CDP Climate Change 2022 Reporting Guidance

(C6.1) What were your organization’s gross global Scope 1 emissions in metric tons CO₂e?

Change from last year

No change

Rationale

Reporting emissions is best practice and a prerequisite to understanding and reducing negative environmental impacts. CDP asks this question to ensure companies are measuring their carbon footprints from direct emissions.

Connection to other frameworks

TCFD

Metrics & Targets recommended disclosure b) Disclose Scope 1, Scope 2, and, if appropriate, Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and the related risks.

SDG

Goal 13: Climate action

Response options

Please complete the following table:

Requested content

General

• Emissions must be reported in gross, not net figures. Therefore, negative numbers are not allowed.
• Putting in zero suggests that you have measured your emissions and that they are equal to zero.
• Gross emissions are requested so that data users can account for 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's boundary.
• Scope 1 emissions should be reported in metric tons of CO₂e. Common conversion factors are included in the Technical Note "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 "Special conditions for reporting Scope 1 emissions".
• Emissions estimates are acceptable, as long as there is transparency with regards to the estimation approach (what is estimated and how) and the data used for the analysis is adequate to support the objectives of the inventory. If applicable to your organization's reporting of Scope 1 emissions, please outline this in the comment column.

Note for first-time responders

• If you are a first-time responder, please provide gross global Scope 1 emissions data for the current reporting year and the three years prior to the current reporting year.
• Please input the gross global Scope 1 emissions data for the current reporting year in the first row and work backwards from the current reporting year.
• Please ensure that the reporting period represents only one full year that has already passed. Reporting periods should not be in the future. This information is important for others to understand the time dimension of your disclosure.
• Use the comment column to report relevant information regarding your organization's past Scope 1 emissions data.

Note for restatements

• If you have chosen to restate your organization's gross global Scope 1 emissions data previously supplied to CDP by adding additional reporting years to C0.2, you may do so here.
• Reporting recalculated figures for these years is optional.
• All years Scope 1 emissions data needs to be entered in reverse order, with the current reporting year first, i.e. you should first input the current reporting year emissions data and work backwards from the most recent reporting year.
• Please ensure that the reporting period represents only one full year that has already passed. Reporting periods should not be in the future. This information is important for others to understand the time dimension of your disclosure.
• Use the comment column to identify that this is restated data and the reason for the restatement.
• For more information on restatements see CDP’s technical note on restatements here.

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.

Note for agricultural sector companies:

• Direct emissions from agricultural/forestry, processing/manufacturing and/or distribution activities should be reported as part of Scope 1 emissions in this question.

Explanation of terms

• Biogas: A gas derived principally from the anaerobic fermentation of biomass and solid wastes and combusted to produce heat and/or power. Included in this category are landfill gas and sludge gas (sewage gas and gas from animal slurries) and other biogas.