«The ISO hydrogen standard announced today potentially increases confusion of what should classify as ‘clean’ hydrogen, instead of simplifying it. By failing to establish a threshold for emissions from hydrogen production, it is at best an emissions calculator – at worst a greenwashing tool for dirty hydrogen.

It puts the onus on individual countries to decide what is ‘clean’ hydrogen, paving the way for a complex and fragmented future hydrogen trade.»

«Put simply, hydrogen that complies with the ISO standard launched today does not necessarily mean it’s ‘low-carbon’.

This is a missed opportunity to introduce a hydrogen standard with true climate safeguards – most importantly an emissions threshold – which could have been the basis for scaling up clean hydrogen globally.»