Question

A customer purchases a new phone from an online store. Although the customer did not create the phone themselves, there are still carbon emissions that result from producing the phone in a factory and shipping it overseas to the customer.

Which type of emissions are described in this example?

Answer 1

Answer:

Scope Three

Explanation:

Capital goods are final products that have an extended life and are used by the company to manufacture a product, provide a service or, store, sell and deliver merchandise. Examples of capital goods include buildings, vehicles, machinery. For purposes of accounting for scope 3 emissions, companies should not depreciate, discount, or amortize the emissions from the production of capital goods over time. Instead, companies should account for the total cradle-to-gate emissions of purchased capital goods in the year of acquisition (GHG protocol).

Answer 2

Answer:

Option (1) : The type of emissions described in this example is Scope 2

Explanation:

• An online company sells a new phone to a consumer.

• Even if the client did not make the phone, there are still carbon emissions associated with manufacturing it at a facility and sending it to the customer.
• Carbon emissions are the use and disposal of carbon compounds, and they may be used to calculate pollution and leave a carbon footprint.
• Because zero-carbon isn't attainable, the ultimate goal must be to leave as little of a carbon footprint as possible.
• Despite the fact that the consumer did not develop the phone in the supplied scenario, they did order it from an internet retailer.
• The goods is now packed and shipped to the buyer by the online merchant. Furthermore, the client is the ultimate owner of the phone because they paid for it.
• This implies that all of the activities involved in getting the phone to the client, from ordering it to receiving it, are included in the carbon emissions.
• As a result, the client contributed to carbon emissions of the 2nd scope.

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