Scope 2: Indirect emissions

Next, are 'Scope 2' emissions. These emissions are created by a business's energy provider when generating electricity that is supplied and used by the business. 

While a business can control how much energy it uses, and which provider it's purchased from, it can't control the emissions caused by the generation of energy, so these are classed as 'indirect'.

Scope 2 emissions are also classed as 'upstream' because they’re needed before the business can fulfil its operations.