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Scope 3 Upstream

Category 4: Upstream Transportation and Distribution

Emissions from transportation and distribution of products purchased by your company in vehicles and facilities not owned or controlled by your company.

GHG Protocol Reference

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

View original GHG Protocol Standard (PDF)

Selko Emissions

Category 4
Selko Emissions

Category 4 includes emissions from transportation and distribution of purchased products in vehicles not owned or controlled by your company, as well as third-party warehousing.

Emission Factor Methods

Tier 1
Carrier-specific

Actual emissions data from logistics providers

Tier 2
Spend-based

Based on logistics spend and EEIO factors when carrier data unavailable

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

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