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Collecting Air Emissions Data for Compliance and Carbon Reduction

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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provides an Emission Factor Database (AP-42) that offers emission factors for a variety of industries and pollutants. natural gas, diesel, gasoline, coal), energy consumption data (electricity, steam, cooling), materials used in the manufacturing process (e.g.,

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The SEC Is Close to Requiring Emissions Disclosure – Here’s Where Companies Stand

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Scope 3 emissions can be broken down into 15 categories as specified by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the EPA. supply chain) and downstream (i.e. value chain) emissions. A majority of companies (57%) disclose Scope 1 and 2 emissions. This represents an increase of 15 percentage points, from 42% in 2021.

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Sustainability at United Rentals

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A focal point of our climate action efforts is reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, thereby doing our part to limit global temperature rise. To understand our total carbon footprint, we first looked at our emissions according to the three scopes of GHG emissions defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (right).

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Kimberly-Clark Announces First Tissue Manufacturing Site on Path to 100% Renewable Energy

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Notes for editors: [1] Based on the US EPA GHG equivalencies calculator [2] Calculated on "market-based accounting". K-C discloses its scope 2 emissions using both location and market-based methods as directed by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. [3]