{"id":21858,"date":"2026-08-11T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/?p=21858"},"modified":"2026-08-11T09:45:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T07:45:34","slug":"pact-data-exchange-sandbox-to-enable-facilate-pcf-exchange-in-value-chains-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/pact-data-exchange-sandbox-to-enable-facilate-pcf-exchange-in-value-chains-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"PACT Data Exchange Sandbox to Enable  Facilate PCF Exchange in Value Chains Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 June 2026,<strong> the <\/strong><strong>Partnership for Carbon Transparency <\/strong>(<strong>\u201cPACT\u201c<\/strong>) <strong>initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development <\/strong>(<strong>\u201eWBCSD\u201c<\/strong>) <strong>launched the Data Exchange Sandbox <\/strong>(<strong>\u201eSandbox\u201c<\/strong>), <strong>to address a major challenge in product carbon footprint <\/strong>(<strong>\u201cPCFs\u201c<\/strong>) <strong>management: the exchange of carbon data between companies with different SW.<\/strong> While standards and technologies for calculating PCFs already exist, many organizations still rely on spreadsheets, emails, and manual processes to share data across value chains, creating a significant barrier to efficient carbon transparency. The Sandbox and PACT Methodology are available at the following links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/pact-methodology-v3.0.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carbon-transparency.org\/insights\/pact-data-exchange-sandbox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Sandbox provides a <strong>secure, neutral, and free testing environment<\/strong> where companies and software providers can pilot PACT-conformant PCF data exchange before committing to full integrations. The platform supports PCF upload and exchange, node management, and user administration, while acting as a neutral exchange layer rather than a calculation tool or competing software solution.<\/p>\n<p>PACT developed the Sandbox to help <strong>overcome integration challenges between buyers and suppliers, reduce barriers to testing interoperability, and accelerate the adoption of standardized carbon data sharing<\/strong>. By enabling organizations to validate data exchange in a low-risk environment, the initiative aims to support more seamless carbon transparency across supply chains.<\/p>\n<p><strong>PACT is a global initiative hosted by the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbcsd.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>WBCSD<\/strong><\/a> that provides a standardized framework for calculating and exchanging PCFs across value chains. Launched in 2020, its primary goal is to solve the transparency challenge of Scope 3 emissions (indirect supply chain emissions) by replacing industry averages with accurate, primary, and verified data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 30 June 2026, the Partnership for Carbon Transparency (\u201cPACT\u201c) initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (\u201eWBCSD\u201c) launched the Data &#8230; <a class=\"cz_readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/pact-data-exchange-sandbox-to-enable-facilate-pcf-exchange-in-value-chains-launched\/\"><i class=\"fa fa-angle-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><span>\u010c\u00edst v\u00edce<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21856,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","iawp_total_views":0},"categories":[577],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21858"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21859,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21858\/revisions\/21859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21856"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcsd.cz\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}