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Singapore Carbon Market Alliance

Greenhouse gas emission from sources owned or directly controlled by the organization.

Greenhouse gas emission from the generation of purchased electricity, heat, cooling or steam consumed by the organization.

Metodologia para cálculo de emissões em todas as 15 categorias. Inclui exemplos. O GHG Protocol oferecia até 2023 uma calculadora (Scope 3 Evaluator), mas a retirou da internet por considerá-la ultrapassada.

Scope 3 emissions: Greenhouse gas emissions that are indirectly caused by a company through any activities other than the generation of purchased energy. A major source of Scope 3 emissions is a company’s value chain, which includes emissions from both upstream (e.g., agricultural production) and downstream (e.g., use and disposal of products by consumers) supply […]

Greenhouse gas emission that is a consequence of the organization’s activities but arises from sources that are not owned or directly controlled by the organization.

A Agência de Proteção Ambiental dos EUA (EPA) lista orientações bem práticas e algumas ferramentas de software (como a Energy Star) sobre como inventariar as emissões indiretas.

Scope 4 is not an officially recognized category under the widely accepted Greenhouse Gas Protocol, which defines Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. However, Scope 4 is an emerging concept used in some discussions around carbon markets to refer to the carbon emissions avoided due to a company’s actions or the use of their products […]

Erosive action of running water in streams, which excavates and carries away material from the bed and banks.

An air pollution device that uses a spray of water or reactant or a dry process to trap pollutants in emissions.