The leading steel and mining company ArcelorMittal today released the first Circular Economy standardized fingerprint for products in the steel and mining industry, using the Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS).

ArcelorMittal chose its best-selling iQ⁺ System® range to pilot the PCDS. For the first time, users of steel sandwich products have a clear and easy-to-use dataset showing circular attributes like design for disassembly, recyclability, recycled content, and design for circular use.

Follow the below link to access the detailed file.

Recently several major actors announced that they are introducing the PCDS into their operations with a pilot. Here are the most recent examples:

ArcelorMittal Luxembourg Sustainable development report 2020 (refer to page 49): https://luxembourg.arcelormittal.com/repo/reports/2020/Rapport%20D%C3%A9veloppement%20durable%202020_ENG.pdf 

Tarkett: https://www.tarkett.com/en/content/driving-collaboration

The Product Circularity Data Sheet was introduced during the presentation of Jérôme Petry titled : “Creating a digital circular fingerprint for products” held on June 28, 2021, at the Digital for circular economy & zero pollution event of the European Connect University 2021. The full sessions lasts 2 hours. Skip to minute 57 of the below video to go directly to Jérôme’s intervention.

Madaster recently published a deep dive blog about the PCDS Initiative titled creating a digitial circularity fingerprint for products. Jérôme Petry and Thibaut Wautelet are giving their take on the PCDS, explaining how it perfectly fits into the objectives of Madaster. Follow the below link in order to read the full blog.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is about to start drafting the future international standard ISO 59040 “Product Circularity Data Sheet” (PCDS), through its technical committee ISO/TC 323 “Circular Economy”. A new ISO/TC 323/WG 5 working group, led by Mr. Jérôme Petry (Ministry of the Economy), has recently been created to develop this project. In this context, a call is launched to any expert who would like to get involved in the development process of this international standard.

Initiated by the Ministry of Economy, and with the support of major industry players at the international level, the PCSD aims to enable the communication of data on product circularity in an environment of trust. The future international standard will provide a methodology and format for communicating and exchanging information on circular economy aspects of products along the supply chain, while providing a framework for verifying the reliability of the data transmitted.

Would you like to contribute to the project and share your experience in the field of circular economy? ISO/TC 323/WG 5 will organize its first (virtual) international meeting in July 2021, to provide more detailed information on the work done so far.

Any national expert interested in participating in the working group and in the development process of this new standard can now apply for registration at his national standardization body.

The PCDS initiative invited their members to the first webinar of 2021 with an interesting agenda. The recent developments of the PCDS including the advancement of the different pilot projects were discussed. The recording of the meeting can be found on the related link.

The Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS) is a standardized digital fingerprint for sharing trusted data on the circularity characteristics of products across supply chains. The PCDS has been developed by the Ministry of Economy of Luxembourg and +ImpaKT, in collaboration with more than 50 international organizations. Today, the PCDS is being made available internationally to thousands of users through Cobuilder, a leading provider of data management solutions for the construction industry.

This collaboration is a major step to improve data management across the international construction industry, relying on the implementation of relevant ISO and CEN standards. This represents the first among many collaborations to propagate the PCDS across all the sectors.

Learn more on the PCDS: https://pcds.lu/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/PCDS_article_March2021.pdf

Learn more on Cobuilder: https://cobuilder.com/en/cobuilder-define-construction-actors/

Today the Luxembourgish government presented its circular economy strategy. Elaborated commonly by the Ministry of Energy and Spatial Planning, the Ministry of the Economy, the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development and the Ministry of Finance, the strategy mentions leading initiatives in Luxembourg including the Product Circularity Data Sheet. The PCDS is a flagship project receiving large public support due to its success.

Out of 189 applicants, the PCDS initiative and +Impakt have been shortlisted as one of the 20 finalists of this year’s Green Alley Award. The voting being closed since February 2nd 2021, the PCDS is not under the five finalists for the 2020/2021 Award. We wish the 5 finalists many success to innovate in the field of Circular Economy.

The eco-innovation observatory released in November 2020 the EIO biennial report and cites the Product Circularity Data Sheet as a good practice example.