What are scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions?
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- čas přidán 1. 12. 2021
- Alyssa Rade, chief sustainability officer at Sustain.Life, explains the differences between emissions scopes-scope 1, scope 2, and scope 3-and why you need to know the difference when calculating your carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions. Ready to start measuring your emissions?
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Thanks for the introduction to scope 12 and 3 emissions! As lifecycle assessments become more and more requested, this is key to understand!
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Loved the way you explained everything in a short video with examples.
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Thank you for the elaborate explanation.
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Thank you for the clear explanation. ❤
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Perfect. Thank you. Very clear.
Great video, clear explanation
this helps me a lot. thanks
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thanks for the video.
papers used in the company is scope 1 or 2 ?
Hi there! I'm still confused between Scope 1 & 2, and Scope 2 & 3 - mainly because Scope 1 is the 'direct emissions' so includes heating (so if a company gets a gas bill, that's scope 1?), but then scope 2 incl. indirect emissions at both upstream, reporting company and downstream phase so isn't that also including that gas bill I mentioned in scope 1?
Separately, if I need energy to fuel a factory plant to manufacture a t-shirt, that falls under scope 3 but wouldn't that be scope 2 - since it is purchased emissions?
(Thanks so much in advance! :) )
Nice explanation!
Thanks so much!
Hi , I am working in forging industry in India & defining & calculating sustainability scope 1,2,3. What is your opinion on EU Due degilance supply chain act ?
Forgive me if it's a stupid question but wouldn't the scope 3 of one factory be the scope 1 of another and results in double counting? E.g. scope 3 of port (say specifically import of metal) is processing of metal in a factory, if i'm not mistaken, and it would be the same as the scope 1 of the said factory?
This is a great question and one we get asked often! In short order, YES, a factory’s scope 1 and 2 emissions comprise a portion of their customer’s scope 3 emissions, and that overlap is absolutely acceptable (it’s actually the whole point!). Corporate carbon accounting is not about measuring the total concentration of emissions in the atmosphere-that’s done by physically taking air samples and measuring the concentration of GHGs. Corporate carbon accounting is about accountability: identifying the activity source of the emissions (whether it’s an activity within your own operation, like electricity consumption, or one from your external value chain) and understanding how to make operational changes to drive those emissions down.
@@sustainlife Hello, great presentation! I had a follow up question here: In a sample of 100 companies, can we assume that the scope 3 impacts of all companies would be the "Total impact" from all companies together? This ofcourse assumes that the scope 3 emissions are pro rata associated with each of the companies, which is probably not a trivial task.
Can I say that
Scope 1 is operation of own boiler, own power consumption?
Scope 2 is cooling, heating?
Scope 3 is business travel, purchases goods and services, investments, vehicles in a fleet, and leased buildings/ outsourced logisitics?
No
Heating oil is scope 1 and heating is scope 2 can you clarify on the differences. If company receives a gas bill will that be 1 or 2?
That would most likely be a scope 2 emission because it relates to indirect greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the consumption of purchased electricity, heat, or steam.
Confused about location based and market based bifurcation in Scope 2 emissions, Can you provide Explanation 😢
hey there, this blog post should help: www.sustain.life/blog/purchased-electricity-emissions-accounting-market-and-location-based
A seemingly naive question. Nevertheless.
Scope 1 emissions are something that arises out of 'Burn' or arises as a direct resultant of your activities.
But wouldn't that also take into account purchased fuel? Which is ideally Scope 2 emissions?
Hey there! Yes, the "Burn, Buy" Beyond" is just a shorthand to remember, generally, what fits into each scope. So, yes you are still burning purchased fuel as part of scope 2.
scope 2 is about the emission from producing those oils/electricity
What is the purpose of all these? I mean why do we have to measure them and categorise them into scopes 1,2 and 3?
Hey Ragas, Classification of emissions into scopes is governed by the GHGP Corporate Value Chain standard, the leading standard that dictates how businesses can translate their business activities to emissions outputs. Scopes are a classification system that organizes different activities based off of a company's ability to control the activities that produce those emissions.
@@sustainlife Thank you so much for your reply.
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