becoming business critical. Product-level climate disclosures are no longer a “nice to have” – they are fast becoming a requirement for compliance, credibility, and competitiveness.
ISO 14067, the internationally recognized standard for quantifying and reporting product carbon footprints (PCFs), provides a consistent methodology to measure climate impact across the product life cycle. When verified by an accredited third party, ISO 14067 assurance gives your organization confidence in the quality and transparency of its climate data, whilst building trust with customers, regulators, and investors.
Here are five reasons why ISO 14067 assurance is becoming a business imperative.
1. Demonstrate credibility and transparency
Stakeholders increasingly expect clear evidence behind climate claims. Verified PCFs provide objective proof that your carbon data is robust and aligned with recognized standards.
ISO 14067 verification ensures that your methodology, boundaries, and calculations are consistent and transparent, helping you avoid greenwashing risks and substantiate environmental claims with confidence.
2. Gain competitive advantage in demanding markets
In sectors such as steel, cement, chemicals, and heavy manufacturing, customers and regulators are now asking for verified carbon data as part of procurement, compliance, and reporting requirements.
ISO 14067 assurance helps position your organization as a trusted and preferred partner in supply chains increasingly shaped by sustainability criteria. Verified PCFs can also enhance your eligibility for ESG-linked financing and climate-related incentives.
3. Strengthen compliance and future readiness
Emerging regulations such as the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), and Green Claims Directive require consistent, verifiable carbon data.
By adopting ISO 14067 verification now – and ensuring it is carried out by an accredited third party – you future-proof your reporting against stricter regulatory and buyer expectations. Accreditation adds an extra layer of assurance that your verification results will be recognized and accepted globally.
4. Build trust and engagement across your value chain
Verified product carbon footprints enable transparent communication of environmental performance to suppliers, customers, and investors.
By providing credible data, you support collaborative decarbonization efforts across the value chain, encouraging innovation, emissions reduction, and stronger stakeholder relationships. It also empowers your teams to communicate sustainability progress confidently, both internally and externally.
5. Enable better decision-making and continuous improvement
A verified PCF provides decision-ready insights into where emissions occur across the product life cycle. This enables more targeted carbon reduction strategies, investment planning, and reporting alignment with GHG Protocol and science-based targets (SBTi).
By identifying hotspots and reducing data uncertainty, ISO 14067 assurance becomes a key enabler of operational efficiency and innovation.
How DNV supports your product carbon footprint journey
DNV provides independent ISO 14067 assurance services for organizations at every maturity level, from initial footprint calculations to accredited verification. Our experts combine deep technical understanding of hard-to-abate sectors with global verification capabilities to ensure that your product carbon data is reliable, comparable, and future-ready.
Whether you seek to strengthen market credibility, comply with regulation, or enhance stakeholder trust, DNV helps you transform carbon data into actionable insights for your business and your customers.
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