Scope 3 reporting: let the fun begin - Part 2

After laying out the more theoretical, so to speak, part of Scope 3 emission reporting let’s take a look at how it could possibly work in real life.

Case Non-Study #1: The micro-business

I am a business, a one-woman corporate entity, and as such I must also have emissions, right? Let’s see, then. My upstream Scope 3 emissions come from laptop makers and internet providers, as well as the regional power utility. Some paper makers for the stick-it notes I use and my desktop planner because I like paper.

My downstream emissions, I suppose, come from all of you. Food for thought, I’m sure, especially since I know for a fact some of you are heavy fossil fuel users. Shame.

So, what do I do to reduce my Scope 3 emissions after hiring a consultant to point me in the right direction and lead me along the way, and an emission-tracking software developer to give me the full picture of my emissions?

Easy. I’ll close shop because running the business would become unviable, to put it politely. If I want to minimise my emissions I’d need to pick customers/subscribers who are commited to net zero, not the petrol terrorists I interact with on a daily basis, not just here but in my other professional endeavours, too. Two of them have propane tanks on their property, too.

Of course, regulators and governments are not coming after me and people like me. They’re going after the big businesses because they are also big emission generators. All I can say to these businesses in case they haven’t done it already, is brace yourselves. And that’s because I've decided to be polite today.