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Scope 1

Direct GHG emissions from sources controlled by the organisation: boiler combustion, owned fleet fuel, industrial processes.

Scope 1, as defined by the GHG Protocol, covers all direct greenhouse gas emissions from sources owned or controlled by the organisation. This typically includes natural gas or oil combustion in boilers, fuel of owned fleet vehicles, industrial process emissions (cement, steel, chemicals) and refrigerant leaks.

Scope 1 is the first mandatory building block of any organisational carbon footprint and is often the easiest to measure: consumptions are readily available from energy bills, fleet service records and process sheets. CSRD auditors expect high precision on this scope.

Kabaun ingests these sources through ERP connectors or CSV import, automatically applies Base Carbone or DEFRA emission factors, and reports Scope 1 broken down by site and by category, making reduction levers immediately visible.

Related terms

Scope 2
Indirect emissions from purchased and imported energy: electricity, heat, steam or cooling produced outside the boundary.
Scope 3
All other indirect emissions upstream (purchases, inbound transport) and downstream (product use, end of life) of the value chain.
GHG Protocol
International GHG accounting standard, published by WRI and WBCSD. Foundation of the vast majority of carbon footprints worldwide.
Carbon footprint
Comprehensive measurement of an organisation's GHG emissions over a given period, expressed in tCO₂e. Covers Scopes 1, 2 and 3.

Need more than a definition?

Kabaun computes your carbon footprint from these very terms: Scopes 1, 2, 3, CSRD or BEGES compliance, SBTi-aligned reduction plan.

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