(C-CE7.4/C-CH7.4/C-CO7.4/C-EU7.4/C-MM7.4/C-OG7.4/C-ST7.4/C-TO7.4/C-TS7.4) Break down your organization’s total gross global Scope 1 emissions by sector production activity in metric tons CO2e.
Change from last year
Modified guidance
Rationale
Reporting emissions by activity allows a more in-depth understanding of business risks related to future regulation and climate-related issues, and allows organizations to identify potential opportunities to reduce emissions associated with operational activities.
Response options
Please complete the following table:
Sector production activity | Gross Scope 1 emissions, metric tons CO2e | Net Scope 1 emissions, metric tons CO2e* | Comment |
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Cement production activities** |
Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999 using a maximum of 3 decimal places] | Numerical field [enter a number from 0-999,999,999 using a maximum of 3 decimal places] | Text field [maximum 2,400 characters] |
Chemicals production activities** |
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Coal production activities** |
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Electric utility activities** |
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Metals and mining production activities** |
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Oil and gas production activities (upstream)** |
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Oil and gas production activities (midstream)** |
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Oil and gas production activities (downstream)** |
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Steel production activities** |
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Transport OEM activities** |
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Transport services activities** |
*This column only appears for cement production activities
**This row only appears for the relevant sector
Requested content
General
- This question requests gross global Scope 1 emissions by sector production activity, i.e. aggregated across all business divisions and/or facilities for that sector.
- It is based on question C6.1 but is sector specific. Emissions occurring outside of the presented sector, should not be reported here. Therefore, the figure you report here should be lower than the figure you reported in C6.1.
- Sector production activities are activities conducted by your organization within the high-intensity sector that this sector-specific questionnaire relates to. These activities may be directly or indirectly related to the production process itself.
- Given the potential complexity of production sectors, CDP encourages you to identify and remove specific activities from your organizational boundary (or business division’s organizational boundary) that are not necessarily a part of the sector. Starting with your answer to question C6.1, emissions from the following sources should be deducted:
- External corporate entities, i.e. assets, business divisions, partnerships and subsidiaries operating outside of the high-intensity sector.
- Non-industrial buildings, e.g. offices, accommodation, other property.
- Non-production related activities, e.g. management, services, R&D, marketing, retail.
- Transport, e.g. distribution, business travel, shipping, freight, logistics.
- Projects, e.g. construction, engineering and maintenance.
- Alternatively, you may consider constructing your sector boundary around activities that should be included. At a minimum, you should include in your sector boundary:
- The production processes
- All activities, processes and equipment that are ancillary to the production processes.
- All other industrial installations, energy installations and other installations or activities contributing to or supplying the production processes and ancillary activities, e.g. boilers, power plant, raw material preparation and extraction, etc.
- All buildings that house the production processes and ancillary activities and said installations, as well as buildings used for inventory storage.
- Onsite mobile combustion, e.g. forklifts and excavators, and movement of materials between industrial sites within the sector.
- Any other industrial activities that typically occur on the production sites of the high-intensity sector.
- You should report direct emissions occurring inside the organizational boundary and the sector boundary.
- If your organization only operates within the presented high-intensity sector, then the emissions figure you report here is still likely to be lower than the figure you reported in C6.1. This is because for this question CDP encourages you to exclude activities that are not dependent on being in the presented sector. The purpose is to improve the consistency and accuracy of sector emissions reporting.
- If your organization is active across multiple high-intensity sectors, complete this table as it is presented, providing gross global Scope 1 emissions for each sector production activity listed.
Scope 1 emissions (metric tons CO2e) (column 2)
- Emissions must be reported in gross, not net figures. Therefore, negative numbers are not allowed. Gross emissions are requested so that users of the information can account for the GHG emissions from sources owned or controlled by your organization, before any reductions for offsets are made, as per the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard. This transparency is meant to provide users with the most accurate portrayal of the emissions created within your company boundary.
- Emission figures should be for the reporting year only (as defined by your answer to C0.2).
