This section enables the evaluation of reduction of avoided emissions between any two defined scopes.
Reduction and avoided emissions analyses require a lot of processing to compute so may take some time to run - this is normal behavior. For this reason, we run them asynchronously to allow you to continue navigating while the report runs and send a notification e-mail when it is complete.
There are 2 broad use cases for reduction evaluation although our tool allows for evaluation
of any two scopes to be defined and compared.Reduction:
On a macro level - Looking at one scope vs. a baseline to determine the overall
reduction (can be done by brand, country, platform etc)
On a micro level - Assessing the impact of an optimisation to determine the
reduction associated - A|B testing, best practice effectiveness
For evaluating reduction, select a scope A and a scope B to indicate a baseline (scope A) and
the activity you wish to compare (scope B). This can be filtered down to a very granular level
on both sides to ensure the right scope is being compared.
On a macro level - Assessing the collective improvement from your activity when
other factors like increased budgets or activity mean that reduction is either not
shown or minimized
For evaluating avoided emissions, select a scope A and a scope B to indicate a baseline (scope A) and the activity you wish to compare (scope B). From this, we generate a Scope X which uses Scope B’s budget and combines it with Scope A’s environmental KPIs to create a ‘What-If’ scenario for comparison.This Scope X is then compared to Scope B to give it a more like for like comparison and the
ability to derive avoided emissions.
Reduced emissions looks at the reduction of emissions in absolute terms between two
scopes. For example, from 2022 to 2023, if you produced 100tCO2eq in 2022 and 80tCO2eq
in 2023, you have reduced emissions by 20%. Avoided emissions are emissions that would have been generated, but weren’t due to
improved inputs or processes. Let’s say in 2022 you generated 100 tons of CO2eq. In 2023,
you implemented a number of best practices but also doubled your output/number of
clients. As a result, you’ve generated 150 tons of CO2eq. This means that there has not been
a reduction, however, in order to help quantify how much CO2eq you would have created,
we can run a simulation where we use 2022 as a baseline to determine how many emissions
would have been created if you hadn’t put in place better practices. If this number is now
200 tCO2eq, then you will have 50tCO2eq avoided emissions.