Purchased or acquired steam consumption
Measurement answer
What this metric measures
Reports steam purchased or acquired and consumed during the reporting period, preserving its physical amount and energy unit separately from Scope 2 emissions.
Specification
Metric specification
- Result format
- Structured table
- Unit
- Structured table — field-level units: Structured table — see field-level energy units
- Reporting basis
- Annual reporting period
- Aggregation
- Sum only non-overlapping observations with compatible units, periods and organizational boundaries.
- Pillar
- Environmental
- Topic
- Energy consumption
- Controlled domain
- Energy
- Entity type
- Metric
Reporting boundary
Purchased or acquired steam consumed inside the disclosed organizational and Scope 2 reporting boundary.
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
- 2015 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Defines Measurement
- Mapping outcome
- Direct Evidence
- Source locator
- page 63, Section 7.2, Annual electricity consumption | Page 10, section 1.5.3 Other disclosure
- Measurement Authority1961d781a60dce74c22b
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2015 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- Page 10, section 1.5.3 Other disclosure
- Measurement Authority938b612245047d4dfdf0
GHG Protocol
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2015 publication
- Requirement
- Not Specified
- Relationship
- Maps Source Identity
- Mapping outcome
- Published
- Source locator
- page 63, Section 7.2, Annual electricity consumption
Value structure
Dimensions and units
- Unit
- Structured table — field-level units: Structured table — see field-level energy units
- Reporting basis
- Annual reporting period
Unit meaning: Each table field uses its stated unit. Each observation retains its reported energy unit, such as kWh, MWh, GJ or another compatible unit.
Table fields and units
- Facility or operation
- Geography
- steam amount
- Energy unit
- Period and boundary notes
Published dimensions
- Energy carrier: steam
- Energy quantity unit
- Reporting period
- Energy unit used for reported consumption
Disclosure method
Formula information
- Status
- Not applicable
- Formula type
- Structured Disclosure
Disclosure form
No single formulaReport each compatible physical amount with its energy unit; disclose any conversion before aggregation.
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
GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance
- Publisher
- GHG Protocol
- Edition
- 2015 publication
- Locator
- page 63, Section 7.2, Annual electricity consumption | Page 10, section 1.5.3 Other disclosure
Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Purchased or acquired steam consumption”.
Open official source
Use with context
Interpretation boundaries
Method disclosures required
Source-edition basis: GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, 2015 publication.
- Energy unit used and any conversion basis
- Coverage of relevant steam use
- Statement that steam consumption is reported separately from Scope 2 emissions totals
- Disclose total steam consumption over the reporting period.
- State the common energy unit used to report steam consumption.
Record-specific limitations
- This is an energy-consumption measure and does not itself quantify greenhouse gas emissions.
- The measure must be kept separate from reported Scope 2 emissions totals.
- Comparability depends on consistent energy-unit conversion and coverage of relevant steam use.
- The Scope 2 Guidance encourages this disclosure to improve transparency; it is not presented in the cited passage as a mandatory Scope 2 emissions result.
- The reported quantity should not be interpreted as a measure of energy sourcing or Scope 2 emissions without accompanying sourcing and emissions information.
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.