- CCF - Corporate Carbon Footprint
Data Collection
Measure
- operating cost statements
- fuel and chemical purchases
- mileage reports
- supplier reports
Estimate
- intensity based
- per m2, production unit, turnover euro
- company-specific or industry average
Emission Factors
- most activities have certain factors
- e.g. fruit (product of fruit overseas)
- different products/activities can have different factors
- e.g. organic bananas from panama are different from just fruit
- e.g. short vs long distance flight per km
How to Calculate
- find activities (from all 3 scopes)
- multiply activity with relevant GHG emission factor
- sum up for each of the 3 scopes
- sum 3 scopes together
Scopes
Scope 1
- stationary combustion
- mobile combustion
- process emissions
- fugitive emissions
- e.g. refrigeration system leak
- biogenic carbon emissions
- wood/pellets
Scope 2
- purchased electricity (location based)
- purchased electricity (market based)
- steam
- heating/cooling
- biogenic carbon emissions
- wood/pellets
| Method | Explanation | Emission factor | Strength | Weakness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Location-based | Use of country- or more region-specific emission factors. | Grid average | Enables Comparability + between locations within a country/region + between companies of the same industry | - Low influenceability |
| Market-based | Use of source- or supplier-specific emission factors. | Specific factor of the respective energy supplier | Active control of the supplied energy & consideration in the GHG balance. Example Green electricity: + Scope 2: 0 emissions + Scope 3: Consideration of emissions from the generation plants in category 3.3. | - Crediting green electricity with zero emissions removes the incentive to reduce energy consumption - Emissions from the generation facilities are often not taken into account. |
- the point of location vs market based is that the market based should be lower than the location based
- signals special contracts the company has that leverage renewables
Scope 3
Upstream
- purchased goods & services
- capital & capital goods
- fuel and energy-related activities
- upstream transportation (not part of own fleet)
- waste generation in upstream
- business traveling
- employee commuting
- upstream leased assets
Downstream
- downstream transportation (not part of own fleet)
- processing of products sold
- used of sold products
- end-of-life treatment
- downstream leased assets
- franchises
- investments (interesting for banks)