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! Description
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| '''[[Ecoinvent|ecoinvent]]'''
| '''[[ecoinvent]]'''
| Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)  
| Life Cycle Inventory (LCI)  
| Global  
| Global  
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| Comprehensive life cycle inventory data for carbon footprinting and sustainability assessments.
| Comprehensive life cycle inventory data for carbon footprinting and sustainability assessments.
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| '''[[DEFRA Emission Factors]]'''  
| '''[[DEFRA Emission Factors]]'''
| Government Database  
| Government Database  
| UK  
| UK  
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| Official UK government emission factors for company reporting.
| Official UK government emission factors for company reporting.
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| '''[[GREET Model]]'''  
| '''[[GREET Model]]'''
| Research Model  
| Research Model  
| USA  
| USA  
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| Argonne National Laboratory’s tool for transportation emissions and life cycle analysis.
| Argonne National Laboratory’s tool for transportation emissions and life cycle analysis.
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| '''[[EXIOBASE]]'''  
| '''[[EXIOBASE]]'''
| Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)  
| Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)  
| Global  
| Global  
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| Detailed multi-regional input-output database for environmental assessments.
| Detailed multi-regional input-output database for environmental assessments.
|-
|-
| '''[[GHG Protocol Database]]'''  
| '''[[GHG Protocol Database]]'''
| Industry Standard  
| Industry Standard  
| Global  
| Global  
| Free  
| Free  
| A widely used emissions database for corporate and product carbon accounting.
| A widely used emissions database for corporate and product carbon accounting.
|-
|Agribalyse
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|France
|Free
|Managed by the French Environment Agency (ADEME), is a public database that provides detailed life cycle assessment data for agricultural and food products.
|-
|Base Empreinte
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|France
|Free
|Managed by the French Environment Agency (ADEME). It focuses on carbon emissions related to various sectors, providing emission factors for a wide range of activities, products and services.
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|EEA
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|Europe
|Free
|Primarily focussed on emission factors for air pollutants and greenhouse gases in the European Union.
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|GLEC
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|Global
|Free
|Globally recognized emission factors for freight transportation; covering road, rail, air, sea, and inland waterways.
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|UBA
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|Germany
|Free
|The Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany’s Environment Agency, provides emission factors for various sectors, including energy, industry, transport, and agriculture.
|-
|OEKOBAUDAT
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|Global
|Free
|OEKOBAUDAT is a German government-managed database for environmental impacts and emissions associated with construction materials and buildings.
|-
|EPA
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|USA
|Free
|Regularly updated and easy-to-use set of default emission factors for organizational greenhouse gas reporting.
|-
|CARB
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|Global
|Free
|CARB maintains a list of the Global Warming Potential for the most common refrigerants regulated under their Refrigerant Management Program
|-
|Carbon Ditch
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|Paid
|DitchCarbon is a platform designed to automate the collection and reporting of Scope 3 emissions data.
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|WRAP
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|Global
|Free
|Provides a repository of secondary emission factors for food and drink that organisations can use for scope 3 reporting.
|-
|PCAF
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|Europe
|Free
|It provides a standardized methodology for measuring and reporting financed emissions in the financial sector.
|-
|Netherlands Enterprise Agency
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|Netherlands
|Free
|List of emission factors including Tank-to-Wheel, Well-to-Tank and biogenic emissions
|-
|EORA
|Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)
|Global
|Paid
|MRIO model that provides a time series of high-resolution IO tables with matching environmental and social satellite accounts for 190 countries.
|-
|Government of Canada
|Government Database
|Canada
|Free
|The  EFs are more tailored to national reporting (following IPCC guidelines) than organisational reporting.
|-
|BEIS
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|UK
|Free
|In addition to fuels and UK electricity EFs, it also provides data sets relevant to Scope 3 categories.
|-
|AIB
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|Europe & UK
|Free
|AIB publishes annual residual grid emission factors for European countries aligned to the reporting requirement under the market-based approach in the GHG Protocol scope 2 guidance.
|-
|Green-e
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|USA
|Free
|Green-e plays a role in certifying renewable energy and carbon offsets.
|-
|IEA
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|Global
|Paid
|Provides international electricity emission factors.
|-
|IPCC
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|Global
|Free
|To be used in calculation of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases.
|-
|EEI
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|USA
|Free
|Database of market-based EFs for electricity suppliers in the US
|-
|ICE
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|UK
|Free
|The Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE Data base) is an embodied carbon database for building materials.
|-
|Plastics Europe Eco profiles
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|Europe
|Free
|Lifecycle inventories and Environmental Production Declarations for a large number of different plastics.
|-
|eGRID
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|USA
|Free
|eGRID separates electricity generation and emissions across several aggregation levels: Generator, Plant, State, and Subregion. 
|-
|FIGARO
|Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO)
|Europe & G20
|Free
|Includes aligned Input Output Tables, Supply-Use Tables, Globalisation Indicators and Environmental footprints (GHG emissions).
|-
|CBAM
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|Global
|Free & Paid
|A policy tool implemented by the EU for carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU.
|-
|Electricity Info
|
|UK
|Free
|A selection of datasets on UK electricity fuel mix and carbon intensity.
|-
|Carbon Database Initiative
|
|Global
|Free
|Country electricity EFs outside UK, USA, Canada and Australia are calculated by Carbonfootprint.com
|-
|WIOD (or EEIO)
|
|Global
|Free
|Includes aligned Input Output Tables, Supply-Use Tables, Socio Economic Accounts and links to external Environment Accounts (energy + carbon dioxide).
|}
|}


