Product CO₂eq reporting, ready for whoever asks, in any compliance system
A PPWR Declaration of Conformity for your packaging. CBAM this quarter. A customer’s supplier questionnaire next month. A Digital Product Passport in a year or two. Målbar turns one product screening into scalable product intelligence. Built once, ready wherever the next question comes from.
Since 12 August 2026, every piece of packaging you place on the EU market needs a PPWR Declaration of Conformity backed by technical documentation on material composition and recyclability. A large customer asks for a supplier sustainability questionnaire. Your imported steel fittings need a CBAM declaration this quarter. Somewhere down the line, an EU Digital Product Passport will ask for the same material and origin data again, in a different format, for a different reader.
Each of these treats your product’s CO2eq data as if it’s the first time anyone has asked for it. It usually isn’t, and it won’t be the last.
Which EU rules now ask for product-level CO2eq data?
Product-level CO2eq reporting means documenting the emissions tied to one product across its material, production, and transport data. In 2026, several EU frameworks pull on that same underlying data:
PPWR (Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation). PPWR Regulation (EU) 2025/40 began applying across the EU on 12 August 2026 [1]. Businesses placing packaging on the EU market now need an EU declaration of conformity backed by technical documentation on material composition and recyclability [2]. Further requirements follow in 2028 and 2030: harmonised labelling, mandatory recycled content, and full recyclability.
CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism). CBAM entered its definitive period on 1 January 2026. Importers of goods like iron, steel, aluminium, cement, and fertilisers now need authorised declarant status and validated CBAM declarations before goods clear customs.
ESPR (Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation). The European Commission’s Ecodesign and Energy Labelling Working Plan 2025–2030 is now moving into implementation. Furniture is named as one of the priority product categories, alongside textiles, tyres, mattresses, iron and steel, and aluminium [3]. ESPR is also where the Digital Product Passport originates. A record of a product’s material composition and sustainability data that will need to travel with it through the value chain.
CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive). CSRD’s mandatory scope narrowed considerably under the 2026 Omnibus simplification: it now applies only to companies with more than 1,000 employees and more than €450 million in net annual turnover [4].
The revised European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), adopted by the European Commission on 3 July 2026, keep all twelve standards but cut the mandatory data points by more than 60%.
If your business sits below the new threshold, the direct duty may no longer reach you, but a large customer still inside CSRD’s scope can request the data points the Voluntary SME Standard (VSME) marks as “necessary” from you as a supplier.
PEF (Product Environmental Footprint). PEF is the European Commission’s own methodology for measuring a product’s environmental impact, and it now underpins category-specific rules.
The Commission introduced new PEF-based rules for measuring the environmental impact of clothes and shoes in June 2025 [5]. And more are coming.
The regulations don’t all move at the same speed, and they don’t all apply to every business. What they have in common is the underlying ask: documented, product-level CO2eq data, broken down to material and process level, that holds up when someone checks it.
How does Målbar turn one screening into scalable product intelligence?
A Målbar LCA screening produces a CO2eq result for a product, broken down by material, manufacturing, distribution,use phase, and End of Life.
Målbar’s Scope 3 feature takes that same underlying data adds your sales numbers, and turns it into a weighted and aggregated number for strategic decisions at management level.
That is where one screening pays twice. On the reporting side, the data answers the request in front of you; a CBAM declaration, a customer questionnaire, an EPD, a Digital Product Passport entry. On the commercial side, the same numbers show where the footprint and the cost actually is: which materials drive the result, which suppliers move it most, and which product changes are worth making.
What makes a Målbar product report something you can hand to an auditor?
Every figure in a Målbar report is built on documented system boundaries, consistent emission factors, and a clear record of where the underlying data came from. Assumptions are written down, not smoothed over.
Where a figure needs to stand up to outside scrutiny, Målbar’s verification process is enough to communicate a standalone CO2eq figure to your B2B audience. Comparative claims, or a full PEF study intended for external customer communication, need a full critical review panel; Målbar can help plan for that too.

FAQ
What is product-level CO2eq reporting? It’s documentation of the CO2eq emissions tied to a specific product broken down by material, manufacturing, distribution, use phase, and End of Life. It’s the level of detail that CBAM declarations, ESPR’s Digital Product Passport, and supplier questionnaires ask for.
Does PPWR affect companies that don’t think of themselves as packaging producers? Yes. PPWR (Regulation (EU) 2025/40) applies to anyone placing packaging on the EU market, not just packaging manufacturers
Do I still need product reporting if CSRD doesn’t apply to my company directly? In most cases, yes. CSRD’s mandatory scope narrowed to companies above 1,000 employees and €450 million turnover under the 2026 Omnibus package, but the Voluntary SME Standard (VSME) lets companies still inside that scope request the same underlying Scope 1–3 data from smaller suppliers. CBAM, ESPR, and customer questionnaires add further, separate reasons to have the data ready.
Which EU regulations currently require product-level environmental data? CBAM (in its definitive period since 1 January 2026), ESPR (moving into implementation, with the Digital Product Passport as a core component), CSRD indirectly through the VSME value-chain cap, and PEF/EPD as the technical standards behind external product claims.