How To Simplify Purchased Goods and Services Tracking for Scope 3 Reporting
Struggling with Scope 3 reporting? Discover how EcoHedge's integration with Xero simplifies tracking emissions from purchased goods and services.
February 2025
Understanding Scope 3 and Purchased Goods & Services
Tracking Scope 3 emissions can be tough for small businesses, but it's essential for sustainability. Among the 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions, purchased goods and services often pose the biggest challenge due to the complexity of supply chain data.
Scope 3 emissions encompass all indirect emissions occurring in a company's value chain. The purchased goods and services category includes emissions from suppliers producing the materials, products, or services a business buys. Unlike direct emissions (Scope 1) or energy use (Scope 2), these emissions come from suppliers and require data from outside sources, making them harder to track.
How EcoHedge + Xero Integration Solves These Challenges
With EcoHedge Express, small businesses can streamline the process, producing more defensible and efficient sustainability reporting.
Automated Data Extraction
EcoHedge pulls data directly from Xero invoices and categorises purchases to estimate emissions.
Supplier Emissions Database
EcoHedge helps small businesses leverage supplier emission factors, reducing the need for direct engagement.
Compliance & Reporting Made Easy
Generate Scope 3 reports that align with GHG Protocol, CDP, and other sustainability frameworks.
The Competitive Advantage of Sustainable Reporting
Tracking emissions from purchased goods isn't just about following rules. It can also be a business advantage.
Enhance sustainability credentials
EcoHedge helps businesses automatically track and report carbon emissions from purchases, ensuring transparency and accountability.
Improve supplier selection
With its supplier emissions database, EcoHedge provides insights into the carbon footprint of different vendors, allowing informed supplier choices.
Meet regulatory expectations
EcoHedge generates reports that comply with major sustainability frameworks such as the GHG Protocol and CDP.
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