There are two main methodologies companies can use to quantify Scope 2:
The market-based method is considered more accurate, but requires more specific emissions data from utilities.
Some key ways organizations can lower their Scope 2 emissions:
Comprehensive emissions reporting requires Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) disclosures. Robust Scope 2 accounting:
Scope 2 emissions are indirect GHG emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat, or cooling. Although scope 2 emissions physically occur at the facility where they are generated, they are accounted for in an organization’s GHG inventory because they are a result of the organization’s energy use.
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Scope 2 are emissions that a company causes indirectly and come from where the energy it purchases and uses is produced. For example, the emissions caused when generating the electricity that we use in our buildings would fall into this category.
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Scope 2 accounts for GHG emissions from the generation of purchased electricity consumed by a company. Purchased electricity is defined as electricity that is purchased or otherwise brought into the organizational boundary of the company. Scope 2 emissions physically occur at the facility where electricity is generated.
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