Embodied Emissions Reporting Framework EERF
"A UK government initiative to create standardised rules for measuring, reporting, and verifying the greenhouse gas emissions in industrial products (like steel, cement) and construction, helping buyers choose low-carbon options and preventing carbon leakage." Government published Construction Products Reform White Paper 26 February, 2026.
The "policy framework to grow the market for low carbon industrial products: factsheet" updated 10 September 2025 says "The embodied emissions reporting framework (EERF) is a core component of the government’s low carbon product market policies. It aims to help producers with measuring, reporting, and verifying the embodied emissions of industrial products, thereby establishing a foundation to remove information failures and support buyers to make informed purchasing decisions. It proposes guidance on embodied emissions reporting as the first phase of the EERF, while also developing an IT system to simplify and reduce the costs of reporting, ensuring the data is more accessible and easier to compare. These measures are initially proposed on a voluntary basis, but the government is seeking feedback on the potential to transition to a mandatory approach in the future, subject to further consultation.
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