Revision as of 16:18, 1 April 2025

   Emission Factors Portal

Welcome to the Emission Factors Portal

This portal serves as a central hub for reviewed databases related to **emission factors**. Here, you'll find a **summary table** of key databases, with links to detailed reviews.


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Emission Factors Database Summary

Database Name Database Type Regions Free or Paid Description
ecoinvent Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Global Paid Comprehensive life cycle inventory data for carbon footprinting and sustainability assessments.
DEFRA Emission Factors Government Database UK Free Official UK government emission factors for company reporting.
GREET Model Research Model USA Free Argonne National Laboratory’s tool for transportation emissions and life cycle analysis.
EXIOBASE Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO) Global Free Detailed multi-regional input-output database for environmental assessments.
GHG Protocol Database Industry Standard Global Free A widely used emissions database for corporate and product carbon accounting.
Agribalyse France Free Managed by the French Environment Agency (ADEME), is a public database that provides detailed life cycle assessment data for agricultural and food products.
Base Empreinte France Free Managed by the French Environment Agency (ADEME). It focuses on carbon emissions related to various sectors, providing emission factors for a wide range of activities, products and services.
EEA Europe Free Primarily focussed on emission factors for air pollutants and greenhouse gases in the European Union.
GLEC Global Free Globally recognized emission factors for freight transportation; covering road, rail, air, sea, and inland waterways.
UBA Germany Free The Umweltbundesamt (UBA), Germany’s Environment Agency, provides emission factors for various sectors, including energy, industry, transport, and agriculture.
OEKOBAUDAT Global Free OEKOBAUDAT is a German government-managed database for environmental impacts and emissions associated with construction materials and buildings.
EPA USA Free Regularly updated and easy-to-use set of default emission factors for organizational greenhouse gas reporting.
CARB Global Free CARB maintains a list of the Global Warming Potential for the most common refrigerants regulated under their Refrigerant Management Program
Carbon Ditch Paid DitchCarbon is a platform designed to automate the collection and reporting of Scope 3 emissions data.
WRAP Global Free Provides a repository of secondary emission factors for food and drink that organisations can use for scope 3 reporting.
PCAF Europe Free It provides a standardized methodology for measuring and reporting financed emissions in the financial sector.
Netherlands Enterprise Agency Netherlands Free List of emission factors including Tank-to-Wheel, Well-to-Tank and biogenic emissions
EORA Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO) Global Paid MRIO model that provides a time series of high-resolution IO tables with matching environmental and social satellite accounts for 190 countries.
Government of Canada Government Database Canada Free The EFs are more tailored to national reporting (following IPCC guidelines) than organisational reporting.
BEIS UK Free In addition to fuels and UK electricity EFs, it also provides data sets relevant to Scope 3 categories.
AIB Europe & UK Free AIB publishes annual residual grid emission factors for European countries aligned to the reporting requirement under the market-based approach in the GHG Protocol scope 2 guidance.
Green-e USA Free Green-e plays a role in certifying renewable energy and carbon offsets.
IEA Global Paid Provides international electricity emission factors.
IPCC Global Free To be used in calculation of anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases.
EEI USA Free Database of market-based EFs for electricity suppliers in the US
ICE UK Free The Inventory of Carbon and Energy (ICE Data base) is an embodied carbon database for building materials.
Plastics Europe Eco profiles Europe Free Lifecycle inventories and Environmental Production Declarations for a large number of different plastics.
eGRID USA Free eGRID separates electricity generation and emissions across several aggregation levels: Generator, Plant, State, and Subregion. 
FIGARO Multi-regional Input-Output (MRIO) Europe & G20 Free Includes aligned Input Output Tables, Supply-Use Tables, Globalisation Indicators and Environmental footprints (GHG emissions).
CBAM Global Free & Paid A policy tool implemented by the EU for carbon-intensive goods imported into the EU.
Electricity Info UK Free A selection of datasets on UK electricity fuel mix and carbon intensity.
Carbon Database Initiative Global Free Country electricity EFs outside UK, USA, Canada and Australia are calculated by Carbonfootprint.com
WIOD (or EEIO) Global Free Includes aligned Input Output Tables, Supply-Use Tables, Socio Economic Accounts and links to external Environment Accounts (energy + carbon dioxide).
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