Description:
This data point covers the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with all goods and services purchased during the reporting period (excluding capital goods, which fall under Category 2). It includes materials, consumables, chemicals, and outsourced services.
To simplify reporting, purchases are grouped into subcategories.
Companies should fill in the subcategories applicable to their operations.
All results should be expressed in tonnes (t) where physical materials are purchased, or in money (local currency) where purchases are tracked as services or expenditures.
What to include:
All goods and services purchased in the reporting period, excluding capital goods.
Direct production materials, consumables, packaging, and purchased services used in operations.
Supplier-specific emissions data where available, otherwise default emission factors.
What not to include:
Capital goods (machinery, equipment → Category 2)
Transport and distribution (Category 3.4).
Business travel and commuting (Categories 6 & 7).
Data hiearchy
Supplier-specific data:
Use emissions data provided directly by suppliers (e.g., Environmental Product Declarations, LCAs, or supplier emission factors) – please contact us, if you will have an emission factor from the supplier and we will adjust the G0M questionnaire for you.
Activity-based data (recommended):
Where supplier-specific data is not available – very common, use tonnes (t) of goods or materials purchased and Green0Meter will automatically convert it to CO2e using a recognized emission factor.
Spend-based data (fallback, only if tonnes are not available):
If weight data (tonnes) cannot be obtained and the subcategory does not allow money reporting, then record the spend (in EUR or local currency) under 3.1 – Purchased goods and services – Operational Expenditures.
This ensures that all purchases are reported, even where weight-based reporting is not feasible.