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The ZEP report: Climate solutions for EU industry: interaction between electrification, CO2 use and CO2 storage, published in September 2017, introduced the Indicative Sink Factor (ISF) as a way of assessing the extent to which different CCU and CCS processes can contribute towards climate change. The report stated that CO2 mitigation depends on the lifecycle of the product and if or when the captured CO2 is released into atmosphere. The report concludes that treating all forms of CCU as de facto CO2 abatement could have serious detrimental impacts on efforts to reduce emissions, and that each application of CCU must be comprehensively assessed on its ability to contribute to long-term emissions mitigation. The TWG brings together published research and work currently being undertaken by DG CLIMA. A key factor in developing the Indicative Sink Factor is the assessment and definition of the boundary conditions used in LCA. This will provide the fundamental basis from which different CCS and CCU processes may be compared.