The Green House Gas Protocol released a new guidance for the calculation of Scope 3 inventories. The new guidance provides even more methods for the 15 categories, guidance on selecting the appropriate calculation methods and examples of the calculation of the Carbon Footprint.
What has changed:
- Revised Decision Trees
- More Detail on calculation for category 1 – Purchased Goods and Services (hybrid method)
- More Guidance for category 5 – Waste generated in operations
- Extended Guidance for category 15 – Investments
You can download the full report (or for single categories) here.