Facilitated-emissions data-quality score
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
A facilitated-amount-weighted ordinal score describing the quality of issuer emissions data used in a facilitated-emissions result, where one is highest quality and five is lowest.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Single value
- Unit
- Score 1–5 — 1 highest quality, 5 lowest
- Reporting basis
- Annual financial reporting period
- Aggregation
- Facilitated-amount-weighted average across included issuers or transactions.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Financed, facilitated and insurance-associated emissions
- Controlled domain
- Sustainable finance
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Included facilitated-emissions positions scored under the PCAF Part B data hierarchy and weighted by facilitated amount; Scope 3 scores remain separate from Scope 1 and Scope 2 scores.
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
PCAF Standards
- Publisher
- Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
- Edition
- First Version, December 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- Table 5-2, page 36; Box 6-1, pages 43–44; Table 10-1, page 53
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PCAF Standards
- Publisher
- Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
- Edition
- First Version, December 2023
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Annex 2 table, page 54
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Score 1–5 — 1 highest quality, 5 lowest
- Reporting basis
- Annual financial reporting period
Unit meaning: PCAF Part B ordinal data-quality hierarchy.
Published dimensions
- Issuer emissions scope group: Scope 1 and Scope 2 combined, or Scope 3 separately
- Data option
- Business or sector
- Issuer
Calculation method
Formula information
- Status
- Specified
- Formula type
- Weighted Average
Formula
DQS = Σᵢ(Aᵢ × Sᵢ) ÷ ΣᵢAᵢWeight each issuer or transaction score by its facilitated amount.
Variables
| Symbol | Variable | Definition | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
Aᵢ | facilitated amount | Covered facilitated amount. | reporting currency |
Sᵢ | data-quality score | Applicable PCAF Part B option score. | score 1–5 |
Verified sources
Evidence and status sources
Sustopedia checked each record-specific claim directly against primary publisher material. Labels distinguish current measurement authority from future compatibility and corroborative, legal, edition, or method status context. Corroborative evidence can support a stated limitation but cannot establish the core measurement by itself.
Measurement evidence
- Measurement evidenceChecked 30 August 2026
Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard — Part B
- Publisher
- Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
- Edition
- First Version, December 2023
- Locator
- Table 5-2, page 36; Box 6-1, pages 43–44; Table 10-1, page 53
Supports: The official PCAF Part B source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Facilitated-emissions data-quality score”.
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Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: Global GHG Accounting and Reporting Standard — Part B, First Version, December 2023.
- PCAF data option for each included result
- Facilitated-amount weighting basis
- Scope 1 and Scope 2 versus Scope 3 score
- Data sources, periods and verification status
Record-specific limitations
- A decimal aggregate is a weighted average, not an additional quality class.
- Option-level scores are method classifications and must not be published as separate metrics.
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.