Bodycote, the world’s leading provider of advanced heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, has achieved independent validation by Bureau Veritas for its proprietary product carbon footprint (PCF) calculators across nine core processes representing approximately 80 percent of Group revenues.
Customers can now request carbon-footprint data for the heat treatment of their products from a Bureau Veritas-validated calculator tool with the confidence that the methodology and tool used have been independently assured and calculations follow recognised best practice. This data will enable customers to:
- Measure and report product carbon footprints with confidence
- Compare the carbon performance of different thermal-processing routes
- Select lower-carbon options such as vacuum processing or low-pressure carburising (LPC)
The validation was performed by Bureau Veritas, one of the world’s most respected providers of environmental verification services, in accordance with ISO 14064, the internationally recognised standard for greenhouse-gas accounting, validation, and verification.
“Validating our product carbon footprint tools through Bureau Veritas reflects Bodycote’s commitment to scientific integrity and leadership in sustainable manufacturing,” said Jim Fairbairn, Chief Executive Officer of Bodycote. “By providing robust, credible carbon data at the product level, Bodycote is helping manufacturers accelerate their journey to net-zero while also advancing our own strategic priorities — to optimise operations, perform efficiently, and grow revenues in lower-carbon service lines.”
“This initiative is a cornerstone of Bodycote’s sustainability and commercial strategy,” said Lily Heinemann, Chief Sustainability Officer at Bodycote. “The validated calculators represent a major step forward for a sector that has historically faced challenges in quantifying process-level emissions due to the technical complexity of thermal processing.”
“Sustainability and corporate strategy go hand in hand,” added Heinemann. “As we expand our low-carbon process portfolio, validated carbon measurement becomes a powerful enabler for both.”
About Bureau Veritas
Bureau Veritas is a world leader in inspection, certification, and laboratory testing services with a powerful purpose: to shape a world of trust by ensuring responsible progress. With a vision to be the preferred partner for customers’ excellence and sustainability, the company innovates to help them navigate change. Created in 1828, Bureau Veritas’ 84,000 employees deliver services in 140 countries. The company’s technical experts support customers to address challenges in quality, health and safety, environmental protection, and sustainability. Bureau Veritas is listed on Euronext Paris and belongs to the CAC 40, CAC 40 ESG, SBF 120 indices and is part of the CAC SBT 1.5° index. Compartment A, ISIN code FR 0006174348, stock symbol: BVI.
For more information, visit http://www.bureauveritas.com.
About Bodycote
Bodycote plc is the world’s leading provider of precision heat treatment and specialist thermal processing services, delivering vital metallurgical solutions that improve the performance, reliability, and longevity of critical components. Serving customers across aerospace, automotive, energy, defence, medical, and other industrial sectors, Bodycote combines global scale with local expertise to meet demanding technical and sustainability requirements. Through its global scale (with about 150 facilities worldwide), the company is committed to delivering innovative solutions that advance performance, sustainability and competitive advantage for its customers.
Bodycote has set bold decarbonisation goals, including reducing its own Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 46 percent by 2030 (from 2019 levels) while also targeting a 45 percent reduction in its fuel- and energy-related Scope 3 emissions and having 30 percent of its suppliers set their own carbon reduction goals by 2030. These ambitions are delivered through its integrated sustainability strategy that focuses on creating sustainable impact for customers and operating responsibly for people and planet – underpinned by initiatives in low-carbon processing, sustainable end markets, environmental leadership, resource efficiency, safe and compliant operations, and a culture of zero-harm and inclusivity.
Bodycote has also received a host of sustainability accolades including:
- An A- rating by CDP in 2025, recognising leadership in environmental transparency.
- Named one of Europe’s Climate Leaders 2025 by the Financial Times (for the second year running)
- A sector ‘Leading’ score in Bloomberg’s 2024 ESG scores.
For more information, visit www.bodycote.com
