In Scope 3 können Sie über eine externe Datenbank nach Emissionsfaktoren suchen und diese direkt in den Climate Hub übernehmen.
Um in Scope 3 eine eigene Aktivität hinzuzufügen, können Sie den Button Faktor suchen (aktivitätsbasiert) nutzen. Mit diesem Button haben Sie die Möglichkeit, Faktoren aus einer externen Datenbank abzufragen. Die Suche nach ausgabenbasierten Emissionsfaktoren ist hier beschrieben.
Beim Anklicken öffnet sich ein neues Fenster, in dem Sie in englischer Sprache nach Schlüsselwörtern (Keywords) suchen können. Die Suchergebnisse lassen sich nach folgenden Kriterien filtern: Land (Region), Datenbank (Source), Jahr (Year) und Einheit (Unit Type). Zusätzlich können Emissionsfaktoren nun nach Kategorien (z. B. building materials) und Sektoren (z. B. buildings and infrastructure) vorab gruppiert werden. Dies erleichtert das Durchsuchen der Faktoren, wenn der genaue Name des Faktors unbekannt ist.
Wenn Sie einen passenden Faktor gefunden haben, können Sie diesen durch Klicken auf den Button Übernehmen in den Climate Hub übernehmen. Alle relevanten Infos, die für die Nachvollziehbarkeit wichtig sind, werden anschließend im Climate Hub angezeigt. Dort haben Sie auch die Möglichkeit der Aktivität einen eigenen Namen (Art) zu geben.
Durch das Klicken des Häkchens erscheint die Aktivität in der Übersicht und das Unternehmen kann seine Vebrauchswerte in der Spalte Eingabe eintragen und die Einheit des Eingabewertes auswählen. Die Emissionen werden dann automatisch ermittelt. Diese können zur ersten Einschätzung in der Anzeige in der rechten oberen Ecke eingesehen werden:
Weitere Informationen
Details zur externen Datenbank von Climatiq finden Sie auf der offiziellen Website.
Dort finden Sie u.a. die Beschreibung zur Datenqualität:
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Emissionsfaktoren können entfernt werden wenn sie als unbrauchbar oder stark fehlerhaft eingestuft werden. Solche Faktoren erscheinen dann auch nicht mehr im Climate Hub.
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Emissionsfaktoren, die potentielle Probleme aufweisen, werden mit einem Qualitätskennzeichen versehen.
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Unvollständige Berücksichtigung von Emissionen
Der CO2e-Wert eines Emissionsfaktors berücksichtigt nicht alle bei einer Aktivität ausgestoßenen Gase. Beispielsweise könnten nur die CO2-Emissionen einer Aktivität einbezogen sein, während andere Treibhausgase unberücksichtigt bleiben. Dennoch wird der Faktor bereitgestellt, da er oder die Quelle als wichtig genug angesehen wird. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in der Beschreibung des jeweiligen Faktors, oder können in der dazu angegebenen Quelle nachgelesen werden.
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Climatiq hat potenzielle Probleme in der Methodik eines Emissionsfaktors festgestellt. Dies könnte daran liegen, dass die Methodik von allgemein anerkannten Standards abweicht oder die Quelle keine klaren Angaben zur verwendeten macht. Weitere Informationen finden Sie in der Beschreibung des jeweiligen Faktors, oder können in der dazu angegebenen Quelle nachgelesen werden.
