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MetricScope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from product use

Annual Scope 3 Category 11 emissions from use of sold products

Measurement answer

What this metric measures

Optional Scope 3 Category 11 reporting metric for the GHG emissions occurring in one year from use of products sold during the reporting year.

Specification

Metric specification

Result format
Single value
Unit
GHG emissions — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Emissions occurring in a single year from products sold in the reporting year
Aggregation
Total annual GHG emissions from use of applicable products sold in the reporting year
Pillar
Environmental
Topic
Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from product use
Controlled domain
Products and life-cycle assessment
Entity type
Metric

Reporting boundary

Use-phase emissions occurring during one year from products sold by the reporting company in the reporting year; excludes lifetime use-phase emissions outside the stated annual-impact 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
    2011 publication
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Defines Measurement
    Mapping outcome
    Direct Evidence
    Source locator
    Page 124, Optional reporting: Information on product performance
    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 124, Optional reporting: Information on product performance
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    PCAF Standards

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    Publisher
    Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
    Edition
    Third Edition, December 2025
    Requirement
    Not Specified
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    Table 10.2-1, Category 11 row
    Open official framework source
  • Adopting Disclosure

    SBTi Corporate Net-Zero Standard v2.0

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    Publisher
    Science Based Targets initiative
    Edition
    Corporate Net-Zero Standard Version 2.0, June 2026; effective 1 February 2027
    Requirement
    Conditional
    Relationship
    Reuses Canonical Metric
    Mapping outcome
    Reused
    Source locator
    C15.4(c); PDF pages 45, 46
    Open official framework source

Value structure

Dimensions and units

Unit
GHG emissions — source-defined reporting unit
Reporting basis
Emissions occurring in a single year from products sold in the reporting year

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

Published dimensions

  • product or product group
  • reporting year
  • use-phase scenario or assumptions, where applicable

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 identifies this as optional reporting information and describes a reportable annual emissions quantity for the use of sold products. It is a standalone outcome metric distinct from the Category 11 lifetime-emissions result because its temporal boundary is annual product-use impact rather than lifetime use-phase emissions.

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 124, Optional reporting: Information on product performance

    Supports: The official GHG Protocol source supports the identity, boundary and method basis of “Annual Scope 3 Category 11 emissions from use of sold products”.

    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.

  • Describe the method and assumptions used to estimate annual emissions from product use.
  • Identify the products or product groups included in the calculation.
  • State that the result represents emissions occurring in a single year from products sold in the reporting year.

Record-specific limitations

  • Represents annual use-phase impact rather than total lifetime emissions from products sold in the reporting year.
  • Results depend on assumptions about product use and the emissions associated with that use.

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.