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GHG Protocol & Scope 1-2-3 Flashcards

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  1. A company reports combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 (market-based) emissions of 50,000 tCO2e, while its Scope 3 emissions total 800,000 tCO2e. What percentage of total emissions does Scope 3 represent?

    Answer: 94.1%

    800,000 / (50,000 + 800,000) = 800,000 / 850,000 ≈ 94.1%, illustrating why Scope 3 typically dominates a company's footprint.

  2. Which GHG Protocol standard provides guidance for cities and local governments to measure and report community-wide greenhouse gas emissions?

    Answer: The GHG Protocol for Cities (Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG Inventories)

    The Global Protocol for Community-Scale GHG Inventories (GPC), developed in partnership with ICLEI and C40, is the GHG Protocol standard for city-level inventories.

  3. Under GHG Protocol Scope 3 Category 4 (Upstream Transportation and Distribution), which party reports the emissions?

    Answer: The company that purchases the transportation service (the shipper)

    Category 4 covers upstream transportation emissions reported by the company purchasing transportation or distribution services, not the logistics provider that owns the vehicles.

  4. What is the primary distinction between the GHG Protocol's 'operational control' and 'financial control' consolidation approaches?

    Answer: Operational control is based on the authority to introduce operating policies; financial control is based on majority financial risks and rewards

    Operational control consolidates entities where the company has full authority to introduce and implement its operating policies, while financial control consolidates entities where it has the majority of financial risks and rewards.

  5. Under the GHG Protocol, emissions from the combustion of biomass (e.g., wood chips in a boiler) must be handled how in Scope 1 reporting?

    Answer: Excluded from Scope 1 and reported separately as biogenic CO2 outside the inventory

    GHG Protocol requires biogenic CO2 from biomass combustion to be reported separately from the Scope 1 total (not included in the Kyoto gas inventory) and labeled as biogenic emissions.

  6. A company sets a science-based target (SBT) aligned with a 1.5°C pathway. Under GHG Protocol, which Scope 3 categories must typically be included in the SBT boundary if they exceed a certain threshold?

    Answer: Categories that in aggregate represent at least 67% of total Scope 3 emissions

    The SBTi requires companies to cover Scope 3 categories that together constitute at least 67% of total Scope 3 emissions within the target boundary.

  7. Which document serves as the foundational GHG Protocol standard for corporate-level greenhouse gas accounting, first published in 2001?

    Answer: The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard

    The GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (Corporate Standard), first published in 2001 and revised in 2004, is the foundational document for corporate GHG accounting.