Carbon Accounting 101
Your go-to guide for key concepts, essential terms, and an overview of our carbon accounting methodology.
Introduction to Carbon Accounting
- What gases are classified as 'Outside of Scopes' in the GHG Protocol?
- Category 4 vs. Category 9: Understanding Transportation & Distribution Emissions
- What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?
- What is an Emission Factor?
- How do you calculate emissions?
- What methodology does Trace use?
- How do you use assumptions in emissions calculations?
Calculations by activity type
- How does Trace calculate waste emissions?
- When should expenses be categorised as capital goods?
- How should I classify chilled water purchased for air conditioning units?
- How do I calculate AdBlue emissions?
- How do I calculate emissions from refrigerants?
- How do I measure the emissions from AI usage?
- How do I capture employee commute and working from home behaviours?
- How do you measure biogenic emissions?