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Frequently asked questions and their answers about EIS carbon management solution of carbmee in DE.

Unser Produkt kann von Kunden verwendet werden, die daran interessiert sind, ihre CO₂-Emissionen zu messen und zu reporten. Es geht jedoch darüber hinaus; es wurde zur Reduzierung entwickelt – um Kunden zu helfen, datengesteuerte Entscheidungen auf der Grundlage von Fakten über ihre Emissionen in der Wertschöpfungskette zu treffen und auf kosteneffiziente Weise Net-Zero-Ziele zu erreichen.

Die meisten Plattformen unserer Mitbewerber verwenden ausschließlich Spend-based Berechnungen, die nicht präzise genug sind, um primäre Betriebsdaten einzubeziehen oder Ergebnisse zu liefern, die Unternehmen dabei helfen können, umsetzbare Hotspots zu identifizieren. Unser Ansatz besteht darin, sowohl Spend-based - als auch Activity-based Berechnungen zu verwenden, um möglichst gründliche und präzise Ergebnisse zu erzielen.

Wir bieten eine Spend-based Berechnung, um eine Baseline für Scope 1 und 2 festzulegen und bei Bedarf Hotspots zu identifizieren. Gleichzeitig leiten wir unsere Kunden dazu an, ihre Emissionsdaten innerhalb der Organisation zu sammeln und zu erweitern, und die Activity-based Datenabdeckung zu erhöhen.

Wir bieten Activity-based Berechnungen an, um Emissionen zu bewältigen, die in der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette, z.B. Scope 3, am schwierigsten zu messen sind. Während viele Wettbewerber aufgrund ihrer Komplexität die Verwendung Activity-based Berechnungen vermeiden, hat carbmee den Prozess gestrafft, um Ergebnisse zu liefern die 30% genauer sind und geben umsetzbare Erkenntnisse für Strategien zur CO₂-Reduktion.

Was unterscheidet carbmee von seinen Mitbewerbern? 

Wir haben unsere eigene Kategorisierung entwickelt, wie wir alle Emissionen Ihres Unternehmens aufschlüsseln, und zwar:

      Company Carbon Footprint...

berechnet CO₂e-Emissionen über das gesamte Unternehmen, d. h. alle Lieferanten, internen Prozesse und Produkte

deckt alle Phasen des Unternehmens ab, also Scope 1, 2 und 3

erfüllt regulatorische und Sustainability Reporting Anforderungen

ermöglicht die Identifizierung strategischer Reduzierungsmöglichkeiten

Product Carbon Footprint...


berechnet die Klimawirkung eines Produkts

ermöglicht die CO₂-Reduktion entlang des - Produktentwicklungsprozesses

Deckt alle Phasen des Lebenszyklus des Produkts ab

häufig erforderlich, um Ausschreibungen zu gewinnen, über Fortschritte zu berichten und Vorschriften einzuhalten

Supplier Carbon Footprint...


berechnet die Klimaauswirkungen über alle Lieferanten hinweg

deckt alle Phasen der Lieferkette ab, also Scope 3

identifiziert Leferanten-/kategorieübergreifende Reduzierungsmöglichkeiten

ermöglicht die Zusammenarbeit mit Lieferanten zur gemeinsamen CO₂-Reduzierung

Welche Art von CO₂-Fußabdruck berechnet carbmee?

Ja, unsere Lösung ist systemunabhängig und kann in jedes ERP-System integriert werden.

Können wir die Daten unseres ERP-Systems direkt in die EIS™-Plattform von carbmee integrieren?

Ja, unsere Lösung liefert präzise Informationen für die Einhaltung der wichtigsten Standards für die Nachhaltigkeitsberichterstattung wie CDP und GHG Protocol.

Können wir internationale Berichtsrahmen verwenden?

Excel ist zwar die klassische Lösung für das Formatieren, Organisieren und Berechnen von Daten, aber es ist auch eine rein manuelle Lösung, die für die Komplexität des CO₂-Managements in Unternehmen überhaupt nicht geeignet ist.

