From Data Gaps to Defensible Footprints: Master Carbon Accounting at APEX EXPO 2026
Key Summary
At APEX EXPO 2026, two in-depth professional development courses will equip electronics professionals with defensible, industry-specific carbon accounting methodologies. From semiconductor lifecycle analysis to implementation of the IPC-1783-CO2E standard for PCBs and PCBAs, attendees will gain practical tools to manage data gaps, improve footprint accuracy, and meet rising regulatory and customer demands.
Carbon accounting in electronics is no longer a “nice to have.” It’s a competitive requirement.
Customers are demanding product carbon footprints. Design teams are being pulled into sustainability conversations earlier than ever. Procurement is under pressure to validate supplier data. And too often, the response is the same: “We don’t have reliable, electronics-specific methods to do this well”.
At APEX EXPO 2026, we’re addressing that gap directly with two highly technical professional development courses built for the realities of semiconductors, PCBs, and PCBAs. If you’re serious about defensible carbon data, these are the rooms to be in.
PD02: Electronics-Specific Approaches to Carbon Accounting: Openly Available, Industry-Deployed Methodologies for Semiconductors
📅 Sunday, March 15
🕘 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
🗣️Udit Gupta, Cornell
📍 Room 303-B
This session goes far beyond high-level Scope 1, 2, and 3 discussions. It dives into the hardware-specific complexities of carbon accounting within the semiconductor lifecycle.
You’ll explore:
- Openly available, industry-deployed methodologies
- Practical approaches already used by major technology companies, including Meta
- How to map the environmental footprint of integrated circuits
- Strategies for navigating data gaps and supply chain variability
- How uncertainty in manufacturing impacts footprint accuracy
Semiconductors sit at the most complex layer of the electronics supply chain. If your chip-level data is flawed or incomplete, every downstream product footprint inherits that uncertainty. This course equips you with validated tools and strategic insight to build transparent, resilient carbon tracking—despite imperfect data.
PD23: Electronics-Specific Approaches to Carbon Accounting: IPC-1783-CO2e Standard for PCB and PCBA
📅 Thursday, March 19
🕗 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM
🗣️ Francis D’Souza, Banyan.eco
📍 Room 303-C
If your customers, design teams, or sustainability leaders are asking for Product Carbon Footprints—and your challenge has been finding and trusting the data without boiling the ocean—this course was built for you.
For the first time, electronics has a standardized, repeatable way to measure Product Carbon Footprints with built-in data quality control: IPC-1783-CO2E.
In this session, you will:
- Start with the fundamentals of product carbon accounting
- Work step-by-step through the IPC-1783-CO2E standard
- See practical implementation examples
- Learn directly from a Task Force member who helped develop the standard
Whether you are an OEM, EMS provider, or PCB manufacturer, this course provides a structured path to credible, auditable carbon footprint reporting at the board and assembly level.
Why These Two Courses Matter Together
Think of it this way:
- PD02 tackles carbon accounting at the semiconductor level—the deepest, most complex layer of the stack.
- PD23 provides a standardized, repeatable framework for PCB and PCBA-level carbon footprints.
Together, they offer something the industry has lacked: a technically grounded, electronics-specific pathway from chip to board to finished assembly.
If your organization is facing increasing regulatory scrutiny, customer disclosure demands, or ESG reporting requirements, generic sustainability guidance won’t be enough. You need methods that reflect the realities of fabs, material variability, multi-tier supply chains, and data uncertainty.
Right now, there’s room in the rooms, but spots are limited. If carbon accounting is part of your remit, these are the rooms you’ll want to be in on Sunday and Thursday mornings. Register now and secure your spot.