The Global Electronics Association and Responsible Business Alliance announced the joint publication on Accounting for Scope 3 Category 1 Greenhouse Gas Emissions, providing guidance to manufacturers on saving time, improving data accuracy, and enabling more consistent, high-quality sustainability reporting across global supply chains.
“Although Category 1 is a material contributor to Scope 3 emissions in the electronics industry, reporting is currently limited and the use of supplier-specific data is low,” says John Mitchell, president and CEO, Global Electronics Association. “We believe practical guidance, such as this from the Global Electronics Association and the Responsible Business Alliance, can help change that dynamic.”
“This joint guidance demonstrates how the Responsible Business Alliance and Global Electronics Association are working together to build supply chain alignment around GHG reporting rules,” says Rob Lederer, CEO, Responsible Business Alliance. “By working together to provide reporting guidance, we can have a greater impact and better support companies in their GHG emission reporting and quantification efforts.”
Key takeaways:
· The guidance aims to provide the electronics industry with specific knowledge and practical recommendations to support the quantification of value chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in supply chains, specifically for Category 1, purchased goods and services, as defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
· Companies across the industry are required to publicly report third-party assured Scope 3 emissions data, meanwhile downstream customers rely on supplier data to quantify their corporate GHG emissions data to inform their external disclosures and decarbonization plans.
· This guidance is designed to leverage a combination of primary data, including supplier-specific data, and secondary data, enabling clearer insights and more targeted decarbonization efforts.
