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Scope 1: Direct emissions

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Starting with ‘Scope 1’, these are emissions a business makes and controls directly.

Sources of Scope 1 include:

  • emissions within a company's building, such as from gas boilers, air conditioning units, fridges;
  • emissions created during manufacturing or onsite operational processes;
  • emissions from company owned or leased vans, cars or lorries.