Guidelines for carbon footprint of products

Enacted: February 8, 2009
Amended: March 17, 2009
Amended: June 3, 2009
Amended: September 11, 2009
Amended: November 20, 2009
Amended: December 8, 2009
Amended: December 21, 2009
Amended: June 4, 2010
Amended: June 18, 2010
Amended: September 13, 2010
Amended: November 5, 2010
Amended: December 27, 2010
Amended: August 10, 2011
Amended: August 31, 2011
Amended: November 9, 2011
Amended: November 22, 2011
Amended: April 12, 2012
Amended: January 10, 2013
Amended: June 27, 2013
Amended: September 17, 2013
Amended: December 16, 2013

• Article 1 (Purpose)
  This document sets rules on sets of guidelines on carbon footprint labeling (hereinafter referred to as the "Guidelines") as per Article 4, Paragraphs 1 and 3 of the Operating Rules on Carbon Footprint Labeling, which was made public as the Ministry of Environment Public Notice No. 2009-86.
• Article 2 (Guidelines for carbon footprint of products)
  

  2.1  The Guidelines specify how to calculate the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions generated during the production, transportation, distribution, use, and end of life of materials and products. Three different guidelines are specified,one for general products (hereinafter a set of guidelines for general products shall be referred to as Guidelines Set I), another for energy-using products(hereinafter referred to as Guidelines Set II), and another for various energy-using products under different use scenarios (hereinafter referred to as Guidelines Set III).
  
  2.2  A person or company intending to acquire a carbon footprint label for a product (hereinafter referred to as an "Applicant") shall calculate the GHG emissions following the Guidelines Set I as detailed in Annex 1, Guidelines Set II as detailed in Annex 2, or Guidelines Set III as detailed in Annex 3 for the product under assessment.
  
  2.3  Guidelines Set I sets rules on calculation of GHG emissions associated with non-energy using products that do not consume energy when in use.
  
  2.4  Guidelines Set II sets rules on calculation of GHG emissions associated with energy-using products that consume energy when in use.
  
  2.5  Guidelines Set III sets rules on calculation of GHG emissions associated with energy-using products under different use scenarios and energy consumption pattern, of which the calculation method is not specified in Guidelines Set II.

• Article 3 (Emissions factors for carbon footprint) Emissions factors for carbon
  footprint labeling, as well as waste statistics, used for calculating the GHG emissions for products will be posted on the Carbon Footprint Label website of the Korea Environmental Industry and echnology Institute at www.epd.or.kr after approval of the director of KEITI.
• Supplementary Provisions
  These Guidelines shall be made effective as of February 8th,2009.Some amendments made after February 8th, 2009 will be made effective according the dates of their approval.