Kick the Habit: A UN Guide to Climate Neutrality

Energy flow

Workers and related activities

Indirect emissions [ unavoidable related emissions ]

Direct measurements of greenhouse gases emissions are not possible. Assessments are therefore using precise theoretical calculations for each sectors. They are called “emission factors” and are regularly updated.

Direct emissions [ “on site” emissions ]

Daily commuting

Questions to ask while assessing (and possible leeways for improvements)

Personal car? Public transportation?

Working conditions (needs)

Workers

Energy needs (and related Ghg emissions)

Business travel Plane? Train?

Electricity

Coal? Nuclear? Renewables?

Heat

Daily commuting

Fuel

Subcontractors or related activity

Fuel efficiency? Biofuel?

Business travel

Working conditions

Plastic share? Over packaging? Packaging

Loading [ unloading ]

To subcontractor

[ From subcontractor ]

Transport

Truck? Ship? Plane?

To next step in the production line

Trying to quantify emissions related to a given activity requires consideration of complete life-cycles. That means counting emissions from all related activities, raw materials, transformed products and necessary infrastructure (indirect emissions). Naturally, one has to stop imputing indirect emissions to the evaluated activity at some point. This will depend on the working branch and on the assessment methodology used.

To distribution network

Local network?

Reusing? Recycling? Takeback practices?

Waste

To end-user or customer

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