Environment

Understanding our emissions

Most of our emissions don’t come from within our own operations. They are generated upstream and downstream in our value chain. That’s why measuring and reducing scope 3 emissions is just as important as cutting emissions from our direct activities.

To guide our efforts, we follow the internationally recognized Greenhous Gas Protocol, which breaks emissions down into 3 categories:

Scope 1
Emissions from sources that are owned or controlled by the organization, e.g., through the combustion of fuels needed for production processes.

Scope 2
Emissions from the generation of acquired and consumed electricity, heat, steam or cooling (consumed by the organization, but generated elsewhere).

Scope 3
Emissions that occur as a consequence of the operations of the organization but are not directly owned or controlled by the organization.