Trace methodology & Data Governance
Explanation of Trace's approach to carbon accounting for assurance purposes.
Emissions factors
- Are emissions factors based on the country of origin or country of procurement?
- Where are Trace's emissions factors ('EFs') sourced from?
- Why do you use Emissions Factors from countries outside our core operations?
- Why are my taxi-related emissions so high vs. last year or other categories?
- What are spend-based emissions factors (EFs)?
- Do you adjust EFs based on inflation?
- Why has the Emissions Factor (EF) changed?
- What is your process for maintaining and updating your emissions factor (EF) database?
- Does Trace Use Basic Price or Purchaser Price for Spend-Based Emissions Factors?
- Do we use IEA electricity factors?
- What is FootprintLab?