Carbmee's EIS™ Carbon Management Solution automatisiert das CO₂-Management und macht es nicht nur einfacher, sondern liefert auch mehr:  

Berechnungen 80-90% schneller als mit Excel

ein höheres Maß an Genauigkeit und Präzision

vertrauenswürdigen Datenschutz und Sicherheit

die Möglichkeit, bei der Datenerfassung zusammenzuarbeiten - Rationalisierung von Daten aus verschiedenen Quellen (z. B. Lieferanten, verschiedene interne Teams usw.)

eine Vielzahl von Funktionen für die Reduzierung, wie z. B. Analysen für die einfache Identifizierung von Hotspots, einen Initiativplaner für die Planung von Reduzierungspfaden und Initiativen mit hohem ROI sowie eine automatisierte Berichterstattung.

Warum ist carbmee besser als die internen Excel-Lösungen meines Unternehmens?

Wir verwenden eine Vielzahl von Datenbanken, inklusive umfassender tätigkeitsbasierter Datenbanken wie ecoinvent, sowie branchenspezifischer Datenbanken wie carbon minds und Exiobase für Kunden, die ausgabenbasierte CO₂-Berechnungen benötigen.

Welche Datenbank verwenden Sie für die Emissionsberechnungen?

Ja, alle unsere Drittanbieter-Datenbankpartner stellen auf Anfrage transparente und überprüfbare Daten zur Verfügung.

Wir bieten verschiedene Angebote, die je nach den Bedürfnissen des Kunden und der Komplexität der Wertschöpfungskette zusammengestellt werden können. Sprechen Sie mit einem unserer Dekarbonisierungsexperten, um ein Angebot für Ihr Unternehmen zu erhalten.

FAQ about our product and solution in DE

How carbmee can help you in your decarbonization journey and how our EIS carbon management software can help reduce your carbon footprint.

Unser Team besteht aus Branchenexperten, die auf Beschaffung, Unternehmensberatung, Technologie und mehr spezialisiert sind. Das bedeutet, dass wir über das Fachwissen verfügen, um die Herausforderungen und Bedürfnisse unserer Kunden zu verstehen - und das Know-How, um sie zu lösen.

Damit unsere Kunden die größtmögliche Wirkung auf ihrem Weg zum net-zero erzielen können, bieten wir außerdem:

Persönliche Beratung und Empfehlungen, wie Kunden ihre Dekarbonisierung beginnen und ausbauen können

Online-Kurse, die erklären, was Net-Zero ist und wie Sie unser Produkt von Anfang bis Ende in Ihrem Unternehmen einsetzen können

Webinare und Veranstaltungen mit Branchenexperten, die sich mit dem Thema "Net-Zero" befassen, sowohl für den Planeten als auch für die nachhaltige Leistung Ihres Unternehmens

Wie unterstützt carbmee Ihr Team beim nahtlosen CO2e-Tracking

Ja, unsere Beratungspartner sind der Schlüssel zur Unterstützung unserer gemeinsamen Kunden bei der Beseitigung von Umsetzungshindernissen, der Maximierung der CO2-armen Kapazitäten und der Erzielung von Durchbrüchen bei der nachhaltigen Unternehmensleistung.

Wir sind ein Beratungsunternehmen, das an EIS™ Carbon Management für die Projekte seiner Kunden interessiert ist. Können wir eine Partnerschaft mit carbmee eingehen?

Ja, carbmee bietet sowohl persönliche Unterstützung durch unsere Customer Success Manager als auch durch unsere interaktive Lernplattform, die carbmee Academy. Die Customer Success Manager stellen sicher, dass jeder Kunde begleitet wird durch:

ihre Dekarbonisierungsreise, d.h. die Nutzung von Carbmee mit den Geschäftszielen und der Strategie abzustimmen

die Nutzung von EIS Carbon Management, um sinnvolle Ziele zur Emissionsreduzierung zu erreichen

die Zuordnung von Herausforderungen zu passenden Lösungen, d. h. Produktfindung und gemeinsame Entwicklung

Gibt es Unterstützung bei der Verwendung von EIS™ Carbon Management?

Wie carbmee Sie unterstützen kann

Erfahren Sie mehr über die Mission, Vision und Geschichte von carbmee. Carbmee hilft Organisationen auf ihrem Weg zur Dekarbonisierung.

