What are Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions?
Scope 1 emissions are the emissions produced directly by your business, such as the fuel your company vehicles consume.
Scope 2 emissions are the indirect emissions from the generation of purchased energy, such as the emissions from generating electricity for a company's buildings.
Scope 3 emissions sound complicated, but are really just the Scope 1 and 2 emissions of the companies in your supply chain. The challenge with Scope 3 emissions is collecting this data from your suppliers–they’re often busy and don’t have the toolkits to collect and share this data easily.
As more and more regulations require you to report on both your company’s Scope 1 and 2 emissions and the Scope 3 emissions of your value chain, you’ll need to find a solution that makes it possible to not only automatically process your company data, but also can empower your suppliers to collect theirs and then automatically integrate it into your reporting.