You can select data views according to GHG Protocol or ISO 14064 categories using the Analytics page's 'Show by' filter.

Below, you can find the classifications that we support under GHG Protocol and ISO14064:

GHG Protocol Classification

The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard classifies a company’s GHG emissions into three ‘scopes’.

Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from owned or controlled sources.

  • Stationary Combustion: Stationary fuel combustion emission sources are typically devices that combust solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel, generally to produce electricity and generate steam or heat.
  • Company Vehicles: Refers to a wide variety of company-owned or operated vehicles, engines, and equipment that generate GHG emissions through the combustion of various fuels while moving from one location to another.
  • Refrigerants: Fugitive emissions from refrigeration and air conditioning result from leakage and service over the operational life of the equipment and from disposal at the end of the useful life of the equipment.

Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy.

  • Purchased Energy: These are considered indirect emissions sources because they are a consequence of activities of the reporting organisation but occur at sources owned and controlled by an outside entity (i.e. an electricity utility).
  • Purchased Electricity: Purchased electricity is obtained from external sources, contributing to an organization's indirect greenhouse gas emissions, reflecting emissions tied to its generation and transmission.

Scope 3 emissions are all indirect emissions (not included in Scope 1 and Scope 2) that occur in the value chain of the reporting company, including both upstream and downstream emissions.

  • Purchased Goods and Services:  This includes all upstream (i.e., cradle-to-gate) emissions from the production of products purchased or acquired by the reporting company in the reporting year. Products include goods (tangible products) and services (intangible products).
  • Employee Commuting: This includes emissions from the transportation of employees between their homes and worksites. Companies may have emissions from teleworking (i.e., employees working remotely) in this category.
  • Business Travel: This includes emissions from the transportation of employees for business-related activities in vehicles owned or operated by third parties, such as aircraft, trains, buses, and passenger cars.
  • Waste Generated in Operations: This is related to emissions from third-party disposal and treatment of waste generated in the reporting company’s owned or controlled operations in the reporting year. This category includes emissions from the removal of both solid waste and wastewater.
  • Upstream Transportation and Distribution: This category includes emissions from transportation and distribution of products purchased in the reporting year between a company’s tier 1 suppliers3 and its operations in vehicles not owned or operated by the reporting company.
  • Downstream Transportation and Distribution: This category includes emissions that occur in the reporting year from transportation and distribution of sold products in vehicles and facilities not owned or controlled by the reporting company.
  • Capital Goods: This category includes all upstream (i.e., cradle-to-gate) emissions from producing capital goods purchased or acquired by the reporting company in the year.
  • Fuel and Energy-Related Activities: This category includes emissions related to the production of fuels and energy purchased and consumed by the reporting company in the reporting year that are not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2.
  • Upstream Leased Assets: This category includes emissions from the operation of assets leased by the reporting company in the reporting year and not already included in the reporting company’s scope 1 or scope 2 inventories. This category applies only to companies that operate leased assets (i.e., lessees).
  • Downstream Leased Assets: This category includes emissions from the operation of assets owned by the reporting company (acting as the lessor) and leased to other entities in the reporting year that are not already included in scope 1 or scope 2.
  • End-of-Life Treatment: This category includes emissions from the waste disposal and treatment of products sold by the reporting company (in the reporting year) at the end of their life.
  • Processing of Sold Products: This category includes emissions from the processing of sold intermediate products by third parties (e.g., manufacturers) subsequent to sale by the reporting company.
  • Use of Sold Products: This category includes emissions from the use of goods and services sold by the reporting company in the reporting year. A reporting company’s scope 3 emissions from the use of sold products include the scope 1 and scope 2 emissions of end users. End users include both consumers and business customers that use final products.

ISO 14064 Classification

ISO 14064:1-2018 classifies a company’s GHG emissions into 6 ‘Categories’.

Category 1: Direct GHG emissions and removals.

  • Direct emissions from stationary combustion result from the combustion of any fuel (fossil or biomass) burnt in stationary (fixed) equipment, such as heaters, gas turbines, and boilers.
  • Direct emissions from mobile combustion result from fuel burnt in transport equipment, such as motor vehicles, trucks, ships, aircraft, locomotives, and forklift trucks.
  • Direct fugitive emissions from the release of GHGs in anthropogenic systems come from systems that extract, process, store, and deliver fossil fuels, equipment leaks, agricultural operations, and uncontrolled decomposition of waste material from such sources as landfills, composting facilities, wastewater treatment, and other waste management processes.

Category 2: Indirect GHG emissions from imported energy.

  • Indirect emissions from imported energy (steam, heating, cooling, and compressed air), including GHG emissions related to the production of energy consumed by the organization through a physical network (steam, heating, cooling, and compressed air), excluding electricity.

Category 3: Indirect GHG emissions from transportation.

  • Emissions from upstream transport for goods are emissions from freight services that are paid for by the organization.
  • Emissions from downstream transport for goods are emissions from freight services due to the first purchasers or other purchasers throughout the supply chain but not paid for by the organization.
  • Emissions from employee commuting include emissions related to the transportation of employees from their homes to their workplaces.
  • Emissions from business travel are mainly due to fuel burnt in mobile combustion sources.

Category 4: Indirect GHG emissions from products and services used by organizations.

  • Emissions from purchased goods are emissions associated with the fabrication of the product.
  • Emissions from capital goods (production and non-production related capital products) are from goods purchased and amortized by the organization.
  • Emissions from the disposal of solid and liquid waste include landfill, incineration, biological treatment, or recycling process depending upon the characteristics of the waste and its treatment.

Category 5: Indirect GHG emissions associated with using products from the organization.

We don't currently show Category 6 as it includes all other indirect emissions not included in Categories 1 to 5.