diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 2ba65c1..4a1f634 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,19 +1,17 @@ # RMI Plastics Emissions Reporting Guidance -This repository holds the necessary tools and guidance for exchanging emissions data in line with RMI's Plastic Molding Accounting Guidance, along with licensing and sample files. - -The guidance was launched in October of 2024--you can read the blog post [here]() and press release [here](). +This repository holds the necessary tools and guidance for exchanging emissions data in line with RMI's Plastics Extrusion and Molding Guidance, along with licensing and sample files. The guidance serves as a methodological foundation for RMI's Plastics Data Model. Designed in concert with the guidance, the Plastics Data Model encapsulated the outputs of the guidance, represented as a [Data Model Extension](https://wbcsd.github.io/data-model-extensions/spec/) to the [Pathfinder Data Model.](https://wbcsd.github.io/data-exchange-protocol/v2/#biblio-extensions-guidance) ## Product Level Accounting Guidance -[RMI's Plastics Molding Accounting Guidance](https://rmi.org/our-work/climate-intelligence/horizon-zero/plastics/) provides a methodology for reporting emissions in a way that enables the development of a differentiated market for low-embodied-emissions in the plastics extrusion and molding sub-sector that promotes the necessary investment to decarbonize the sector. +[RMI's Plastics Extrusion and Molding Guidance.](rmi.org/insight/plastics-extrusion-and-molding-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting-guidance/) provides a methodology for reporting emissions in a way that enables the development of a differentiated market for low-embodied-emissions in the plastics extrusion and molding sub-sector that promotes the necessary investment to decarbonize the sector. The decarbonization levers incentivized through this guidance include: 1. Maximize the percent of mechanically recycled plastic. 2. Maximize the precent of energy input from renewable electricity. -3. Minimize carbon combustion and methane leaks. -4. Deploy low-emission virgin plastic production technologies (e.g., renewable electric crackers). -5. Apply low-emission chemical recycling systems when GHG effects are sensible (e.g., recycling medical hazardous waste that must otherwise be incinerated, displacing coal-based plastics). +3. Minimize carbon combustion and methane leaks. +4. Deploy low-emission virgin plastic production technologies (e.g., renewable electric crackers). +5. Apply low-emission chemical recycling systems when GHG effects are sensible (e.g. recycling medical hazardous waste that must otherwise be incinerated, displacing coal-based plastics). This guidance was authored by [RMI](https://rmi.org/) in collaboration with the [World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)](https://www.wbcsd.org/) and its [Automotive Partnership for Carbon Transparency (A-PACT)](https://www.wbcsd.org/Pathways/Transport-Mobility/News/Leading-manufacturers-support-move-towards-better-emissions-measurement-for-the-automotive-industry) initiative. @@ -24,13 +22,13 @@ There are four key requirements for reporting steel sector emissions using this As much as possible, emissions calculations should be based on first-hand information from various supply chain partners. #### 2. Consistent boundary for comparison - Companies shall report emissions against a fixed boundary (i.e., a consistent set of processes) to enable comparability and consistency between disclosures. + Companies shall report emissions against a fixed boundary (i.e., a consistent set of processes) to enable comparability and consistency between disclosures. #### 3. Measurement made for market Calculation and reporting decisions should enable the development of a market for low-carbon products, resulting in low-carbon production for the plastics sector as a whole. ## RMI Plastics Data Model -RMI's Plastics Data Model enables the use of machine-readable sharing of the product level information calculated with [RMI's Plastic Extrusion Accounting Guindance.]() +RMI's Plastics Data Model enables the use of machine-readable sharing of the product level information calculated with [RMI's Plastics Extrusion and Molding Guidance.](rmi.org/insight/plastics-extrusion-and-molding-greenhouse-gas-emissions-reporting-guidance/) It has been designed as an extension to the [Pathfinder Data Model.](https://wbcsd.github.io/data-exchange-protocol/v2/#biblio-extensions-guidance) Extensions to the model allow for sector specific information to be added to the data model. diff --git a/specs/technical_specification.md b/specs/technical_specification.md index 9454268..ee70ec5 100644 --- a/specs/technical_specification.md +++ b/specs/technical_specification.md @@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Emissions instensity of a product's final end-of-life disposal method, as define Each EndOfLifeIntensity MUST be encoded as a JSON number. ### 4.9. Data Type EndOfLifePrimaryDataShare -Primary Data Share of a products end-of-life disposal method, as defined by Appendix B of RMI's Plastics Extrusion and Molding Guidance +Primary Data Share of a products end-of-life disposal method, as defined by Appendix B of RMI's Plastics Extrusion and Molding Guidance. #### 4.9.1. JSON Representation Each EndOfLifePrimaryDataShare MUST be encoded as a JSON number.