Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions

How it is used

Defined by the GHG Protocol and used in every corporate climate report. People say 'our Scope 1 and 2 emissions' or just 'Scope 3'. Scope 3 is usually the largest and hardest to measure, because it includes suppliers, transport, the use of sold products and their end of life.

Example sentences

1. Our Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell by 18%, but Scope 3 emissions from suppliers kept rising.

2. Customers now ask us to report Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for every product line.

Common collocations

• Scope 3 emissions
• Scope 1 and 2 emissions
• value chain emissions
• report Scope 3
• market-based Scope 2

Related terms

• greenhouse gas inventoryA structured account of all the greenhouse gases that a country, city or company emits and removes in a given year, broken down by source and by gas.
• emissionsGases or particles released into the air, for example from vehicles, factories, power plants or farms. In climate work the word usually means greenhouse gases.
• carbon footprintThe total amount of greenhouse gases caused by a person, product, company or event, usually given in tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
• emission factorA value that converts an activity, such as liters of fuel burned or kilowatt-hours of electricity used, into the amount of greenhouse gas or pollutant emitted.
• disclosureThe act of making information public, especially the data, risks and targets that companies must or choose to report to investors, regulators and the public.

More terms: Environmental Reporting and ESG

• ESG
• sustainability report
• climate risk
• greenwashing
• materiality