Centre for Sustainability Accounting (CenSA)
| Summary | ||
| Name of source | Supply Chain (Scope 3) Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors | |
| Provider | Centre for Sustainability Accounting Ltd. | |
| Summary text | Supply chain factors can be used to obtain a broad estimate of the total GHG emissions embodied in goods or services bought by an entity. | |
| Contact | info@censa.org.uk | |
| Licensing | Free (2004 factors published by Defra/DECC). Updated factors – undisclosed fee |
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| Language(s) | English | |
| Website | http://www.censa.org.uk/index.html | |
| Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
| File type | Upon request (tool) – or via Defra/DECC | |
| Software needs | Microsoft Office | |
| Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
| Age | 2004-2008 | |
| Geography | UK | |
| Original Data Source(s) | Official statistics | |
| Other Databases Included | Unknown | |
| Life cycle stages | Cradle-to-Consumer | |
| Modeling approach | Input-Output | |
| Emissions results | Total CO2e, separate GHGs | |
| Number of datasets | 75-150 | |
| Main topics | Energy carriers and technologies; Materials production; Systems; End-of-life treatment; Transport services; Other Services; Wastes | |
| Other topics | ||
| Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
| System boundaries | Yes | |
| Data Types | Input-Output | |
| Allocation Methods | n/a | |
| Technology | Unknown | |
| Data year | Yes | |
| Original source | Yes | |
| Uncertainty | Unknown | |
| Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
| Data quality score | Unknown | |
| Quality assurance | Unknown | |
| Standards compliant | GHG Protocol | |
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