PAS Current Status
The development of PAS 2050 commenced in June 2007, when the Carbon Trust and Defra approached BSI Standards Solutions to oversee the development of this specification. Since this time, the development of PAS 2050 has benefited significantly from an extensive stakeholder engagement process, which has included a first consultation in October 2007 and a second consultation in March 2008 (Download the Consultation statement), input from expert work groups, support via commissioned research, and insights arising from testing the draft standard with pilot companies.
Following the latest consultation on PAS 2050 (which closed on 28 March 2008) and a meeting of the PAS 2050 Steering Group, the project plan has been updated and the new publication date for the specification is now September/early October 2008. Currently, the latest draft of PAS 2050 is being revised in accordance with the results from the consultation and the additional technical work carried out by the Carbon Trust.
The Defra sponsored methods review to inform the PAS on existing methods relevant to measuring GHG emissions across the life cycle of products is now complete. A description of the project , results summaries and final report are at http://randd.defra.gov.uk/Default.aspx?Menu=Menu&Module=More&Location=None&Completed=0&ProjectID=15520#RelatedDocuments
The technical author is developing the technical content further, working with multistakeholder groups to address different topics. For more information see the Carbon Trust website