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Weiterhin finden Sie dort die Beschreibungen zu den folgenden Sub-Datenbanken:
| data base | data type | description |
| ADEME | activity-based | ADEME (Agence de la transition écologique) is the French Agency for Ecological Transition and offers a wide range of emission factors to support the measurement and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in France. These emission factors are used to estimate greenhouse gas emissions associated with various activities, such as energy consumption and transportation. |
| AIB | activity-based | The Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) is a European organisation that manages and promotes the use of energy attribute certificates to track the production and consumption of renewable energy in Europe. The AIB produces the European Residual Mix Report which includes data on the mix of fuels used to generate electricity in each European country, as well as the associated greenhouse gas emissions. |
| BEIS | activity-based, spend-based | The UK Government issues emission conversion factors for use by UK and international organisations to report on greenhouse gas emissions. The key responsible departments / agencies are / were: BEIS , DEFRA, DESNZ and NAEI. |
| CAEP | activity-based | The Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning (CAEP) is a public institution that conducts crucial research and offers policy recommendations on environmental issues to the Chinese government and corporations, playing a significant role in developing China's environmental strategies. |
| CBAM | activity-based | The European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) is a regulatory tool designed to measure carbon emissions attributed to the production of high-carbon goods imported into the EU, aiming to promote cleaner practices in industrial production across non-EU countries. To this end, the European Commission publishes emission factors providing the necessary metrics for compliance and environmental integrity. |
| CCF | activity-based | Cloud Carbon Footprint is a free and open-source emissions measurement and analysis tool. It provides emission factors and methodology for measuring the emissions of Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). |
| Circular Ecology | activity-based | Circular Ecology offers resource efficiency services, including carbon footprinting, water footprinting, life cycle assessment (LCA), circular economy and general resource efficiency. |
| Climate TRACE | activity-based | Climate TRACE (Tracking Real-Time Atmospheric Carbon Emissions) is a collaborative initiative aimed at providing precise, real-time tracking of global greenhouse gas emissions using artificial intelligence, satellite image processing and other remote sensing technologies along with academic research and publicly available data. |
| Climatiq | activity-based | |
| CLP Group | activity-based | The CLP Group is a Hong Kong-based power company that generates electricity from a variety of sources, including coal, gas, nuclear, and renewable energy. The company conducts greenhouse gas emissions accounting and reporting and provides data on its emissions performance. |
| CT | activity-based | Climate Transparency is a global partnership organisation funded by the German Government, World Bank, and several other bodies. It seeks to stimulate climate action in G20 countries through enhanced transparency. The Climate Transparency Report annually provides the emission intensity of electricity generation for various countries, based on the emissions from the respective grid mix. |
| DEWA | activity-based | The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) is a government-owned utility company that provides electricity and water services to the emirate of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. It is responsible for implementing policies and initiatives related to energy and water supply and conservation and promoting the use of renewable energy sources in Dubai. |
| DISER | activity-based | The Australian Government issues emission conversion factors for use by Australian and international organisations to report on greenhouse gas emissions. The key responsible departments / agencies are / were: DISER and DCCEEW. |
| EEA | activity-based | The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an EU agency that provides independent scientific and technical information to support environmental policies and sustainable development in Europe through data analysis, assessment, and reporting. |
| EEI | activity-based | The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) is the association that represents all U.S. investor-owned electric companies. EEI has developed a database to support corporate sustainability reporting, especially in calculating scope 2 emissions for specific US electricity suppliers. |
| Electricity Info | activity-based | ElectricityInfo.org is an independent website providing consumers with environmental information on the UK electricity supply industry including emission factors of fuel mix electricity data so they can make an informed choice about their electricity supply. |
| EMA | activity-based | The Energy Market Authority (EMA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry in Singapore. They issue average CO2 emission emitted per unit of electricity. |
| EPA | activity-based, spend-based | The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is the United States government agency that provides regularly updated default emission factors for organisational greenhouse gas reporting in the United States. |
| EPPO | activity-based | The Energy Policy and Planning Office (EPPO) of Thailand issues the average CO2 emission emitted per unit of electricity. |
