What are scope 3 emissions?

What are scope 3 emissions? A quick ESG training guide to a very common term in conversations about the environment and sustainability. 

Scope 3 emissions are all about activities that you might not necessarily associate with a company’s carbon footprint. Here, we’re talking about emissions lying outside their direct control, but within their overall environmental impact. In other words, emissions that are ‘hidden’ in supply chains and product usage. 

These are known as scope 3 emissions, and for many businesses, they represent the largest and most challenging part of their environmental impact to measure and manage.

Scope 3 emissions are all indirect emissions that occur in the value chain (either up or down) of any given company. They are part of a wider collection of two other classes of emissions: 

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Two reasons:

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