Bodycote Achieves Independent Validation of Carbon Footprint Tools for Heat Treatment Processes
“London, UK – [December 16 2025] – 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 carburizing (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 recognized 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.”
