Average GHG intensity of sold products
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Average use-phase greenhouse gas intensity of relevant sold products, expressed per relevant product activity or output unit.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- tCO2e per relevant product activity or output unit — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
- Aggregation
- Average greenhouse gas intensity across the relevant sold-product use population, expressed per relevant product activity or output unit.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Scope 3 Category 11: Use of sold products
- Controlled domain
- Products and life-cycle assessment
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Use-phase greenhouse gas emissions from sold products within Scope 3 Category 11; excludes offsets, allowances, avoided emissions, project reductions, and removals.
Verified source occurrences
Framework coverage
This is one canonical metric. The bindings below show every verified framework occurrence without creating duplicate metric pages. Edition, disclosure, role, and relationship remain source-specific.
- Measurement AuthoritySource evidence
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2011 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- page 105, chapter 09, category 11 additional metrics list
- Measurement Authority402d667857128d4064de
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2011 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- page 105, chapter 09, category 11 additional metrics list
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- tCO2e per relevant product activity or output unit — source-defined reporting unit
- Reporting basis
- Reporting period
Unit meaning: Values use tCO2e per relevant product activity or output unit under the disclosed Scope 3 method, period and boundary.
Published dimensions
- Sold product or product group
- Product activity or output unit
- Use-phase greenhouse gas emissions basis
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The source identifies average GHG intensity of sold products as an additional Category 11 use-phase performance metric. It is not equivalent to the shortlisted corporate GHG intensity per revenue or generic physical-output intensity metrics because its boundary is sold-product use phase under Scope 3 Category 11.
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
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Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 26 August 2026
Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2011 publication
- Locator
- page 105, chapter 09, category 11 additional metrics list
Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Average GHG intensity of sold products”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard, 2011 publication.
- Identify the sold products included in the average.
- Disclose the relevant product activity or output unit used as the denominator.
- Disclose the use-phase greenhouse gas emissions basis included in the intensity.
- Disclose the basis used to calculate the reported average intensity.
Record-specific limitations
- This intensity metric is an additional performance indicator and does not replace the Category 11 emissions inventory result.
- It may support tracking efficiency-related improvements where changes in product durability could materially affect lifetime-emissions trends.
Interpret this metric with the stated reporting boundary, period convention, value shape, and unit. Results prepared with different boundaries or conventions may not be directly comparable.
Measurement evidence supports the core record-specific claims described above. Corroborative evidence can support limitations, while compatibility and status sources provide their separately labelled context. None of these cards by itself determines an organisation's legal applicability, filing readiness, assurance status, or compliance conclusion.