Wiki source code of C0250 - CEC Assessment Plan Form - Guidance

Version 8.1 by Uwe Trueggelmann on 2025-02-17

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1.1	1	= Introduction =
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6.1	3	This page is supposed to provide guidance to the vendor how to use the cecAP to define and prepare the {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}} for the CEC Assessment.
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6.1	5	If you have any questions that the current version of this page and the FAQs page do not answer, please send your questions to [[contact@cecocert.com>>path:mailto:contact@cecocert.com]] so that we can update and amend accordingly. Many thanks in advance!
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5.1	9	FAQs: Answers to some frequently asked questions are provided here:
	10	[[https:~~/~~/cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/Environmental%20Claim%20Registration/C0250%20-%20CEC%20Assessment%20Plan%20Form%20-%20Guidance/C0258%20-%20cecAP%20FAQs/>>https://cecocert.com/bin/view/CEC%20Home/Environmental%20Claim%20Registration/C0250%20-%20CEC%20Assessment%20Plan%20Form%20-%20Guidance/C0258%20-%20cecAP%20FAQs/]]
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5.1	15	Process: An overview of the CEC Certification process is provided here:
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6.1	19	= Purpose of the cecAP =
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	21	The CEC Assessment Plan form, subsequently referred to as “CECAP”, is used throughout the CEC Certification process to define and review one {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}}.
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6.1	23	= Where to get the cecAP? =
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6.1	25	The cecAP is included in the CEC Document Package provided to vendors once they have signed the CEC NDA, and as an update from time to time.
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6.1	27	If the cecAP form you have is more than 6 months old, it is recommended to ask your assessor for an updated version.
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6.1	29	= Structure of the cecAP =
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6.1	31	The cecAP consists of a set of worksheets:
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2.1	34	\|=(% style="background-color: rgb(0, 96, 101); color: white; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; border-color: rgb(0, 96, 101);" %)Name of CECAP worksheet\|=(% style="background-color: rgb(0, 96, 101); color: white; text-align: left; vertical-align: middle; border-color: rgb(0, 96, 101);" %)Purpose of CECAP worksheet
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	36	Define the vendor and contact information for this {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}}
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	38	High level information about the {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}}, including the commercial product name, and the type of product or service.
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	40	Names of the manufacturing sites to be included in the {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}}
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	42	Summary information about the CEC Assessment result, once the CEC Assessment has been completed
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	44	\|Claim Details\|This worksheet is used to define the KPIs specifying the environmental impact of the {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}}, such as ent energy consumption to make one unit, the mass of recycled material used, and the carbon footprint, according the rules of the CEC Scheme.
	45	\|AP Claim\|Assessment Plan (“AP”) for the assessment of the high level information defined on the coversheet
	46	\|AP Program\|Assessment Plan (“AP”) for the assessment of the vendor’s activities necessary to produce the product or service subject to the {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}}.
	47	\|AP Claim\|Assessment Plan (“AP”) for the assessment of the KPIs defining the environmental impact, and their supporting information.
	48	\|AP Regressions\|Assessment Plan ("AP") for the assessment of regressions, if any. Regressions are KPIs were the performance of the product or service subjects to the {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Environmental Claim"}}Environmental Claim{{/glossaryReference}} is worse relative to the applicable CEC {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}}.
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6.1	50	= Completing the cecAP Form =
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6.1	52	== Initial completion of the cecAP Form ==
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	55	\|1.1\|Chose a {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}} in the "Coversheet" worksheet in field D32.
	56	The "CEC {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}}" column in the "Claim Details" worksheet then should automatically be populated with the data from the CEC {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}}.
	57	\|1.2\|Complete the Technical Contact information in the Coversheet, fields D5 to D16.
	58	List the sites to be included in this claim in columns D19 to D26. Only list more than one site when the KPIs defined in the worksheet "Claim Details" are representative for more than one site, and you have calculated weighted average values for each KPI.
