Making emissions associated with plastic products more visible can help the entire plastics supply chain make better-informed decisions, from corporate producers and buyers to end-use consumers. RMI’s new Plastics Extrusion and Molding Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting Guidance makes plastics emissions transparency possible.

Plastics industry stakeholders can use the following guidance to demonstrate decarbonization efforts through improved emissions transparency and drive demand for low-emissions plastics. The accompanying data format, available on GitHub, enables seamless transmission of emissions data along the plastics supply chain.

We extend our gratitude to Berry Global and SystemIQ for their valuable feedback, which has played an essential role in shaping our guidance and advancing our shared goals for transparency and sustainability.

Exhibit 1: Plastic emissions are often far away from key purchasing decisionmakers.  Our reporting guidance helps bridge this information gap with prioritized and actionable insights.

Exhibit 3: Emissions vary drastically between and within different types of plastic resins. Consistent accounting methods can determine how much of this difference really counts, allowing customers and producers to productively compete on climate quality of plastic products.