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MetricGreenhouse gas emissions

Total GHG emissions of investee

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Total greenhouse gas emissions of an investee, optionally reported by a company as an additional standalone metric.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
CO2e — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period
Aggregation
Total GHG emissions
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Greenhouse gas emissions
Controlled domain
Climate and greenhouse gases
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

The investee whose total GHG emissions are reported as an additional standalone metric.

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 Authority

    GHG Protocol

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Page 55, first bullet
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 55, first bullet
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
CO2e — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Reporting period

Unit meaning: Values use CO2e under the disclosed Scope 3 method, period and boundary.

Published dimensions

  • Investee

Disclosure method

Formula information

Status
Not applicable
Formula type
Structured Disclosure

Disclosure form

No single formula

Report the source-defined result with its stated fields and method disclosures. The source explicitly states that companies may choose to report total GHG emissions of the investee as an additional standalone metric. It is distinct from facilitated emissions, financed emissions, avoided emissions, and generic emissions-to-air metrics in the shortlist. The evidence does not support assigning a more specific mass unit than the extracted CO2e unit or imposing an unsupported calculation method.

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 26 August 2026

    Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard

    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    2011 publication
    Locator
    Page 55, first bullet

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Total GHG emissions of investee”.

    Open official source

Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard, 2011 publication.

  • Disclose that the reported amount represents total GHG emissions of the investee and is presented as an additional standalone metric.

Record-specific limitations

  • This is an optional additional standalone metric; it is not the same construct as the reporting company's allocated Scope 3 Category 15 investment emissions.
  • The source excerpt does not specify a required GHG scope breakdown, consolidation approach, or emissions-factor methodology.

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.