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MetricGreenhouse gas emissions

Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by greenhouse gas

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

A structured reporting table of Scope 2 emissions broken down by individual greenhouse gas, accompanied by the organization's Scope 2 result in carbon dioxide equivalent.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Structured table
Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Organization's reporting period
Aggregation
Reported separately for each individual greenhouse gas; carbon dioxide-equivalent reporting is presented separately from the gas-specific breakout.
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Greenhouse gas emissions
Controlled domain
Climate and greenhouse gases
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Scope 2 emissions within the organization's reported greenhouse gas inventory 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 Authority

    GHG Protocol

    Source evidence
    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    2015 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Page 14, Table 1.1, Reporting requirements, Corporate Standard column
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  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    2015 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Maps Source Identity
    Mapping outcome
    Published
    Source locator
    Page 14, Table 1.1, Reporting requirements, Corporate Standard column
    Open official framework source
  • Measurement Authority

    GHG Protocol

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    Publisher
    GHG Protocol
    Edition
    Version 1.1, published 30 June 2026; effective 1 January 2027
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    page 111, Requirement 31, emissions by GHG | Page 111, Requirement 31, “emissions by GHG”
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Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
Structured table — see field-level units
Reporting basis
Organization's reporting period

Unit meaning: Each field uses the unit stated by the Scope 2 source and must retain its method and boundary.

Table fields and units

  • Greenhouse gas
  • Emissions value
  • Unit

Published dimensions

  • Greenhouse gas

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. This is a standalone structured reporting requirement: the Scope 2 Guidance identifies reporting one Scope 2 result in CO2e and separately reporting it by individual greenhouse gas. It is not equivalent to the existing corporate-wide emissions-by-gas metric because this construct is specifically limited to Scope 2.

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 14, Table 1.1, Reporting requirements, Corporate Standard column

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by greenhouse gas”.

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Use with context

Interpretation boundaries

Method disclosures required

Source-edition basis: GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, 2015 publication.

  • Report the Scope 2 result in carbon dioxide equivalent and provide a breakdown by individual greenhouse gas.

Record-specific limitations

  • The source evidence establishes a gas-specific Scope 2 breakout but does not specify the individual gases, row-level mass units, or global-warming-potential source.
  • Gas-specific values should not be treated as a single mixed-gas quantity without a disclosed carbon dioxide-equivalent conversion method.

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.