Emission Factors:DESNZ Conversion Factors for Company Reporting

Description

A comprehensive set of emission factors created by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to allow UK companies to prepare organisational carbon footprints. In addition to fuels and UK electricity emission factors, it also provides data sets relevant to scope 3 reporting.

Metadata

Data Type: Activity-based
Publisher Type: National Government
Number of Factors: 7875
Database Format: Excel
Last Update: 2024
Update Frequency: Annually
Cost: Free
Link: [DESNZ Conversion Factors for Company Reporting]

When to use

This should be the primary source of emission factors for UK organisations. Suitability for international use will depend on the specific factors, considering the geographic variability of underlying activity data.

Limitations

Emission factors for scope 3 categories are mostly based on UK circumstances (e.g. transport emissions based on UK fleet and infrastructure). Nevertheless, these are often applied internationally, in the absence of better alternatives.

Page Contributors: Philippe Pernstich