Full Scope 3 and a yearly calculator for a corporate group
We checked all 15 Scope 3 categories and chose the ones that matter. The group got a report, its own calculator to collect data year after year and full training to work on its own.
The industrial group needed to measure its Scope 3 emissions. It also needed a method it could repeat in the next years. The data was spread across several companies, plants and systems. Some of it was in physical units and some in money. Some needed checking with the people in charge of purchasing, transport, waste and sales.
The biggest problem was not the calculation itself. It was a process that the group could defend in front of an auditor and repeat the next year.
In the parts of the group with the most emissions, purchased goods and services came first. They made up about 75% of the total corporate carbon footprint.
How we ran the project
Boundaries and kick-off
We set the organisational and operational boundaries and learned how the group works. We also gave the client a first training session.
Review of 15 categories and choice of the relevant ones
For each category, we checked if it applies and if it must be reported. A category counted as relevant if it was above about 1% of total Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
Input data
Purchased goods and services, capital goods, fuels and energy, transport, waste, business travel, staff commuting and some downstream categories.
Emission factors
Physical data, factors from emission databases and a money-based approach where we could not convert material amounts directly.
Report with the full method
A description of the method, the data sources, the assumptions, the extrapolation and the excluded categories.
Support during assurance
We supported the client while a statutory auditor gave assurance on the report. We answered questions, added documents and explained the method.
Templates for next year
A data structure to collect the data again next year and compare it year on year.
Own calculator and training
We built a calculator for the group and trained the team to work on its own in future.
Support after training
Help with the first calculations the team did on its own, and advice during the next reporting period.
The client got a Scope 3 report and a tool for the next calculations. The final number was not the main gain. The main gain was a clear process. The team now knows which categories matter, which data to collect, who is in charge of it and how to repeat the work next year.
A statutory auditor gave assurance on the carbon footprint report. This confirmed that the method and the data are reliable for reporting and for outside stakeholders.
Do you want to measure full Scope 3 in your company?
Let’s talk. We will point out the relevant categories, the data you need and how to do the work.