Carbon footprint

Scope 4, avoided emissions, what are we talking about?

Scope 4, avoided emissions, what are we talking about?

A few years ago, the GHG Protocol raised the idea of a Scope 4, in order to enable the calculation of avoided emissions. Subsequently, various methodologies and international standards have addressed this topic.
This article aims to review the different definitions, methodologies and reporting methods currently available in regulations.

Everyone can take advantage of the benefits of carrying out their GHG inventory® and, if necessary, of the financial aid to finance it!

Everyone can take advantage of the benefits of carrying out their GHG inventory® and, if necessary, of the financial aid to finance it!

The 2021 Finance Law extends the obligation to carry out a BEGES (Greenhouse Gas Emission Balance) to companies with more than 50 employees receiving funds from the European Recovery Plan. These new footprint calculation obligations come at a price: to raise awareness of the benefits they bring, a number of grants are available to companies to finance them.

What is carbon pricing?

What is carbon pricing?

The carbon price aims to internalize the hidden costs of the damage caused by GHG emissions into market prices. Its objective is to encourage economic agents to adopt a low-carbon pathway.

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