Key Concepts
Definitions of Scope 1, 2, 3, CO2e, and other essential carbon accounting terms.
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- What are organizational and operational boundaries?Define organizational and operational boundaries for your GHG inventory.
- When and Why Companies Need to Rebaseline Their Emissions
- The GHG ProtocolUnderstand the GHG Protocol and how emissions are split into Scopes 1, 2, and 3.
- The French Carbon Methodology BEGES-R v5Understand BEGES-R v5 and its six French regulatory reporting categories.
- Find Out How to Source Renewable Electricity in the USLearn how to source Renewable Energy Certificates for electricity in the US.
- Navigating GHG Emission Base Year Recalculations: When, Why, and How to Rebaseline
- Emission FactorUnderstand emission factors and how they convert activity or spend data into CO₂e.
- Induced, avoided, and net emissions: definitions, examples, and reporting guidanceDefine induced, avoided, and net emissions and report avoided emissions transparently.
- Carbon neutrality or "net-zero emissions"Understand carbon neutrality, net-zero claims, and practical actions to support them.
- What are carbon offset projects?Understand carbon offset projects, credits, quality criteria, and certifications.
- What is Green IT?Understand Green IT and how it reduces the footprint of digital technologies.
- What are avoided emissions?
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)Understand Life Cycle Assessment stages and their role in measuring product impacts.
- What is a GHG inventory?Understand what a GHG inventory is and how emissions are reported by scopes and categories.
- What is a carbon footprint?Learn what a carbon footprint is, how it is measured, and why CO₂e is used.