The EU's new CSRD (Corporate Social Responsibility Directive) requires at least 50.000 large companies within the EU, to create a report on their social and environmental impact + strategic actions from 2024 onwards.
This includes reporting on scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. Here, scope 3 emissions cover a companies' indirect emissions caused by their value chain. Think of the impact of purchased products or materials, consumer use, and end-of-life processes.
Pickler results and scope 3 emissions
Pickler offers the in-depth scope 3 emissions to report on ESRS 1- 5 from the CSRD:
Climate Change (ESRS E1),
Pollutants (ESRS E2),
Water and marine resources (ESRS E3),
Biodiversity and ecosystems (ESRS E4)
The scope of these calculations covers the complete lifecycle of packaging products - excluding consumer use. Read more about the scope of our calculations here.
The environmental impact of purchased products usually covers a company's biggest scope 3 impact chunk (90-99%).
For example, in the case of CSRD compliant packaging resellers or brands, this would largely cover the envionmental impact of the total volume of packaging products they purchase annually.
In the case of CSRD compliant suppliers, it largely covers the environmental impact of their purchased raw materials.
***Note: Please keep in mind Pickler does not cover the complete scope 3 emissions of you or your customer. Solely the emissions of your packaging products. Pickler isn't a carbon accounting tool.
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