The question facing companies and organisations is no longer whether to take climate action, but rather how and where to begin. It all starts with understanding your carbon footprint, but many companies are struggling to navigate through the terminology of carbon emissions as well as the different frameworks and methodologies available.
This bite-sized webinar will provide you with a solid foundation for measuring your organisation’s carbon footprint, as well as an understanding of how this can help you take action and engage with your customers and suppliers.
2. 6
Carbon measurement is the foundation
for accelerating your climate journey
CARBON
FOOTPRINT
• Engage with clients (B2B)about how to
contribute to their climate goals
• Demonstrate sustainability to end customers (B2C)
and (potential) employees
• Prioritise greeninnovationefforts and product
development
• Set a public targetand commit to it
externally and internally
• Initiate reduction measures
• Start a dialoguewith suppliers to green
your supply chain
• Anchor changein everyday life
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How good is your overview of your organisations carbon
footprint?
POLL
Have a full overview of our
footprint, including in our supply
chain and at our customers
Have some, but quite limited
picture
Have a quite detailed picture of
many emission categories, but
lack the full overview
Have not yet started to measure
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1 3
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THE GLOBAL BEST
PRACTICE FOR
CARBON MEASURE IS
GHG PROTOCOL
– differentiating between
scope 1, 2 and 3
Upstream activities Downstream activitiesYour company
SCOPE 2:
Purchased
energy
• Electricity
• Heat
• Cooling
• Steam
SCOPE 3:
Value chain
• Purchased
goods and
services
• Fuel and energy-
related activities
(not in scope 2)
• Transport and
distribution
• Waste generated
in operations
• Business travel
• Employee
commuting
• Leased assets
SCOPE 1:
On-site
emissions
• Company
vehicles
• Company
facilities
• On-site
production
SCOPE 3:
Value chain
• Transport and
distribution
• Processing of
sold products
• Use of sold
product
• End-of-life
treatment of
sold product
• Leased assets
• Franchises
• Investments
SCOPE 2
SCOPE 3 SCOPE 3
SCOPE 1
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Overall carbon measurement can be broken down into three steps
Calculationof
emission
footprint
Break down
activities
Collect
volume data
Scope 1 and 2
– easy data access
Scope 3
– no direct access to
data
Road map/
strategy/
monitor/
investment
decisions
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The carbon
estimation
methodology
is a “simple”
spreadsheet
exercise
ACTIVITY EMISSIONS
PER YEAR
Transport Kg-kms in supply
chain
Kg-kms to customers
Other scope 3 Employee travel
Commute
Canteen
QUANTITY
(kg, kWh, m3, kg-km)
CO2 FACTOR
(ton CO2e / ton)
Vehicle fleet fuel
type and efficiency
Activity-specific
factors
Material
consumption
Steel
Aluminium
Concrete
Plastics
Paper
Mineral wool
Material type and
“virgin or reused
material”
On-site
combustion
Electricity
Heat
Stationary comb.:
Solid, liquid, gases
Fugitive emissions
Mobile emissions
• Carbon content
in electricity and
heat
• Own process
fuels
• Owned vehicle
fleet fuel and
efficiency
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There are different levels of measuring. Depending on your
need, you can go from basic to more detailed
• Broad estimates on volumes and
activities
• Industry average emission factors
• Standard values retrieved from different
databases
• Precise estimates on volumes. Also from
supply-chain and customers
• Specific emission factors
BASIC/
OVERALL
DETAILED
/SPECIFIC
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A basic initial mapping can show areas that
warrant further investigation and validation
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50
35
MaterialsTransport Process
emissions
Total
supply
chain
emissions
5
1
10
3
6
Electricity
and heat
Own
process
emissions
Total on-site
emissions
Business
travel
90
10010
Total
emissions at
customers
Energy
consumption
End-of-life
disposal
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Often, industry
averages are
good as initial
assessments. But
in practice, there
can be significant
variation
Industryaverage
Company-specific
sourcing lowers the
carbon factor
Company-specific
sourcing heightens
the carbon factor
1.0 4.7
Steel
Best available tech
80%
Average facility
Ton GHG / ton
1.5 13.1
Aluminium
Average facility
90%
Best available tech
Ton GHG / ton
Maximum
potential
footprint
Best
available
technology
(BAT)
10. With the emission footprint map available, we can
start developing targets and prioritising concrete actions
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9,000
2,500
500
Process
Materials
Logistics
to factory
700
1,000
80
7
13
Employee
commute
Electricity and
natural gas
Flighs and
hotels
Canteen
Combustible
fuels and
companycars
Water and
waste
111,000
900
Energy
consumption
at clients
Logistics
from factory
12,000 ton 1,800 ton 112,000 ton
?
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Wheredo you believe the majority of your organisation’s
emissions are?
POLL
Scope 3 user side (downstream)Scope 2
Scope 3 supply chain (upstream)Scope 1
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1 3
42
12. With the emission footprint map available, we can
start developing targets and prioritising concrete actions
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9,000
2,500
500
Process
Materials
Logistics
to factory
700
1,000
80
7
13
Employee
commute
Electricity and
natural gas
Flighs and
hotels
Canteen
Combustible
fuels and
companycars
Water and
waste
111,000
900
Energy
consumption
at clients
Logistics
from factory
12,000 ton 1,800 ton 112,000 ton
?
What if we …
… reduced material
inputfrom steel and
aluminium with 10%?
~850 ton
… sourced aluminium
from e.g. Iceland or
Norway?
~2,300 ton
What if we …
… got certified green
electricity and gas?
~700 ton
… swapped meatwith
fish in the canteen?
~50 ton
What if we …
… developed a product
line that is 50% more
energy-efficientand all
our existing customers
use it?
~~
90,000
ton
… developed a product
line that is 50% more
energy-efficientand all
industries use it?
~~
1,7
million
ton
13. When the baseline is established, you can start to act
CO2e EMISSION, t
TIMINGTarget yearBase year
Scope
1
-60
Scope
2
Scope
3
TARGET
SETTING
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Carbon measurement is the foundation
for accelerating your climate journey
CARBON
FOOTPRINT
• Engage with clients (B2B)about how to
contribute to their climate goals
• Demonstrate sustainability to end customers (B2C)
and (potential) employees
• Prioritise greeninnovationefforts and product
development
• Set a public targetand commit to it
externally and internally
• Initiate reduction measures
• Start a dialoguewith suppliers to green
your supply chain
• Anchor changein everyday life