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Category 6: Business Travel

Emissions from the transportation of employees for business-related activities in vehicles not owned or operated by your company.

GHG Protocol Reference

The following content is extracted from the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.

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Selko Emissions

Category 6
Selko Emissions

Category 6 includes emissions from employee business travel in vehicles not owned by the company, including flights, trains, rental cars, and hotels.

Emission Factor Methods

Tier 1
Supplier-specific

Actual emissions data from travel providers

Tier 2
Spend-based

Based on travel spend and EEIO factors

Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)

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