Category 11: Use of Sold Products
Emissions from the end use of goods and services sold by the reporting company over their expected lifetime.
In brief
Scope 3 Category 11 covers emissions from the end use of goods and services a company sells over their entire expected lifetime, including the Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions of end users. The boundary covers use-phase emissions from products that directly consume energy, fuels and feedstocks, and products that emit greenhouse gases during use, with indirect energy-consuming products included optionally.
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 11 covers emissions from the use of sold products by end consumers. This is often significant for energy-using products like vehicles or appliances.
Emission Factor Methods
Direct use-phase
Based on product energy consumption and lifetime
Fuel-based
Based on sold fuels or estimates of fuel use of sold products
Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)
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