Carbmee sitzt an der Schnittstelle von Technologie, Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit, mit der Vision, die nachhaltige Transformation von Unternehmen mit Umweltintelligenz voranzutreiben, um bis 2050 Net-Zero zu erreichen. Das Environmental Intelligence System™ (EIS) von carbmee ist eine Unternehmenssoftwarelösung für Value Chain Carbon Management, spezialisiert auf Scope-3-Emissionsanalysen und Reduktionspotenziale.

Die EIS™ Carbon Management Solution von Carbmee ist nicht nur ein Reporting-Tool oder eine Offsetting-Plattform – unsere Lösung befasst sich mit der Integration von betrieblichen ERP-Daten, um zu ermitteln, durch die Emissionen an ihrer Quelle reduziert werden können, und um Initiativen zur CO2-Reduktion so effektiv wie möglich zu verwalten. Durch die Verknüpfung von Emissionen aus Materialien, Transaktionen, Logistik und Lieferantendaten mit weltweit anerkannten Standards und Methoden berechnet unsere Lösung CO2-Fußabdrücke bis auf ein lieferantenspezifisches Niveau.

Was ist die EIS™ Carbon Management-Lösung von carbmee?

Wir versuchen, die größtmögliche Wirkung zu erzielen, und das bedeutet, mit einigen der weltweit größten Unternehmen zusammenzuarbeiten, die auch komplexe Lieferketten haben (z.B. Unternehmen mit erheblichen Scope-3-Emissionen). Wir arbeiten auch direkt mit Lieferanten zusammen, um deren CO2-Fußabdruck zu analysieren und zu überprüfen.

Mit welchen Unternehmen arbeitet carbmee zusammen?

Die Klimakrise verschärft sich und damit auch die Notwendigkeit für Unternehmen, Vorschriften einzuhalten, aber auch widerstandsfähigere Lieferketten zu entwickeln, ihr Klimarisiko zu senken und ihre Geschäftstätigkeit insgesamt kontinuierlich nachhaltiger zu gestalten. Unsere Lösung gibt Unternehmen die Möglichkeit, nicht nur ihre Versprechen zur Reduzierung von Emissionen zu erfüllen, sondern jetzt und in Zukunft wirklich Carbon-bewusst zu arbeiten.

Warum sollte mein Unternehmen seine Wertschöpfungskette dekarbonisieren?

Scope-1-Emissionen sind direkte Emissionen aus eigenen oder kontrollierten Quellen.

Scope-2-Emissionen sind indirekte Emissionen aus der Erzeugung eingekaufter Energie.

Scope-3-Emissionen sind alle indirekten Emissionen (nicht in Scope 2 enthalten), die in der Wertschöpfungskette des berichtenden Unternehmens auftreten, einschließlich vor- und nachgelagerter Emissionen.

About carbmee & decarbonization DE

Alle häufig gestellten Fragen zur CO2-Management-Lösung von carbmee und die Antworten darauf

All questions regarding carbmee's product in DE

In the evolving landscape of global business, managing the carbon footprint across the supply chain has become a critical challenge. Scope 3 emissions, which encompass all indirect emissions occurring in a company’s value chain, often constitute the bulk of a company’s total carbon footprint. Tackling these emissions requires comprehensive strategies, robust data management, and innovative solutions. This blog post provides comprehensive guidance on how to manage emissions in the supply chain efficiently and drive effective decarbonization initiatives.

Studies indicate that for many industries, up to 80% of their total emissions originate from the supply chain. This underscores the importance of addressing Scope 3 emissions to make a meaningful impact on overall carbon reduction efforts. Focusing solely on direct emissions (Scope 1 and 2) will not suffice if the larger portion of emissions remains unchecked.

Achieving sustainability targets and transitioning to a low-carbon economy hinges on effectively managing Scope 3 emissions. Companies are increasingly setting ambitious reduction targets, and delivering on these promises is crucial for long-term environmental and economic sustainability.

Regulatory landscapes are evolving, with enhanced Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) regulations requiring accurate and comprehensive reporting of Scope 3 emissions. Compliance with these regulations not only helps avoid penalties but also positions companies favorably with investors and consumers who are increasingly valuing transparency and sustainability.