| EXIOBASE | spend-based | EXIOBASE is a global, detailed Multi-Regional Environmentally Extended Supply-Use Table (MR-SUT) and Input-Output Table (MR-IOT). It was developed by harmonising and detailing supply-use tables for a large number of countries, estimating emissions and resource extractions by industry. Subsequently, the country supply-use tables were linked via trade creating an MR-SUT and producing MR-IOTs from this. The MR-IOT can be used for the analysis of the environmental impacts associated with the final consumption of product groups. |
| GEMIS | activity-based | GEMIS, or the Global Emission Model for Integrated Systems, is a comprehensive life cycle assessment (LCA) software tool developed by IINAS, the Institute for Integrated Environmental Assessments. The tool is designed to analyse and model the environmental impacts of various technologies, products, and services. GEMIS covers a wide range of sectors, including energy, transport, materials, and agriculture, among others, providing reliable and consistent emission factors. |
| GHG Protocol | activity-based | The GHG Protocol is the de-facto standard-setting organisation for greenhouse-gas accounting. As well as producing guidance on estimating and categorising emissions, it also provides a set of the most commonly-used emission factors including energy consumption, transportation, waste management, and industrial processes. |
| GLEC | activity-based | The Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC) is a partnership between industry, government, and non-governmental organisations that aims to develop and promote a standardised approach for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions from logistics supply chain activities, including freight transport by road, rail, air, and sea. |
| Government of Canada | activity-based | Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) is the department of the Government of Canada responsible for coordinating environmental policies and programs as well as enforcing environmental regulations. Canada's Official Greenhouse Gas Inventory offers comprehensive data and insights on Canada's environmental footprint through greenhouse gas emission records. |
| Green-e | activity-based | Green-e is a certification program in the United States focusing on renewable energy and carbon offset products and services, providing greenhouse gas emission factors for energy sources such as electricity. |
| Greenview | activity-based | Greenview is a sustainability platform that provides the Hotel Footprinting Tool, utilizing data from over 27,000 hotels in the Cornell Hotel Sustainability Benchmarking index. |
| HKEI | activity-based | HKEI (Hong Kong Electric Investments) is a Hong Kong-based power company that generates electricity from coal and gas. The company reports the carbon dioxide emissions factor for the electricity it generates and supplies to customers, which is calculated based on the emissions from its power plants. |
| IPCC | activity-based | The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is a United Nations body that assesses the scientific evidence related to climate change and offers guidance to governments and policymakers on climate-related issues. IPCC provides a range of emission factors in their reports including energy-related emissions, industrial processes, agriculture, and land use and waste management activities. |
| Market Economics Limited | spend-based | Market Economics Limited is an independent New Zealand-based consultancy that specialises in market and economic analysis and environmental and ecological research. |
| MfE | activity-based | The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) is the government agency responsible for environmental policy and regulation in New Zealand, providing guidance and resources on greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting and reporting including emission factors of different GHG emissions sources. |
| Netherlands Enterprise Agency | activity-based | The Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) is a government agency, part of the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. It fosters sustainable business practices by offering crucial resources. |
| OEKOBAUDAT | activity-based | The German Federal Ministry for Housing, Urban Development, and Building provides the OEKOBAUDAT, an extensive database of emission factors for materials and equipment used in construction and building design. |
| OpenIO-Canada | spend-based | OpenIO-Canada is an open-source, Environmentally Extended Input-Output (EEIO) model and tool designed to estimate the life cycle impacts of products and services in Canada. |
| STC-Nestra B.V. | activity-based | STC-Nestra B.V. is a consulting and engineering firm based in the Netherlands that specialises in sustainable transport solutions. One of the services offered by STC-Nestra B.V. is the calculation and reporting of transport emissions, such as greenhouse gas emissions associated with sea transport. |
| UBA | activity-based | The Umweltbundesamt (UBA) is the Federal Environment Agency of Germany and is responsible for promoting sustainable development through scientific research, providing advice on a wide range of environmental issues to the government, businesses, organisations, and the public. The UBA reports emission factors for electricity, fuel, and transport among others. |
| UNECE | activity-based | The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) is one of the regional commissions of the United Nations, focused on improving economic relationships between European countries and enhancing cooperation for sustainable development. Among its various publications is the document on Integrated Life-cycle Assessment of Electricity Sources, which provides comprehensive emission factors for different electricity generation methods. |
| WRAP | activity-based | WRAP provides a comprehensive database for scope 3 food and drink emission factors, employing a consistent methodology that enables businesses to measure and track their supply chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. To form this comprehensive repository, WRAP synthesizes information from numerous distinct sources including academic publications among others. |