Indirect greenhouse gas emissions occurring in a company's value chain, including supplier manufacturing, transportation, and end-of-life treatment of products.
Scope 3 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions that occur throughout a company's value chain, both upstream and downstream. In manufacturing, this includes emissions from supplier production processes, raw material extraction, transportation, product use, and end-of-life disposal.
Scope 3 typically accounts for 70-90% of a company's total carbon footprint. Measuring and reducing Scope 3 emissions is increasingly required by regulations like the EU's CSRD and voluntary frameworks like the Science Based Targets initiative. When sourcing through FindMyFactory, understanding a manufacturer's carbon footprint data helps companies meet their Scope 3 reporting obligations.