Beyond Words

• Date: 01 December 2014

12-2014 NEWS & ANALYSIS 44 ELR 11043

BEYOND WORDS

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Source: Adapted from CDP W , T A L: T CDP C  P  L  I 2014, at 10, available

at https://www.cdp.net/en-US/Pages/events/2014/cdp-leaders.aspx.

Total Scope 1 (Direct) and Scope 2 (Indirect) Greenhouse Gas (GHG)

Emissions by Sector (Mt CO2 e)

Note: Scope 1 emissions are emitted directly from GHG sources owned or controlled by the reporting organization. Scope

2 GHG emissions do not physically occur from within the organization’s reporting boundary and are therefore “indirect”

emissions. Scope 2 emissions are caused by t he organization’s consumption of electricity, heat, cooling, or steam brought

into its reporting boundary. is category is often called “purchased electricity” because it represents the most common

source of Scope 2 emissions.

One megaton (Mt) carbon dioxide emissions (CO2 e) = 1,000,000 metric tons CO2 e.

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