IEC 63372:2026

IEC 63372:2026

January 2026
International standard Current

Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic products and systems - Principles, methodologies, requirements and guidance

IEC 63372:2026 describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects.The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods.This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment.This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised.This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or updated reference standards;b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions;c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.

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International IEC standards

Publication date

January 2026

Number of pages

178 p.

Reference

IEC 63372:2026

ICS Codes

29.100   Components for electrical equipment
13.020.01   Environment and environmental protection in general

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Sumary
Quantification and communication of carbon footprint, GHG emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic products and systems - Principles, methodologies, requirements and guidance

IEC 63372:2026 describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects.
The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods.
This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment.
This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or updated reference standards;
b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions;
c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.
Replaced standards (2)
IEC TR 62726:2014
August 2014
Technical report Cancelled
Guidance on quantifying greenhouse gas emission reductions from the baseline for electrical and electronic products and systems

IEC TR 62726:2014 describes principles and guidance on quantifying greenhouse gas emission (CO2e) reductions compared to a baseline (which includes "business as usual") for electrical and electronic products and systems (hereinafter referred as EE products). It is based on the result of a comparative study on existing methodologies published or under discussion in international organizations.

IEC TR 62725:2013
March 2013
Technical report Cancelled
Analysis of quantification methodologies of greenhouse gas emissions for electrical and electronic products and systems

IEC/TR 62725:2013(E) is intended to provide users with guidance to understand methodologies and to evaluate carbon footprint of products (hereinafter referred to as CFP), by quantifying the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions (hereinafter referred to as CFP study) for Electrical and Electronic products (hereinafter referred to as EE products) based on life-cycle thinking. It is applicable to any type of EE products, which are new or modified (e.g. reconditioned, upgraded, etc.) and is based on the result of a comparative study on existing methodologies published or under discussion in representative international organizations.

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