Actions to Reduce Scope 3 Emissions

1. Purchased goods and services

• Replace high-GHG-emitting raw materials with low-GHG-emitting raw materials
• Implement low-GHG-procurement/purchasing policies
• Encourage tier 1 suppliers to engage their tier 1 suppliers (i.e., the reporting company’s tier 2 suppliers) and disclose these scope 3 emissions to the customer in order to propagate GHG reporting throughout the value chain

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2. Capital goods

• Replace high-GHG-emitting capital goods with low-GHG-emitting capital goods

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3. Fuel and energy related activities (not included in scope 1 or scope 2)

• Reduce energy consumption
• Change energy source (e.g., shift toward lower-emitting fuel/energy sources)
• Generate energy on site using renewable sources

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4. Upstream transportation and distribution

• Reduce distance between supplier and customer
• Source materials locally if it leads to net GHG reductions
• Optimize efficiency of transportation and distribution
• Replace higher-emitting transportation modes (e.g. air transport) with lower emitting transportation modes (e.g. marine transport)
• Increase Biofuel mix
• Electric Vehicles

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5. Waste generated in operations

• Reduce quantity of waste generated in operations
• Implement recycling measures that lead to net GHG reductions
• Implement lower-emitting waste treatment methods

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6. Business travel

• Reduce the amount of business travel (e.g., encourage video conferencing and web-based meetings as an alternative to in-person meetings)
• Encourage more efficient travel
• Encourage lower-emitting modes of travel (e.g., rail instead of plane)

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7. Employee commuting

• Reduce commuting distance (e.g., locate offices/facilities near urban centers and public transit facilities)
• Create disincentives for commuting by car (e.g., parking policies)
• Provide incentives for use of public transit, bicycling, carpooling, etc.
• Implement teleworking/telecommuting programs
• Reduce number of days worked per week (e.g., 4 days x 10 hour schedule instead of 5 days x 8 hour schedule)

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8. Upstream leased assets

• Increase energy efficiency of operations
• Shift toward lower-emitting fuel sources

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9. Transportation and distribution of sold products

• Reduce distance between supplier and customer
• Optimize efficiency of transportation and distribution
• Replace higher emitting transportation modes (e.g. air transport) with lower emitting transportation modes (e.g. marine transport)
• Shift toward lower-emitting fuel sources

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10. Processing of sold products

• Improve efficiency of processing
• Redesign products to reduce processing required
• Use lower-GHG energy sources

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11. Use of sold products

• Develop new low- or zero-emitting products
• Increase the energy efficiency of energy-consuming goods or eliminate the need for energy use
• Shift away from products that contain or emit GHGs
• Reduce the quantity of GHGs contained/released by products
• Decrease the use-phase GHG intensity of the reporting company’s entire product portfolio
• Change the user instructions to promote efficient use of products

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12. End-of-life treatment of sold products

• Make products recyclable if it leads to net GHG reductions
• Implement product packaging measures that lead to net GHG reductions (e.g., decrease amount of packaging in sold products, develop new GHG-saving packaging materials, etc.)
• Implement recycling measures that lead to net GHG reductions

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13. Downstream leased assets

• Increase energy efficiency of operations
• Shift toward lower-emitting fuel sources

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14. Franchises

• Increase energy efficiency of operations (e.g., set efficiency standards)
• Shift toward lower-emitting fuel sources

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15. Investments

• Invest in lower-emitting investments, technologies, and projects