Hi Arda. Agreed, you're absolutely right, although we have to be careful with this definition because most Scope 3 emissions also occur outside the premises of the company. In practice they are nearly always just electricity though. I did have some heating and cooling purchases come across my desk this morning, and one of my clients does use a large amount of steam (a huge amount in fact) but these really are the exceptions rather than the rule. For example, out of the past 5000 Scope 2 bills we've processed for clients recently only 1 of them would not be an electricity bill. Thanks for the clarification though, Darryl.
Excellent and very informative! How about emissions from landfills and healthcare waste treatment facilities is it under scope 1 or scope 3? Note that company X is the only waste management company that handles the waste across the country
Hey Fatma! thanks for your comment :) For waste management facilities(Including healthcare waste treatment facilities) emissions generated from the treatment of the waste will be included in scope 1. This also includes the fugitive emissions from landfills. This is as per the protocol for the quantification of GHG emissions from waste management activities (see link below). ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/Waste%20Sector%20GHG%20Protocol_Version%205_October%202013_1_0.pdf
Hello Darry...your presentations are really simple and informative. I am planning to do a research on reducing carbon footprint in coastal ship operations. So can u suggest the sources from where I can get reliable and recent data on carbon footprint and calculation methods. It will be great if you can suggest some areas where the current research is progressing.
Hey Akhil, Thanks for your comment. Here are some links you might find helpful: Country specific tools for calculating emissions - ghgprotocol.org/calculation-tools#country_specific_tools_id General GHG emission calculation tool with emission factors - ghgprotocol.org/ghg-emissions-calculation-tool Technical guidance for scope 3 calculation with methodology - ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Scope3_Calculation_Guidance_0.pdf Calculating emissions from shipping freight - www.sustainablefreight.com.au/tools-and-programs/emission-calculators/ship-type-carbon-emissions-calculator
Scope 02 is not limited to purchased electricity but it is related to purchased energy and that energy can be the electricity, steam, compressed air etc. please confirm if i am not wrong.
Hi Furqan. You're absolutely right BUT, and there is a "BUT", for 99.9% of our clients it is just electricity. Yes, we do have 2 clients that use (a great deal) of steam, but it is so unusual we normally use shorthand and say it's just electricity. Good point though, and thanks for raising it. D.
Hi Roberto. In a way, yes. In reality, what would probably be easier, and certainly more usual, would be to measure the quantity of ingredients purchased and then multiply that by the avg carbon emissions per kg for each ingredient. If you then subtract the waste (so we don't double count) what is left should be what was served on the plates. If we think about the logic behind this for a minute, it seems sensible to me that a steak restaurant selling imported, Argentian beef flown half way across the globe, has a worse impact on the environment than a vegan restaurant selling locally sourced vegetables, so this approach passes the "common sense" test for me as well. D.
@@darrylmattocks4780 thank you so much for the detailed response. It is really helpful for me at the moment, since I'm working on that calculation. I really appreciate it, best wishes!
scope 2 are further divided into 2 categories which are scope 2 location based emission , scope 2 market based emission location based means directly emitted by company market based means indirect emission which are for example purchase electricity so scope 2 can some times be indirect emission as well correct me if i m wrong ?
Hi Wise Syed. You're correct in what you say with the only proviso that strictly speaking Scope 2 is always (well, 99.9999% of the time) indirect emissions. Out of the many thousands of sites we've looked at it's nearly always electricity but rarely steam as well. As the coal / oil / gas / sunlight etc for that electricity generation is remotely used up to create the electricity you consume, it is classed as indirect. I know some people take issue with it, but we just describe Scope 2 as electricity to our clients and it seems to help them understand it. I hope that helps, D.