With the advent of carbon pricing, managing Scope 3 emissions becomes essential for maintaining profitability. Companies that proactively reduce their carbon footprint can mitigate the financial impact of carbon taxes and leverage sustainability as a competitive advantage.

The Importance of Scope 3 Emission Reduction

The Importance of Scope 3 Emission ReductionWhat is the CSRD?

Challenges of Managing Scope 3 Emissions in Complex Supply Chains

Managing Scope 3 emissions is inherently challenging due to the complexity of modern supply chains. Companies often deal with multiple tiers of suppliers across different countries, each with varying environmental regulations and technological capabilities. Gathering accurate and comprehensive data requires cross-departmental collaboration within the company and across the supply chain.

Spend-based carbon accounting estimates emissions by multiplying the financial value of goods or services by emission factors. It provides a quick overview but lacks accuracy and granularity.

Activity-based accounting focuses on specific activities and processes, using detailed data on physical flows such as energy use, material consumption, and transport distances. It provides more accurate and granular data that enables companies to gain a comprehensive understanding of their Scope 3 emissions and identify hotspots.

The most actionable and accurate method, supplier-specific data, gathers precise information from the supplier's operations and production processes. This data is the most actionable carbon data that empowers companies to drive high ROI reduction strategies, collaborate with existing suppliers or source new low-emission suppliers, and innovate new production processes or materials.

Integrating carbon data into existing corporate data systems is crucial for informed decision-making. Within procurement and supply chain management (SCM), the primary challenge lies in gathering precise and granular data across the entire value chain. This involves connecting data from various Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and ensuring it is specific enough to influence meaningful decisions.

Understanding Carbon Data Management for Complex Supply Chains

- Awareness and Stakeholder Onboarding: Educate stakeholders about the importance of managing Scope 3 emissions and the associated risks. Establish company-wide reduction targets and communicate these targets clearly to managers, defining their responsibilities and specific objectives.

- Developing an RFP: Create a Request for Proposal (RFP) tailored to your Scope 3 emission use cases and select a suitable software solution provider like carbmee.

- Supplier Carbon Footprint Modelling: Develop models to quantify the carbon footprints of your suppliers using certified calculation methods to ensure data transparency across the supply chain.

- Achieving Data Transparency: Ensure data transparency and set a baseline for your Scope 3 emissions.

- Transition to Activity-Based Calculations: Move from spend-based to activity-based calculations and increase the collection of supplier-specific data.

- Identifying Emission Hotspots: Utilize transparent and accurate data to pinpoint emission hotspots within your supply chain.

- Strategic Use of Carbon Data: Integrate carbon data into operations and strategic planning to support the path to net zero with clear roles and responsibilities.

- Fostering Supplier Collaboration: Encourage collaboration with suppliers to share sustainability goals, implement data-informed reduction initiatives and reduce the Supplier carbon footprint.

- Achieving High ROI in Reduction Initiatives: Focus on sourcing low-emission goods and identifying low-emission alternatives to enhance procurement decisions and achieve sustainable procurement. 

- Opting for Low-Carbon Transportation and Waste Management: Reduce emissions further by choosing more sustainable transportation and waste management options.

- Innovating Eco-Friendly Products: Use granular carbon data to innovate and track the success of eco-friendly products.

- Data-Driven Optimization: Leverage data for supplier emissions tracking and to continuously monitor and optimize your carbon footprint reduction strategies 

- Staying Compliant: Ensure compliance with evolving ESG regulations by providing validated, high-quality carbon data.

- Regular Reporting: Report achievements and milestones to stakeholders regularly to maintain transparency and accountability.

- Considering Premium Pricing: Explore premium pricing for low-emission products to reflect their added value and sustain profitability.

Act Now: 4 Steps to Supply chain sustainability

carbmee’s Environmental Intelligence System (EIS™) offers a comprehensive solution for managing carbon across complex supply chains. The Supplier Carbon Footprint (SCF) module within carbmee EIS™ enables companies to achieve data transparency and accuracy swiftly. By transitioning from spend-based to activity-based calculations and incorporating supplier-specific data, companies can gain detailed insights at the SKU level. This facilitates the identification of high return-on-investment (ROI) hotspots and empowers companies to develop and implement effective reduction initiatives.