- Putting in zero would suggest that you have measured your emissions and that they are equal to zero (0).
- Scope 1 emissions should be reported in metric tons of CO2e. Common conversion factors are included in the Technical Note on Units of Measure Conversions.
- Special requirements for carbon sequestration, captured & stored and transferred CO2, transfer in – transfer out, and enhanced oil recovery are explained in the Technical Note on Special conditions for reporting Scope 1 emissions.
Comment (column 3/column 4 for cement sector) (optional)
- You are encouraged to comment on the activity boundary applied to your disclosure. Comment on any activities that may be part of your organization or, if you also operate in other sectors, the relevant division of your organization, but have not been included here because they are not dependent on being part of the sector. If your methodology employs sector-based guidelines for accounting, then you should also mention them here. Any other comments you deem relevant to your response may also be provided here.
Net Scope 1 emissions, metric tons CO2e (column 3 – for cement sector only)
- Net emissions are gross emissions minus credits for indirect GHG savings. Credits may be awarded for the use of "alternative fuels and raw" materials (AFR). AFR come in the form of recovered wastes which displace the use of fossil fuels. Subtracting credits is in-effect applying a zero-emission factor to the combustion of these wastes. For more information, refer to the accounting standards set by the WBCSD's Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI).
- Emission figures should be for the reporting year only (as defined by your answer to C0.2).
- Putting in zero would suggest that you have measured your emissions and that they are equal to zero (0).
- Scope 1 emissions should be reported in metric tons of CO2e. Common conversion factors are included in the Technical Note on “Units of Measure Conversions”.
- Special requirements for carbon sequestration, captured & stored and transferred CO2, transfer in – transfer out, and enhanced oil recovery are explained in the Technical Note on “Special conditions for reporting Scope 1 emissions”.
Note for cement sector:
For ease of reporting, organizations already accounting direct emissions for the WBCSD's Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) may wish to utilize this work in answering this question. If so, you should update fuel emission factors to incorporate non-CO2 GHG emissions relating to combustion.
Note for oil and gas sector:
This question splits oil and gas activities into upstream, midstream and downstream as follows:
- Upstream includes exploration, development, and production of oil and gas.
- Midstream includes the transportation, storage, and distribution of crude oil and natural gas.
- Downstream includes refining, processing, distribution, and marketing of products derived. For the purpose of this question, Chemicals are also included in this Downstream category, which comprises the manufacture, distribution and marketing of chemical products derived from oil and gas (petrochemicals).
Transport, storage, and distribution activities considered a defining part of the oil and gas sector value chain, e.g. midstream activities, should be included for oil and gas production activities.
Projects considered an essential part of the oil and gas sector, such as exploration and extraction projects, should be included for oil and gas production activities.
Additional information
A note on biogas
- Carbon dioxide emitted from the combustion of biomass/biofuel or fermentation should not be included in your response to question C6.1 but instead should be reported in C6.7. This applies to self-generated biogas.
- When gas is sourced from a shared pipeline network with multiple sources including both renewable and non-renewable sources, certificates are required to demonstrate the renewable origin of gas (i.e. “certified biogas”). To make a renewable electricity usage claim on electricity generated onsite from gas the following conditions need to be met:
- The company combusts gas sourced from a shared gas pipeline network to produce electricity;
- It also owns or purchases green gas certificates that originated from one of the gas producers on the pipeline network – these need not necessarily be purchased directly from the biogas producers;
- The company permanently retains the environmental attributes of the electricity generation, including any energy attribute certificates (e.g. RECs in the U.S.) for the electricity generated.
- If the company uses biogas that is sourced from a dedicated pipeline and the source is renewable, then they do not need certificates to prove the renewable origin.
- CDP does not have specific requirements or recommendations for biogas certification. Certified biogas is defined as a contractual instrument that meets the Scope 2 Quality Criteria in GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance. For more information on this refer to CDP Technical Note: Accounting of Scope 2 emissions.