SIST EN 18074:2025
(Main)Industrial decarbonization - Requirements and guidelines for sectoral transition plans
Industrial decarbonization - Requirements and guidelines for sectoral transition plans
This document specifies the requirements and recommendations relative to the construction of a sectoral transition plan for industry decarbonization.
This document does not specify the requirements for the construction of a roadmap of single industrial company’s transition plan (a plant or a group), however, a sectoral transition plan can be used as a reference in an entity transition plan.
This document is intended to be used by organizations, including national and public bodies, trade associations, federations, companies and NGOs that wish to establish or monitor sectoral decarbonization plans.
This document is climate-programme neutral. If a climate programme is applicable, requirements of this programme are additional to the requirement of this document.
In this document, either natural or technological sequestrations occur inside the geographical and sectoral boundaries considered in the sectoral transition plan. Otherwise, they are excluded.
In this document, considering its energy consumption and its cost, the direct air capture and storage technology (DACS) is not considered relevant and is excluded from the sectoral transition plan.
Carbon offsets are excluded from this document.
NOTE Carbon offsets are intended as be understood as “Emissions reduction or removal resulting from an action outside the geographical and sectoral boundary used to counterbalance the sector’s residual emissions”.
Industrielle Dekarbonisierung - Anforderungen und Leitlinien für sektorale Übergangspläne
Dieses Dokument legt die Anforderungen und Empfehlungen für die Erstellung eines sektoralen Übergangsplans für die Dekarbonisierung der Industrie fest.
Dieses Dokument spezifiziert zwar nicht die Anforderungen für die Erstellung eines Wegweisers für den Übergangsplan eines einzelnen Industrieunternehmens (eines Werks oder eines Konzerns), jedoch kann ein sektoraler Übergangsplan als Referenz in einem Übergangsplan für ein Unternehmen verwendet werden.
Dieses Dokument soll von Organisationen einschließlich nationaler und öffentlicher Stellen, Wirtschaftsverbänden, Vereinigungen, Unternehmen und Nichtregierungsorganisationen, genutzt werden, die sektorale Dekarbonisierungspläne aufstellen oder überwachen wollen.
Dieses Dokument ist klimaprogrammneutral. Wenn ein Klimaprogramm anwendbar ist, gelten die Anforderungen dieses Programms zusätzlich zu den Anforderungen dieses Dokuments.
Rechtliche und andere Pflichten im Hinblick auf Klimaschutzmaßnahmen werden in diesem Dokument nicht behandelt.
In diesem Dokument treten entweder natürliche oder technologische Sequestrationen innerhalb der geografischen und sektoralen Grenzen auf, die im sektoralen Übergangsplan betrachtet werden. Andernfalls sind sie ausgeschlossen.
In diesem Dokument wird die Technologie der direkten Abscheidung und Speicherung von Kohlenstoffdioxid aus der Luft (DACS) in Anbetracht ihres Energieverbrauchs und ihrer Kosten als nicht relevant betrachtet und aus dem sektoralen Übergangsplan ausgeschlossen.
CO2 Verrechnung ist von diesem Dokument ausgeschlossen.
ANMERKUNG CO2 Verrechnung ist als Emissionsreduktion oder entzug zu verstehen, die/der aus einer Maßnahme außerhalb der geografischen und sektoralen Grenzen resultiert und dazu dient, die Restemissionen des Sektors auszugleichen.
Décarbonation de l’industrie - Exigences et lignes directrices pour les plans de transition sectoriels
Le présent document spécifie les exigences et les recommandations relatives à l’élaboration d’un plan de transition sectoriel pour la décarbonation de l’industrie.
En revanche, il ne spécifie pas les exigences relatives à l’élaboration d’une feuille de route associée au plan de transition d’une société industrielle précise (une installation industrielle ou un groupe). Néanmoins, un plan de transition sectoriel peut être utilisé comme référence dans le cadre du plan de transition d’une entité.
Le présent document a vocation à être utilisé par les organismes, y compris les organismes publics et nationaux, les associations professionnelles, les fédérations, les sociétés et les ONG, qui souhaitent établir ou surveiller des plans de décarbonation sectoriels.
Le présent document est neutre vis à vis des programmes relatifs au climat. Si un programme relatif au climat est applicable, les exigences de ce programme s’ajoutent à celles du présent document.
Dans le présent document, les solutions naturelles ou technologiques de séquestration sont mises en œuvre au sein du périmètre géographique et sectoriel étudié dans le plan de transition sectoriel. Dans le cas contraire, elles sont exclues.
Dans le présent document, au vu de sa consommation d’énergie et de son coût, la technologie de captage direct dans l’air et de stockage du dioxyde de carbone (CDASC ou DACS en anglais) n’est pas considérée comme pertinente et est exclue du plan de transition sectoriel.
La compensation carbone est aussi exclue du présent document.
