Measurement Standards

Scope 1

Emissions from operating equipment that you own or lease, like a fleet of vehicles, forklifts or generators.

Scope 2

Emissions from electricity that you purchase from the grid.

It’s not uncommon for a business to have 80% or more of its emissions come from Scope 3 activities

MEASUREMENT APPROACH

We use a hybrid operational control approach to measure emissions. Actual data is used whenever available (e.g. kWh of electricity used). Otherwise estimates and averages are used, based on factors published by the EPA, DEFRA, Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking Index (CHSBI) and the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Your measurement identifies emissions hot spots, where action can be taken first to have an immediate impact through reductions.

Scope 3

Emissions from everything else that makes your business possible. Scope 3 includes 15 categories. We measure #1-9 & 13:

1. Purchased goods & services

2. Capital goods

3. Fuel & energy related activities

4. Upstream transportation & distribution

5. Waste from operations

6. Business travel

7. Employee commuting

8. Leased assets (when applicable)

9. Downstream transportation & distribution

10. Processing of sold products

11. Use of sold products

12. End of life treatment of sold products

13. Downstream leased assets

14. Franchises

15. Investments