Category 9: Downstream Transportation and Distribution
Emissions from transportation and distribution of products sold by the reporting company in vehicles and facilities not owned or controlled by the reporting company.
In brief
Scope 3 Category 9 covers emissions from transporting and distributing products a company sells, from its own operations to the end consumer, in vehicles and facilities it does not own or control, including retail and storage. The boundary includes the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions of transportation providers, distributors, and retailers arising from their use of vehicles and facilities.
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 9 covers emissions from transportation and distribution of sold products in vehicles not owned by your company, occurring after the point of sale.
Emission Factor Methods
Carrier-specific
Actual data from downstream logistics providers
Spend-based
Based on distribution costs and EEIO factors when carrier data unavailable
Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)
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