NOTE La compensation carbone s’entend comme « la réduction ou la suppression des émissions résultant d’une action en dehors du périmètre géographique et sectoriel utilisée pour contrebalancer les émissions résiduelles du secteur ».
Razogljičenje industrije - Zahteve in smernice za sektorske načrte prehoda
General Information
Standards Content (Sample)
SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2025
Razogljičenje industrije - Zahteve in smernice za sektorske načrte prehoda
Industrial decarbonization - Requirements and guidelines for sectoral transition plans
Industrielle Dekarbonisierung - Anforderungen und Leitlinien für sektorale
Übergangspläne
Décarbonation de l’industrie - Exigences et lignes directrices pour les plans de transition
sectoriels
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN 18074:2025
ICS:
03.100.70 Sistemi vodenja Management systems
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
13.020.40 Onesnaževanje, nadzor nad Pollution, pollution control
onesnaževanjem in and conservation
ohranjanje
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN 18074
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
October 2025
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020.40
English Version
Industrial decarbonization - Requirements and guidelines
for sectoral transition plans
Décarbonation de l'industrie - Exigences et lignes Industrielle Dekarbonisierung - Anforderungen und
directrices pour les plans de transition sectoriels Leitlinien für sektorale Übergangspläne
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Contents Page
European foreword . 4
Introduction . 5
1 Scope . 7
2 Normative references . 7
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviated terms . 7
3.1 Terms and definitions . 8
3.1.1 Terms relating to greenhouse gases . 8
3.1.2 Terms relating to greenhouse gases inventory process . 11
3.1.3 Terms relating to organizations, interested parties and verification . 13
3.1.4 Terms relating to sectoral transition plans . 14
3.2 Abbreviated terms . 18
4 Principles . 18
4.1 General. 18
4.2 Inclusiveness . 19
4.3 Do no significant harm (DNSH) . 19
4.4 Just transition . 19
4.5 Risk-based approach . 19
4.6 Comparability . 19
4.7 Verifiability . 19
4.8 Credibility . 20
4.9 Relevance . 20
5 Method . 20
5.1 Framework . 20
5.1.1 Geographical boundary . 20
5.1.2 Sectoral boundary . 20
5.1.3 Base year . 21
5.1.4 Time horizon and decarbonization targets . 21
5.1.5 Collaboration with interested parties . 22
5.2 Sectoral inventory . 24
5.2.1 General. 24
5.2.2 GHG emissions and GHG removals and energy consumption . 24
5.2.3 Value chain . 25
5.2.4 Market for intermediate and final products . 26
5.2.5 Circularity . 27
5.2.6 Process and technological characteristics . 27
5.2.7 Decarbonization levers . 28
5.2.8 Physical climate risks . 30
5.3 Sector transition scenarios . 30
5.3.1 General. 30
5.3.2 Scenario assumptions . 30
5.3.3 Technological pathway . 31
5.3.4 Market pathway . 31
5.3.5 Elements of scenarios . 32
5.4 Action plan . 33
5.5 Report . 34
Annex A (informative) Example of an action in the action plan . 36
A.1 Extract from French cement sectoral transition plan . 36
Annex B (informative) Reference to the just transition . 38
B.1 General . 38
B.2 What is a just transition . 38
B.3 Objectives of a just transition. 39
B.4 Reference documents for a just transition . 39
Annex C (informative) Guidance for the process of identifying significant indirect GHG
emissions . 40
C.1 General . 40
C.2 Define criteria to evaluate the significance of GHG emissions, consistent with the
targets of the Sectoral Transition Plan . 40
C.3 Identify and evaluate direct and indirect emissions . 40
C.4 Apply criteria to select significant direct and indirect emissions . 41
Bibliography . 42
European foreword
This document (EN 18074:2025) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 467 “Climate
Change”, the secretariat of which is held by UNI.
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following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland,
Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North
Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United
Kingdom.
Introduction
As industry represents around 20 % of greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions [1], it is at the centre of many
discussions regarding a decarbonization transition.
Many industrial sectoral roadmaps and companies’ commitments for transition have been published but
without governance or methodological baseline. This gap is questioning the credibility of those
documents. A great number of initiatives work on establishing standards for entity transition plans (ETP)
compatible with 1,5°C or 2°C pathways in line with the Paris Agreement. It seems relevant to ensure the
consistency of entity transition plans with sectoral transition plans (STP), established using a common
and recognized methodology. Furthermore, the review of the European industrial strategy by the
European Commission in 2021 mentions the necessary development of transition plans for more
resilient, digitalized and sustainable industrial infrastructure and systems. Again, a common method
across sectors would give credibility by harmonizing these plans and enhancing validation and
verifiability. No standardized method is available yet for sectoral transition plans which leads to
differences in the scopes and results.
Finally, requirements and recommendations to develop a sectoral transition plan would facilitate an
adequate answer from industrial sectors to the decarbonization challenge. A sectoral standard would also
question sectoral transformation regarding all the value chains being able to respond to the same need.
Therefore, production and consumption ways could be progressively transformed.
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