1、Ericsson White Paper GFMC-24:000065 UenFebruary 2024Embodied carbon in the telecom industryA streamlined approach to assessing the carbon emissions of telecom equipment2Embodied carbon in the telecom industryContentFebruary 2024ContentExecutive summary 3Industry transformation towards Net Zero 5 Ass

2、essing the environmental impact of products 7 How to streamline the assessment of embodied emissions 9 Conclusions and recommendations 13References 15Authors 16Acknowledgements 183Embodied carbon in the telecom industryExecutive summaryFebruary 2024Executive summaryIn response to scientific alarms a

3、bout climate change and its impact,the transition towards a Net Zero emission society will be vital.Consumer demand and the societal transition has already resulted in cost increases and regulations but more metrics are needed,such as greenhouse gas(GHG)emissions related to purchased products.The te

4、lecom industry is at the forefront and many communications service providers have ambitious Net Zero targets and strive for zero GHG emissions across their full value chain,which is why they need to know the emissions from the use of purchased products and the production of those products.GHG emissi

5、ons associated with telecommunication networks depend,to a large degree,on the energy mix used to operate it and the upstream emissions from the supply chain related to the production of hardware products of the network.This paper recommends assessing these emissions separately,leading to more valua

6、ble data for improvements.Upstream GHG emissions occurring from raw material acquisition,including extraction,initial processing of materials and the material transports,up to the final product delivery,are the so-called embodied carbon emissions.These can be used as an indicator to estimate the cat