POSITIVE PLANET
What are scope 1 emissions?
Direct greenhouse gas emissions that occur from sources owned or controlled by a company, such as emissions from the combustion of fuels in on-site boilers, furnaces, or vehicles.
What are scope 2 emissions?
Indirect greenhouse gas emissions that result from the generation of purchased electricity, steam, or other forms of energy consumed by a company. heating and cooling for own use (indirect because it’s the electricity company that are creating them), employee commuting etc.
What are scope 3 emissions?
All other indirect greenhouse gas emissions that occur in an organisation’s value chain, including emissions from upstream and downstream activities. Courier/ transport vehicles that you are not driving, waste contractor emissions, use of sold products. We need to establish a scope so that we know what we’re constantly measuring and aiming to reduce.
