Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) of policy and market-relevant product groups
Funds teams that build life-cycle-assessment datasets and digital tools measuring a product's environmental footprint, for one of seven product groups.
Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) of policy and market-relevant product groups is a Horizon Europe Research and Innovation Action from the European Commission that funds teams building life-cycle-assessment datasets and digital tools measuring a product's environmental footprint, for one of seven product groups; companies are eligible to take part directly. It pays out as a lump sum, with an i…
The European Commission wants proposals to develop and test Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) category rules and full life-cycle assessments for at least one of: home/interior textiles, metal or plastic end-products, detergents, lubricants, paints and varnishes, polymers, other chemical groups, or ICT products. It wants publicly available datasets and digital tools built so stakeholders can run, verify and compare PEF assessments across a product's whole value chain.
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