# Ceramics and Tiles: Carbon Accounting Guide

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Tiles and sanitaryware are not covered by EU CBAM. Kiln and spray-dryer fuel make up most of a ceramics unit’s emissions, and export buyers ask for a footprint per square metre.

## The question importer or project specifiers ask

“What is the carbon footprint per square metre of these tiles?”

This sector is not directly covered by EU CBAM. Buyers, lenders and OEMs ask for emissions built from documents for their own reporting.

## Scope 1 sources (evidence: fuel invoices)

- Kiln fuel
- Spray dryer fuel
- Coal gasifiers
- On-site vehicles

## Scope 2 sources (evidence: electricity bills)

- Ball mills
- Hydraulic presses
- Glazing lines
- Polishing

## Scope 3 sources (evidence: purchase and freight invoices)

- Clay and feldspar
- Glazes and frits
- Packaging
- Freight to port

## Worked example

Illustrative monthly quantities: 80,000 scm of piped natural gas, 1,00,000 kWh of grid electricity, 1,000 litre of diesel, multiplied by the emission factors Senseible uses and annualised. Energy only. A per-square-metre footprint also needs production volume and purchased materials.

## Where reductions usually start

- Kiln heat recovery to dryers
- Fuel switch from coal gasifiers
- Efficient presses and mills
- Rooftop solar

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