Corporate Carbon Footprint

The DFGE turns calculating the Corporate Carbon Footprint into child’s play

The recording of climate-relevant emissions generated in your company and at your sites has always been THE key figure for sustainability.

Regardless of regulations such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), the upcoming ESRS E1, or the Voluntary Sustainability Reporting Standard for SMEs (VSME), the Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF) is the starting point for all your efforts to stop climate change.

It is a prerequisite for required Product Carbon Footprints, participation in CDP, EcoVadis or for setting climate targets for SBTi. Simple recording according to GHG and non-consideration of Scope 3 emissions are no longer acceptable. A valid calculation is time-consuming and costly, as a lack of data availability, numerous locations and extensive value chains make what is actually simple mathematics complex.

With its top-down method, DFGE shortens and simplifies the calculation of the Carbon Footprint for companies. We select the critical influencing factors for you, use benchmark data and take accessible financial data into account. In this way, a reliable value for company-wide greenhouse gas emissions can be determined in a short space of time – a Corporate Carbon Footprint that also stands up to critical external scrutiny.

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Corporate Carbon Footprint Services

Your support for decarbonization

Basic

  • We reduce the effort for you as much as possible
  • Calculation of your Corporate Carbon Footprint
  • Initial detection of potential savings to reduce your corporate emissions
  • Valid basic data for your environmental report on climate protection, CSR and emissions from corporate activities
  • “DFGE Validated Carbon Footprint Seal” included

Professional

  • You get access to the cloud software, the DFGE CCF Engine for data collection
  • Calculation of your Corporate Carbon Footprint by our DFGE experts
  • Dashboard of the results
  • Digital availability of all report data
  • “DFGE Validated Carbon Footprint Seal” included

Enterprise

  • You become the master of the DFGE CCF Engine
  • Data collection through calculation with the DFGE tool by your ESG department
  • Coaching by our DFGE experts for e.g. top-down estimates for data gaps or selection of emission factors
  • Option of calculating scenarios and variants in the software
  • Optional verification of the results by DFGE for the “DFGE Validated Carbon Footprint Seal”

Services

  • Customized consulting services for the selection and use of software solutions from our partners such as Envoria, Daato /EQS, Wolters Kluwer
  • Active consulting support for the selection and use of third-party software solutions such as Salesforce, Microsoft, SAP, etc.
  • We help you build up your own know-how with workshops & training sessions
  • Validation of your calculations or those of third parties in accordance with international standards such as the GHG Protocol or ISO 14064

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References

Successful CCF customer projects

Case Study Huf Group

Huf Group

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Dierig Holding AG Case Study

Dierig Holding AG

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  • We check your data for gaps, reliability and usability for your CCF
  • Use our expertise for the quality of your Carbon Footprint

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  • We help you switch from spent-based to physical Carbon Footprint
  • We solve your problems with Scope 1 Purchased Goods or scaling method
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Your Advantages

Why you should contact DFGE to calculate the Carbon Footprint for your company

From a management perspective

 

  • Future-proof investment based on DFGE’s more than 25 years of experience in CCF calculation
  • Preparation and assessment of results for C-level management
  • Reduction of internal resources required for carbon accounting

For high Quality

 

  • Standard-compliant according to ISO 14064 standard and GHG protocol
  • Carbon Footprint in accordance with CSRD, ESRS or other legal requirements
  • Consideration of Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions
  • According to DFGE TopDown approach Refinement of the Carbon Footprint value and reduction of the error range
  • Scientifically sound

For your Sustainability Management

 

FAQ | Scopes & weitere Informationen

Scope 1 – Direct Emissions

What does Scope 1 mean?
Scope 1 covers all direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the company.

Where do these emissions occur?
They arise directly from business operations – wherever fuels are combusted or industrial processes take place within the organization’s operational boundaries.

Typical examples of Scope 1 emissions:

  • Combustion of natural gas, heating oil, or diesel in company-owned facilities

  • Emissions from company-owned vehicles

  • Process-related emissions (e.g., chemical reactions in manufacturing)

  • Leakage of refrigerants from air conditioning or cooling systems

Why is Scope 1 important?
These emissions are under the company’s direct control. They can be reduced through efficiency improvements, electrification, alternative fuels, or transitioning to renewable energy sources.

Scope 2 – Indirect Emissions from Purchased Energy

What does Scope 2 mean?
Scope 2 includes indirect GHG emissions from the generation of purchased energy that the company consumes.

Why are they considered indirect?
The emissions physically occur at the energy producer’s facilities, not on-site at the company. However, they are attributed to the company because they result from its energy demand.

Typical examples of Scope 2 emissions:

  • Purchased electricity

  • District heating or cooling

  • Purchased steam used in production processes

Why is Scope 2 important?
Energy consumption is often a significant contributor to a company’s carbon footprint. Switching to renewable electricity, entering power purchase agreements (PPAs), or improving energy efficiency can substantially reduce Scope 2 emissions.

Scope 3 – Other Indirect Emissions Across the Value Chain

What does Scope 3 mean?
Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions that occur across the company’s value chain — both upstream and downstream — and are not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2.

Why is Scope 3 so comprehensive?
It covers emissions resulting from activities that the company does not directly own or control but that are connected to its operations.

Typical examples of Scope 3 emissions:

  • Production of purchased goods and services

  • Transportation and distribution

  • Business travel and employee commuting

  • Use of sold products

  • End-of-life treatment, recycling, or disposal of products

Why is Scope 3 important?
For many industries, Scope 3 represents the largest share of total emissions. Meaningful climate action therefore requires engagement with suppliers, product design improvements, and consideration of the full product life cycle.

What is the Carbon Footprint?

The English term carbon footprint (CF) has also become established in Germany and is increasingly replacing the terms CO2 footprint and CO2 balance. It represents the sum of all carbon dioxide emissions (measured in CO₂) and greenhouse gas emissions (measured in CO₂ equivalents, CO₂-eq) that a company, product or service causes directly and indirectly over a defined period of time or over its life cycle.

Determining an emissions balance is necessary in order to measure the impact on the climate caused by companies and products. Ecological weak points and drivers of emissions can be discovered and optimized during the recording and calculation process. The calculated value of the carbon footprint then serves as a benchmark that needs to be reduced in order to achieve international and national climate targets.

Relevant norms and standards

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