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 "title": "How Do Companies Exchange Product Carbon Footprint Data? PACT and Versioning",
 "description": "How to exchange Product Carbon Footprint data without losing method, identity, version or assurance context, with PACT v3 as a current implementation example.",
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 "direct_answer": "Companies can exchange Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data reliably when the carbon result travels as a governed data record. A number copied into a spreadsheet or a feed is not that.",
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   "url": "https://www.wbcsd.org/resources/pact-methodology-version-3/",
   "name": "PACT Methodology Version 3, WBCSD"
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  {
   "url": "https://wbcsd.github.io/tr/data-exchange-protocol/latest/",
   "name": "PACT Technical Specifications for PCF Data Exchange v3.0.3, WBCSD / PACT"
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   "url": "https://wbcsd.github.io/tr/data-exchange-protocol/latest/pact-simplified.html",
   "name": "PACT Simplified Data Model, WBCSD / PACT"
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   "url": "https://www.carbon-transparency.org/insights/pact-data-exchange-sandbox",
   "name": "PACT Data Exchange Sandbox, Partnership for Carbon Transparency"
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   "url": "https://www.wbcsd.org/news/a-journey-of-change-how-fujitsu-uses-pact-to-partner-with-suppliers-and-drive-value-chain-decarbonization/",
   "name": "Fujitsu PACT supplier case study, WBCSD"
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   "url": "https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2024/1115-01.html",
   "name": "Fujitsu begins operation of PACT-compliant PCF data exchange, Fujitsu"
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   "url": "https://www.basf.com/global/en/media/news-releases/2024/07/p-24-251",
   "name": "BASF launches PACIFIC for PCF exchange in Catena-X, BASF"
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   "url": "https://catena-x.net/further-guidance-documents-for-pcf/",
   "name": "Catena-X Product Carbon Footprint guidance"
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