'Scope 3 emissions': what they are and why companies must start reporting them

<aside> 📢 The benefit of greenhouse gas/carbon accounting through “Scopes” is that it provides an international framework to measure emissions.

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Definitions

• Carbon inventory / corporate carbon footprint
• Carbon intensity
• Value chain
• Direct emissions
• Indirect emissions
• Scope 1
• Scope 2
• Scope 3

https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-3-inventory-guidance

Quiz

• Companies generally emit more carbon through direct or indirect emissions?
• Companies are currently required to report which of the following scopes of emissions?