Extensive research conducted by organisations such as CDP, McKinsey and BCG indicate that companies’ supply chains can generate, on average, approximately 11.4 times more total carbon emissions than operational emissions. As such, in recent years, the focus and push for companies to decarbonise their supply chains (and achieve net zero in the process) has grown. … Read More
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What are Scope 4 emissions?
Carbon emission reporting revolves around different scopes of impact. Traditionally, organisations who are disclosing their emissions have homed in on Scope 1 and Scope 2 – direct emissions and indirect emissions from purchased electricity heat and steam- with an increasing number now extending their reporting to include indirect Scope 3. More recently, a previously lesser-known … Read More
The framework of scopes for reporting carbon emissions
There is scientific consensus that our planet is warming as a result of human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere. There is a global call to reduce emissions, as well as mitigate and adapt to the impacts associated with climate change. This call has been answered initially by the Paris Agreement, which in … Read More