Key Benefits of Using the SCF Module in carbmee EIS™

1.Achieving Data Transparency and Accuracy: carbmee EIS™ allows for complete data transparency and the highest level of data accuracy. By incorporating supplier-specific data, companies can achieve detailed granularity, making the data both actionable and reliable.

2.Driving High ROI Carbon Reduction: With superior data quality, companies can easily identify emission hotspots and develop targeted reduction initiatives. This enables effective collaboration with suppliers and strategic sourcing of low-emission suppliers.

3.Simplifying Compliance: Using certified calculation models, carbmee EIS™ ensures that carbon data is validated and emission reports adhere to international standards, easing the reporting process and avoiding penalties.

4.Streamlining Supplier Collaboration: The platform streamlines supplier communication across the value chain, enabling efficient onboarding, training, and collaboration on reduction initiatives. Suppliers can submit their primary data in a standardized and compliant format, ensuring data quality and consistency.

Carbon Management for Supply chain transformation with carbmee EIS™

Managing carbon in the supply chain is no longer optional but a strategic necessity. With the increasing regulatory requirements and the financial implications of carbon pricing, companies must take proactive steps to measure, report, and reduce their Scope 3 emissions. carbmee’s carbon management software offers a comprehensive solution to achieve data transparency, drive high ROI carbon reduction, simplify compliance, and streamline supplier collaboration. By leveraging accurate and actionable carbon data, companies can future-proof their supply chains, achieve sustainability goals, and maintain competitiveness in an increasingly carbon-conscious market.

Want to have data confidence in your decision-making? Talk to one of our Experts to learn more about carbmee's solutions.

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Transforming to a Sustainable Supply Chain: Managing Carbon and Achieving Scope 3 Emissions Reduction

Today's companies are increasingly hearing and heeding the warning calls of climate change experts. Everyone strives to understand what factors like the greenhouse gas protocol and Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions mean for their business and how to ensure compliance.

Multinational companies like BP, Coca-Cola, and Walmart account for nearly a fifth of global CO₂ emissions – with the majority of those emissions to be found in their supply chain. As companies become more aware of their environmental impact, it’s clear that organizations' supply chains often account for more than 90% of their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. But what does that even mean?

Nearly everything a company does can be understood through the lens of carbon – that is to say, its activities, products, and purchases all have an amount of greenhouse gas emissions allocated to them. So how do companies know what is essential to measure, or how even to quantify the emissions of everything they do? This is where the Greenhouse Gas Protocol comes into play.

We have developed this guide to help organizations understand the GHG Protocol and accompanying emissions to help do their part in compliance and stewardship. 

The GHG Protocol is a comprehensive standardized framework for measuring and managing emissions from private and public sector operations, value chains, products, cities, and policies. Originally established in 1988 as a partnership between the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), the purpose of the GHG Protocol is to help businesses everywhere account for the subtle and potentially drastic changes in our future related to greenhouse gas emissions. It has become the most widely recognized and used standard for measuring all three emissions scopes.

What Is the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol?

In the GHG Protocol, the Corporate Standard categorizes the primary GHG emissions into three distinct Scopes: Scope 1 emissions, Scope 2 emissions, and Scope 3 emissions. 

Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions created by owned or controlled sources. Scope 2, or indirect emissions, stem from the generation of purchased energy, and Scope 3 emissions are all indirect emissions. These take place in the value chain for each reporting company and include upstream and downstream emissions. 

How Is the GHG Protocol Related to Scope Emissions?

Not all GHG emissions are the same. There are various categories that businesses, government bodies, and organizations must consider to ensure complete awareness and ultimate reduction. Gaining a better understanding and more insights into each scope helps businesses succeed in reducing emissions. 

GHG Scopes 1, 2, & 3 are emissions categories defined by the GHG Protocol. Each scope is used by organizations, government bodies, and regulators to set goals and targets to reduce carbon emissions and other chemical greenhouse gases damaging the environment. Each scope is distinguished by the degree of control a business or organization has over the emission source rather than by emission type.

Scope 1 Emissions: Direct Emissions

Scope 1 emissions are direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources owned or controlled by an organization (i.e., direct emissions from company facilities and vehicles). They include boiler and furnace emissions, transportation emissions, and chemical production emissions from owned or controlled processes. All this means that emissions are released into the atmosphere directly from the company's daily activities.

