What makes up the carbon footprint of epoxy resin?

Raw materials dominate: bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin, both made from petrochemicals, with chlorine in epichlorohydrin. The resin plant's own fuel and power are a smaller part. Ask suppliers for cradle to gate figures per kg and report purchased resin in Scope 3 Category 1.

For the resin maker

• Bisphenol A and epichlorohydrin bought, per kg of resin.
• Steam and electricity for reaction and solvent recovery.
• Waste and wastewater treatment.

For buyers

Use the supplier's cradle to gate figure where you have one, with its date and method. Where you do not, a secondary factor is an estimate and should be labelled as one.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads your electricity bills, fuel invoices and purchase invoices into dated, fingerprinted records, so a per unit footprint can be traced back to the documents behind it. Estimates are labelled as estimates.

• Paint footprint
• Carbon fibre composite
• FRP boat footprint

Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, GHG Protocol Product Standard, ISO 14067:2018, Carbon footprint of products (iso.org)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.