Category 7: Employee Commuting
Emissions from the transportation of employees between their homes and their worksites.
In brief
Scope 3 Category 7 covers emissions from transporting employees between their homes and worksites, such as by car, bus, train, or air. Even though the company does not always pay for or reimburse commuting, it is categorized as upstream because it enables company operations, and emissions from employee teleworking can optionally be included.
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 7 covers emissions from employees commuting between home and work. This is often estimated through employee surveys or regional commuting patterns.
Emission Factor Methods
Distance-based
Activity data based on actual distances and transport modes
Country-specific proxy
Based on national commuting averages and employee count
Methods range from primary data (left) to modeled estimates (right)
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