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Organizational Footprint Organizational Footprint Of the two standards available to measure GHG emissions resulting from the activities of an organization for corporate GHG accounting, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol standard is most widely used. The Greenhouse Gas Protocol Standard The Greenhouse Gas Protocol sets out how to account GHG emissions by categorizing emissions into three groups or ‘scopes’: Scope 1: Direct GHG emissions Companies report GHG emissions from sources they own or control as scope 1. Direct GHG emissions are the result of activities undertaken by the company. · Generation of electricity, heat or steam. These emissions result from combustion of fuels in boilers, furnaces, turbines etc. · Physical and chemical processing. These emissions arise from manufacture or processing of chemicals and materials, e.g. cement, aluminum, ammonia manufacture, and waste processing · Transportation of materials, products, waste and employees. These emissions arise from the combustion of fuels in company owned/controlled mobile combustion sources (e.g. cars, buses, trucks, trains, airplanes etc.) · Fugitive emissions. These emissions results from intentional or unintentional sources, e.g., leaks from joints, seals, packing and gaskets.
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