Category 14: Franchises
Emissions from the operation of franchises not included in scope 1 and scope 2, reported by the franchisor.
In brief
Scope 3 Category 14 covers emissions from the operation of franchises, not included in Scope 1 or Scope 2, reported by the franchisor. This category applies to companies that grant licenses to other entities to sell or distribute their goods or services, and the boundary includes the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions of franchisees, for example from energy use and vehicles at franchise locations.
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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Category 14 includes emissions from operation of franchises not included in Scope 1 or 2. Applicable to franchisors reporting on their franchisee operations.
Emission Factor Methods
Franchise-specific
Actual emissions data from franchise operations
Average-data
Based on average data for franchise operations
Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)
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