Scope 1 emissions reporting is mandatory. 

Scope 2 Emissions: Indirect Emissions (Owned & Not-Owned)

Scope 2 emissions come from electricity, steam, heat, and cooling consumption (i.e., indirect emissions from purchased energy to turn on the lights in your office). The energy consumption counted for Scope 2 emissions are related to the end-user, indirectly owned by corporations. 

Scope 2 emissions are also mandatory to report.

Scope 3 Emissions: Indirect Emissions (Not-Owned)

Scope 3 emissions are naturally complex since they are linked not only to a company’s value chain but also to its entire product life. Scope 3 emissions are companies' most common and significant source of emissions. It refers to GHG emissions that result from the company's activities. However, the company has no direct control over the resulting emissions. 

Also known as "value chain" emissions, Scope 3 GHG emissions are part of the cost of doing business. Here are some examples of Scope 3 emissions: 

Emissions from waste disposal or incineration 

Emissions from business travel, whether via air, train, boat, or automobile

Emissions from the extraction of raw materials used in manufacturing

Emissions from the manufacturing of products used by the company

Emissions from the downstream usage of products or services

While organizations must report Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, Scope 3 reporting is optional. However, it is highly encouraged to account for and report these emissions since they account for 70% of the total GHG footprint. Of course, these emissions are more challenging to detect, record and report, but they are a vital component toward reaching net-zero targets in the future. 

Scope 3 emissions are referred to as upstream or downstream depending on where they initiate in the value chain. 

Let's start with a closer look at Scope 3 emissions with upstream emissions. These types of emissions come from goods and services that a business buys or otherwise acquires: 

Purchased goods and services have a cradle-to-gate carbon impact, meaning they have an emissions impact from the moment of production until the moment it arrives at a store or other sales space. The reporting company must also account for the extraction, production, and transportation of services or goods purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired. 


Capital goods, sometimes called capital assets, also have a cradle-to-gate impact. The upstream impact of capital goods comes from their extraction, production, and transportation upon purchase or acquisition by the reporting company. 


Fuel and energy-related activities that do not fall under the same activities listed in Scope 1 or Scope 2. These activities derive from the extraction, production, and transportation of energy and fuels acquired or purchased by the reporting company. Here is a breakdown of the different categories of this particular Scope 3 upstream activity: 
- Upstream emissions of purchased fuels consumed by the reporting company. 
- Upstream emissions of purchased electricity with the extraction, production, and transportation of fuels used when generating electricity, steam, and heating and cooling used by the reporting company. 
- Transmission and distribution (T&D) losses result from generating electricity, steam, heating, and cooling and are reported by the end user. 
- Generation of purchased electricity, steam, and heating and cooling is later sold to end users and reported by a utility company or energy retailer. 


Upstream transportation and distribution or emissions from transportation via air, road, rail, sea, and third-party transportation or related to storage. These upstream activities might include: 
- Transportation and distribution of products purchased by the reporting company for its operations or between tier 1 suppliers in vehicles and facilities owned by someone other than the reporting company. 
- Transportation and distribution services by the reporting company, focusing on inbound and outbound logistics and transportation and distribution between businesses' different facilities.


Waste disposal and treatment in a reporting company's operations in facilities not owned or controlled by the reporting company. Waste matters might include wastewater, landfill, or composting.


Business travel by air, bus, rail, or rental car specifically for business-related activities during a reporting year in vehicles not owned or operated by the reporting company.


Employees commute activities between their homes and worksites by car, rail, bus, air, subway, or teleworking.
 

Upstream leased assets or operation of assets, such as assets from energy use, are those leased by the reporting company, known as the lessee, distinguishing them from assets included in Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.

Scope 3 downstream activities are more challenging to assess and report because they involve product consumption and focus on the consumer. 

Let's look at some examples of downstream activities for Scope 3 emissions. 

Downstream transportation and product distribution activities occur when the manufactured items are no longer in the reporting company's possession. While they are still responsible for producing and distributing those products, the consumer now creates more emissions from the product. The downstream activities occur via air, road, rail, sea, and third-party shipping and storage products. 


The processing and use of sold products, such as a car motor, and what the end user does with them daily. 


