Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for US Industries 2010-2016

Emission factors for US industries and commodities quantify greenhouse gas emissions per dollar spent across the supply chain. The dataset provides factors for years from 2010 to 2016 at two levels of sector aggregation. It includes data quality scores for reliability, temporal, geographical, and technological correlation.

Use Cases

• Calculate Scope 3 emissions for purchased goods using the spend-based method with Supply Chain Emission Factors with Margins.
• Analyze emissions intensity trends from 2010 to 2016 across different industry and commodity sectors.
• Compare cradle-to-factory-gate versus cradle-to-shelf emissions using the provided factor sets and margins data.
• Assess result uncertainty by incorporating the five data quality scores covering reliability and completeness.

Strengths

• Covers all categories of goods and services in the US economy.
• Provides temporal coverage for years from 2010 to 2016.
• Includes five data quality scores per factor for reliability, temporal, geographical, and technological correlation.

Limitations

• Data is temporally stale, with the latest year being 2016.
• Factors are specific to the US economy and may not be applicable to other geographies.
• Relies on spend-based method assumptions which may not capture physical activity data.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Collection Method

Prepared using USEEIO life cycle models of goods and services in the US economy.

Time Range

2010 to 2016

Freshness

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Geography

United States