Sustainability by Monitor
In Monitor you can perform emission calculations for the company’s products and compile the company's total climate impact according to the GHG protocol (the Green House Gas Protocol Corporate Standard).
The GHG protocol has been developed to facilitate companies' reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, as well as to make climate reporting more transparent, consistent and comparable between companies.
The GHG protocol is the most widely accepted international reporting standard and is used by governments, businesses, and organizations as a tool to understand, quantify, and manage greenhouse gas emissions. The wide spread of the GHG protocol makes it easier for companies that follow the protocol to compare their emissions with others. It is also the method recommended by ESRS (European Sustainability Reporting Standards).
In the GHG protocol, the emissions are divided into different categories so that one emission cannot be reported multiple times. This division is based on whether the emission is owned or not owned by the reporting company, and whether the emission is direct or indirect.
Direct emissions come from sources owned or controlled by the reporting company. Indirect emissions are a consequence of the reporting company's operations, but the emission is owned by another party.
Scope
According to the GHG protocol, the company's emissions are divided into three different scopes and correspond to the three levels of reporting requirements developed for companies.
- Scope 1 – Covers the emissions that occur in the company's own operations (direct), e.g., fuel burning and vehicles the company owns or controls.
- Scope 2 – Covers indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heat, and cooling.
- Scope 3 – Concerns other indirect emissions from purchased materials, product use, waste management, business trips, etc. that the company does not own or control.
The different categories (Scope 1, 2 and 3) should be reported separately when you make a sustainability report.