End-of-life treatment of sold products is when a consumer has finished using the product, whether the product wore out its usefulness or they bought something new. What is the waste-disposal emissions factor? Was the product incinerated, recycled, or is it in a waste heap?


Downstream leased assets - While some leased assets fall under Scope 1 or Scope 2, most fall under Scope 3 as downstream concerns. This area is challenging because it is difficult to account for leased items because of varying possession. However, it is still a downstream activity and more challenging to monitor and report.


Franchises - This category applies to franchisors who must account for emissions from the operation of franchises not included in Scope 1 or 2.


Investments and financial institutions may involve Scope 1 and 2 emissions classifications related to organizational boundaries related to equity-share investments. Scope 3 becomes a factor when considering the emissions of Scope 1 and 2 investees.

Downstream activities are challenging to measure, but they represent a holistic and realistic overview of a product's complete life cycle and carbon impact, from production to retirement and disposal.

Interested to know more about CSRD guidelines? Download our CSRD guide

Since Scope 1 and 2 emissions are mandatory to report, companies have focused on GHG emissions from their operations. But what about the emissions happening outside their walls?

If companies ignore Scope 3 emissions — those linked to the company’s operations but not owned by them — they miss out on a crucial step towards successful decarbonization.

Why? Scope 3 emissions often represent the most significant production of greenhouse gases. And they are also the hardest to measure since they are outside the company’s operations and direct control. In fact, the CDP has found that supply chain emissions (read: Scope 3) are, on average, 11.4 times higher than operational emissions. 

Despite the challenges, it is worth the effort to measure and report all three scopes to reduce your business's carbon footprint as much as possible. 

What Scope 3 Means for Your Business's C-Suite, Stakeholders, and Board

While most GHG Protocols have similar end goals in reducing chemical emissions, there is more than one way to achieve them for different sectors. Let's explore the seven different types of GHG Protocols. 

The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, or the Corporate Standard, was designed for companies and governmental organizations. It provides guidance and requirements for bodies such as government agencies, NGOs, and universities leading up to a corporate-level GHG emissions inventory. 

Here are some additional benefits of this GHG Protocol: 

It helps companies prepare for an upcoming GHG inventory to ensure that the results accurately reflect their emissions with standardized principles and approaches.

It reduces the cost of the GHG emissions inventory.

It provides information to help build an effective corrective strategy to manage and reduce future emissions. 

It increases transparency and consistency in accounting and reporting. 

This GHG Protocol is compatible with other GHG programs, but it is essential to distinguish the Corporate Standard from other programs when completing the reporting process.

2. Corporate Value Chain Standard (Scope 3) 

Companies can quickly assess their value chain emissions with this Scope 3 Emission Standard, or the Corporate Value Chain Standard. The results identify the value chain emissions impact to allow companies to identify the spots where they can reduce emissions activities. 

The Product Standard, also known as the Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard, is used to grasp a specific product's complete life cycle of emissions. This information allows the company to focus efforts on more significant emissions reduction.

This Protocol is the most comprehensive and is known fully as the GHG Protocol for Project Accounting. It offers a policy-neutral accounting tool to help businesses identify and quantify the value and benefits of GHG reduction and climate change mitigation projects. 

This Protocol is a partnership between WRI, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, and Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI). Together, these bodies formed the GHG Protocol for Cities (GPC) as a robust framework for accounting and reporting on city-wide GHG emissions.

This standard, designed for cities, focuses on cities offering an excellent opportunity to tackle climate change at the ground level. It allows city GHG leaders to identify and measure the source of emissions to cut problems at the root. The GHG Protocol offers cities specific tools and standards to measure emissions, build reduction strategies, and set measurable emission reduction goals. 

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Mitigation Goal Standard offers information and guidance to design national and subnational emission mitigation goals. It also provides a standardized approach to assessing, reporting, and working toward goals.

It will help governments, companies, and organizations to

Determine and set emission-reduction goals

Meet international and domestic emissions reporting responsibilities to groups such as NFCCC

Track the progress of emissions-reduction results 

The GHG Protocol Policy and Action Standard is a standardized protocol and approach for organizations to estimate the GHG effect of actions and policies. This Protocol works at local and national levels, allowing respective leadership to assess the GHG impacts of specific policies. It offers a guideline for improving emissions-reduction effectiveness and informs responsible policymakers about where to invest resources to improve and get the best results. 

