Discover how organizations are tackling Scope 3 emissions, the major contributor to GHG emissions, to drive sustainability. Explore this guide to learn its types including scope 1, 2, and 3, their categories and importance & emissions reporting.
Logistics is a major link in many of these categories, particularly in transportation and distribution, manufacturing of goods, use of sold products, and end-of-life treatment of sold products. When we think of how to reduce Scope 3 emissions, the logistics sector is an ideal...
To meet this goal, we will need to minimize the emissions directly under our control. But also, we must reduce the emissions that do not result directly from our own activities. These are known as Scope 3 emissions. Greenhouse gas emissions are classified into three categories, or scopes. ...
The Lendlease Scope 3 Emissions Protocol V.1 is intended to provide our current view on the Scope 3 emission categories we have determined to be relevant to our value chain and which will form part of our Absolute Zero by 2040 target. A proposed global approach to Scope 3 measurement and...
The complexities faced by financial institutions in calculating and reporting financed and facilitated emissions. Learn about attribution factors, data gaps, and the evolving standards.
Here are the upstream Scope 3 emissions categories, according to "Scope 3 frequently asked questions," published by the GHG Protocol in June 2022: Purchased goods and services. Capital goods. Fuel and energy activities that are not part of Scope 1 or Scope 2. ...
Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions are ways to categorize where a company or organization’s emissions are coming from. While the first scope comes from direct emissions owned or controlled by a company, Scope 2 and 3 are indirect emissions that come about because of what that company does. These...
While fabs will ideally base their analysis on volume data whenever possible, this information may be unavailable or irrelevant for some categories, such as services. In such cases, they must examine spending levels instead. When estimating emissions associated with different materials and services,...
Scope 3 emissions contain 15 categories, to cover specific upstream and downstream value-chain activities. For example, “business travel” (category 6) is upstream and “use of sold products” (category 11) is downstream. Source: MSCI ESG Research LLC, MSCI ACWI IMI constituents as of March ...
To support companies to reduce carbon emissions across their value chain, the UN Global Compact Network UK is hosting a series of interactive webinars exploring how companies can tackle Scope 3 emissions categories as defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Participants will hear from business leaders...