Scope 4 emissions: What Chief Sustainability Officers should know
Scope 4 aims to quantify the emissions avoided merely by using one product instead of another, but calculations rely largely on assumptions.
Scope 4 refers to emissions avoided outside of the lifecycle of a product, but thanks to the use of that product. Here is everything Chief Sustainability Officers should know about this controversial category.
All Chief Sustainability Officers know about the three main categories of emissions: Scope 1 (from own operations), Scope 2 (from energy use) and Scope 3 (emissions from the value chain). Most are also working to ensure their products and services reduce the carbon footprint of their users: Whirlpool, for instance, has a target to cut emissions from products in use (one of 15 categories under Scope 3) by 20% before 2030.