For several decades, leading scientists have understood the growing need for concern and action regarding the increasing amounts of greenhouse gases, including methane, carbon dioxide, and nitrous oxide. These and other synthetical chemicals trap the Earth's outbound energy, which means that the heat remains in the atmosphere with no place to go.

These substances trapped inside the Earth's atmosphere change the Earth's radioactive balance of energy received via the sun and emitted from the Earth. Together, this energy stalemate has the power to alter the Earth's climate and weather patterns, regionally and globally. 

Greenhouse gas emissions have historically been associated with naturally occurring factors, such as the Earth's orbit, the sun's output, the carbon cycle, and volcanic activity. However, scientific experts have found an increasing amount of emissions are related to human and industrial activities since the 1700s, particularly over the past 50 years.

When combined, these factors have negatively impacted the Earth's radiative balance. This imbalance has led to a warming effect surrounding various aspects of the Earth's climate, such as ocean temperatures, sea levels, and surface air. 

Without deliberate and coordinated corrective action from leading businesses and worldwide governmental organizations, the imbalance invites vulnerabilities to human health, wildlife, agriculture, water resources, forests, and coastal regions. 

Why Has the GHG Protocol Become So Important?

Businesses ready to commit to reducing emissions and eventual carbon neutrality needs a direct path to success. This complex issue relies on scientific-and-fact-based information and guidance that the GHG Protocol delivers and expands upon to ensure success. 

The Protocol provides the world's most easily understood and widely used GHG accounting standards for businesses everywhere. The standards and guidance make it simple for participating companies to monitor, measure, manage, report, and potentially mitigate GHG emissions from their operations or supply chains.

As of 2016, 92% of Fortune 500 companies had already adopted and regularly used the GHG Protocol and its standards for compliance, whether indirectly or directly, via a GHG Protocol-based program. 

Some reports indicate that many countries have reduced greenhouse gas emissions, helping to keep the Earth's temperature rise below 1.5 degrees. This success has led to more and more cities worldwide committing to using and relying on the GHG Protocol. 

Further, an increasing number of countries are adopting the GHG Protocol on a national level since it offers a strategy to mitigate emissions problems by assessing and reporting progress toward respective goals and estimating the effects of GHG Protocol policies and actions. 

The fact is that while large corporations and retailers bear a great responsibility, so do all organizations. It is a social responsibility that everyone in commerce should acknowledge and address to the best of their abilities, and the GHG Protocol offers everyone a simple set of guidelines. It is as beneficial for companies to adopt and use the GHG Protocol as it is for the environment. It shows their commitment to reducing their carbon footprint and carbon neutrality. 

As more and more leading companies develop a GHG policy, they have a massive influence on the public consciousness worldwide, so other companies are paying attention regardless of their size and reach. Competitors will undoubtedly have to consider following suit or lose the faith of consumers and leadership devoted to protecting the Earth as a home and bed of resources.

Why Is the GHG Protocol Important for Companies?

All businesses interested in a net-zero future want to find the most straightforward and least disruptive ways to reduce emissions. The GHG Protocol offers all this and more, including the following benefits:

It provides an easy path to reducing Scope 1, 2, & 3 emissions. 

It keeps businesses competitive among those adopting the GHG Protocol. 

It shows consumers that each business and its leaders adopting the GHG Protocol care about the effects of climate change and the will to do what's right to protect the Earth and its resources.

It promotes more transparency, consistency, and quality for corporate GHG accounting and reporting duties via standardized approaches, principles, and activities, ensuring complete and consistent compliance with standards set forth by governing bodies.

Four Business Benefits of Using the GHG Protocol

According to a July 2022 Forbes article from Shivaram Rajgopal, the GHG Protocol, the most widely used framework used to measure and report emissions globally, continually seeks to enhance and improve efforts. 

In 2023, the WRI intends to make necessary updates, which might include matters such as:

GHG Protocol: What Are Scope 1, 2, & 3 Emissions?

The GHG Protocol is the most widely recognized standard for measuring and managing greenhouse gas emissions from private and public sector operations.

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