Centre for Sustainability Accounting (CenSA)
Summary | ||
Name of source | Supply Chain (Scope 3) Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors | |
Provider | Centre for Sustainability Accounting Ltd. | |
Summary text | Supply chain factors can be used to obtain a broad estimate of the total GHG emissions embodied in goods or services bought by an entity. | |
Contact | info@censa.org.uk | |
Licensing | Free (2004 factors published by Defra/DECC). Updated factors – undisclosed fee |
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Language(s) | English | |
Website | http://www.censa.org.uk/index.html |
Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
File type | Upon request (tool) – or via Defra/DECC | |
Software needs | Microsoft Office |
Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
Age | 2004-2008 | |
Geography | UK | |
Original Data Source(s) | Official statistics | |
Other Databases Included | Unknown | |
Life cycle stages | Cradle-to-Consumer | |
Modeling approach | Input-Output | |
Emissions results | Total CO2e, separate GHGs | |
Number of datasets | 75-150 | |
Main topics | Energy carriers and technologies; Materials production; Systems; End-of-life treatment; Transport services; Other Services; Wastes | |
Other topics |
Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
System boundaries | Yes | |
Data Types | Input-Output | |
Allocation Methods | n/a | |
Technology | Unknown | |
Data year | Yes | |
Original source | Yes | |
Uncertainty | Unknown |
Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
Data quality score | Unknown | |
Quality assurance | Unknown | |
Standards compliant | GHG Protocol |