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Corporate Carbon Footprint – Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

The Sustainability Speaker – Susanna Hasenoehrl

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Warm-up Questions

What do you think a “corporate carbon footprint” means?
Before watching, what kinds of emissions do you think a company is responsible for (only its buildings, or more than that)?
What do you already know about “Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3” emissions?

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Corporate Carbon Footprint – Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Why a company’s footprint is bigger than facilities (00:00 – 00:37)

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1. According to the speaker, which items do people often think about first when they think of a company’s carbon footprint?

Facilities, energy use, and the fleet
Employee salaries and benefits
Customer satisfaction scores
Advertising and marketing costs

2. What does the speaker say about facilities, energy usage, and the fleet?

They account for all of a company’s emissions
They only account for part of a company’s total carbon footprint
They are not related to carbon footprint
They are only relevant for small companies

3. What does the speaker plan to explain to help the viewer understand the full footprint?

How to invest in the stock market
How to design a product
How to reduce office rent
The concept of Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions

Corporate Carbon Footprint – Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Scope 1 and 2: operations and easier controls (00:37 – 00:55)

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1. Scope 1 and 2 emissions arise from a company’s…

Social media activity
Customer hobbies
Operations
Competitors

2. Which is given as an example of operations that create Scope 1 and 2 emissions?

Customer product reviews
Online shopping carts
Office heating or cooling
Brand design work

3. What does the speaker suggest as a way to control Scope 1 and 2 emissions?

Selling products in fewer countries
Switching to renewable energy
Hiring more interns
Changing the company logo

Corporate Carbon Footprint – Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Scope 3: indirect emissions across product use and the supply chain (00:55 – 02:01)

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1. In the example mentioned, what activity creates a large share of emissions for the tea brand?

Boiling the kettle to make tea
Shipping tea by airplane only
Growing tea plants
Designing the tea packaging

2. Scope 3 emissions are described as…

Emissions from office heating and cooling
More indirect, yet related to the usage of a company’s products or services
Emissions that do not affect climate
Direct emissions from company-owned vehicles only

3. Which item is mentioned as being included in Scope 3 emissions?

Website speed
Office furniture color
Business travel
Employee birthdays

Corporate Carbon Footprint – Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

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1. What is the main message of the video?

Carbon footprint is impossible to measure
Renewable energy is not useful for businesses
Only factory emissions matter for a carbon footprint
A company’s total carbon footprint includes different “scopes,” and Scope 3 is often the largest

2. Why can Scope 3 be hard to measure?

Because it is the same for every company
Because it does not include any data
Because it only happens inside the office
Because it includes many indirect emissions across the value chain (e.g., supply chain, disposal, travel)

3. What should you check when reading a company’s carbon disclosure?

Whether it includes only Scope 2
Whether it includes the CEO’s personal footprint
Whether it includes Scopes 1, 2, and 3
Whether it includes only recycling numbers

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

Corporate Carbon Footprint – Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Think of a product you use often (food, phone, clothes). What might be its Scope 3 emissions?
Why do you think Scope 3 is often the biggest part of a company’s carbon footprint?
Should companies be responsible for emissions caused when customers use their products? Why or why not?
If you were a business leader, what would you do first to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions?