๐ฌ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฏ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ ๐ง๐ต๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
This infographic explains one of the most important ideas in decarbonisation:
A companyโs carbon footprint is not only what comes out of its own chimney. It is much wider than that. ๐ฃ โป๏ธ
Based on the GHG Protocol, emissions are usually grouped into three scopes:
โช๏ธ Scope 1: direct emissions from sources the company owns or controls, such as boilers, furnaces, company vehicles and industrial processes.
โช๏ธ Scope 2: indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heating or cooling.
โช๏ธ Scope 3: all other indirect emissions across the value chain, including suppliers, logistics, business travel, employee commuting, waste, product use and end-of-life.
What I like about this Visual Capitalist infographic is that it makes the carbon footprint visible. It shows that decarbonisation is not just an operations issue it is also a procurement, finance, product, logistics and governance issue.
๐๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฎ๐:
-know what emissions you directly control
-understand what comes from purchased energy
-identify emissions hidden in suppliers and customers
-avoid incomplete net-zero claims
-build a more credible transition plan
The hardest part is often Scope 3.
It is usually outside direct control, but still connected to the companyโs decisions. That is why supplier engagement, low-carbon materials, product design, logistics, circular economy and customer-use impacts matter.
For me, the message is simple:
Net zero is not achieved by measuring only the easy emissions.
It starts by understanding the full footprint what we own, what we buy, and what our value chain creates.
Because what gets ignored in Scope 3 does not disappear.
It simply stays unmeasured.
๐ธ Visual Capitalist