	59	Such weighted average must weigh each site by the number of products subject to this claim the site produces.
	60	\|1.3\|In the worksheet "Claim Description", complete the relevant fields in column E.
	61	\|1.4\|In the worksheet "Claim Details", complete the relevant fields in column G.
	62	Optionally, in the worksheet "Claim Details", complete the fields in column F, to report an internal {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}}, should you choose to do so. If you report an internal {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}}, it might be considered by CEC in a future revision of the public {{glossaryReference glossaryId="Glossary" entryId="Baseline"}}Baseline{{/glossaryReference}}.
	63	\|1.5\|Complete the blue sections of the worksheets 'AP Claim', 'AP Program', 'AP Metrics'
	64	\|1.6\|If the claim shows significant regressions, then go to the "Regressions" worksheet.
	65	Metrics with significant regressions are shown with a coloured background; Metrics without regressions are shown with a grey background.
	66	Complete columns J and K for the Metrics with significant regressions, following the guidance given in the notes in the cells I10, J10, and K10.
6.1	67	\|1.7\|Email the completed cecAPform to [[contact@cecocert.com>>path:mailto:contact@cecocert.com]]t
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	69	== Updating the CECAP Form ==
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	72	\|2.1\|Before you start updating any information, ensure you remove any previous update markings (underlined). No text should be formatted as underlined at this stage.
	73	\|2.2\|Update the information in there as needed. Format any updated information as underlined.
6.1	74	\|2.3\|Email the completed form to the [[contact@cecocert.com>>path:mailto:contact@cecocert.com]]
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6.1	76	Note: the e-mail address of the CEC Contact is [[contact@cecocert.com.>>path:mailto:contact@cecocert.com]]
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	78	= Wording of the claim =
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	80	In the cecAP and on the CEC certificate, there are three sections verbally expressing the claim and the related Improvements and Regressions relative to the applicable CEC Baseline:
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	82	* Claim Highlight
	83	* Significant Improvements relative to CEC Baseline
	84	* Significant Regressions relative to CEC Baseline
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	86	They are typically formatted like this:
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	88	== Claim Highlight ==
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6.4	90	Prior to 2025, the Claim Highlight was worded similar to this example:
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8.1	95	(% style="font-family:Mark Offc For MC Medium,serif; line-height:100%" %)100 % of Card Body plastic material is made from Recycled PVC
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	98	After reviewing multiple claims and gaining more detailed information about the actual content of plastic films, Mastercard decided to change to a more accurate wording for the claim highlight, beginning 2025.
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6.6	100	The new wording more accurately reflects the actual sustainable content of the card by mass, for example:
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6.6	107	Note that a consequence of this is, due to the fact that practically all card materials contain additives like color pigments and modifiers to change physical and chemical characteristics and improve behaviour of the material during processing, that claims will from 2025 onwards normally not mention "100 %" anymore, because cards and the plastic films cards are made of do not usually consist of 100 % of one specific material, but are almost always a mix of different materials, with the dominant one providing the name. Additives and color pigments are usually virgin materials and hence do not count as part of the sustainable material content.
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6.2	109	== Significant Improvements relative to CEC Baseline ==
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6.3	111	The text is automatically generated by the cecAP since 2024.
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	113	Improvements are worded similar to this example:
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8.1	118	(% style="font-family:Mark Offc For MC Medium,serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:100%" %)Total Energy Consumption reduced from 1390.0 kJ/card to 542.6 kJ/card (61% better)
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6.2	121	== Significant Regressions relative to CEC Baseline ==
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6.3	123	The text is automatically generated by the cecAP since 2024.
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8.1	125	Regressions are worded similar to this example:
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8.1	130	(% style="font-family:Mark Offc For MC Medium,serif; font-weight:normal; line-height:100%" %)Production Waste into landfill or incineration increased from 2.2 g/card to 3.2 g/card (47% worse)
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