Differentiating emission stages and categories in LCA Data
ESU-services offers the restructuring of life cycle inventories for various greenhouse gas emission categories as part of our product range for life cycle inventory data.
Calculation of Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions according to greenhouse gas protocol
You want to differentiate the three scopes in your carbon footprint calculation. ESU-offers dis-aggregated databases for SimaPro.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol requires the breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions into Scope 1 (directly at the company location), Scope 2 (emissions from power plants according to direct electricity requirements) and Scope 3 (remaining emissions). For SimaPro users who possess a valid Ecoinvent licence and wish to conduct calculations in alignment with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, we can offer a detailed breakdown of greenhouse gas emissions from ecoinvent electricity datasets and an extended impact assessment method. This breakdown is categorized into different scopes as defined by the GHG Protocol, specifically Scope 2, Scope 3 excluding Transmission and Distribution (T&D) losses, and Scope 3 T&D losses. These emissions data are provided by ESU for use within SimaPro, facilitating a comprehensive accounting of greenhouse gas emissions.
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FLAG guidelines emission calculations
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) FLAG (Forest, Land and Agriculture) framework is designed to help companies set science-based targets for reducing land-related greenhouse gas emissions.
The framework covers three main emission categories:
- Land Use Change (LUC): Emissions from activities such as deforestation, forest degradation, conversion of wetlands, peatlands, savannas, and natural grasslands, as well as related land conversion activities.
- Land Management (Non-LUC): Emissions from ongoing agricultural and land management practices, including enteric emissions from livestock, manure management, fertilizer use, crop residues, agricultural waste burning, and use of machinery on farms.
- Carbon Removal and Sequestration: Carbon captured and stored through sustainable land management practices, such as forest restoration, improved forest management, agroforestry, and soil carbon enrichment.
Companies must set separate FLAG and energy/industry targets, with FLAG targets focusing exclusively on land-based emissions and removals within their value chain. No-deforestation commitments are mandatory, and carbon offsets are not permitted for FLAG targets
The standard LCA databases like ecoinvent do not allow such a differentiation. ESU can offer to provide a breakdown of different emission categories according to the FLAG guidelines for the unit process raw data in the background database for SimaPro users. For the greenhouse gas footprint, the categories LUC (land use change), biogenic CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions in the primary sector are then reported separately. In principle, this can be offered for as an add-on for different databases for food and agricultural products.
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