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GHG Protocol Scope 3 · Category 7
Measure your employee commuting and work-from-home carbon footprint
An enterprise-grade calculator built for sustainability teams, ESG professionals, consultants and individual employees. Transparent methodology, country-specific emission factors, DEFRA fallbacks and downloadable audit-ready reports.
What is Scope 3 Category 7?
Scope 3 Category 7 covers emissions from the transportation of employees between their homes and their workplace, including teleworking impacts. It's reported under the GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard and is often one of the most material categories for service-based organisations.
Methodology overview
- · Country-specific electricity grid factors when available
- · DEFRA / DESNZ 2026 GHG Conversion Factors as a robust fallback
- · Return-trip distance and vehicle occupancy handled automatically
- · Working-from-home electricity and heating with allocation logic
- · Full audit trail for every calculation
Supported standards
GHG Protocol
Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
DEFRA / DESNZ 2026
UK Government GHG Conversion Factors
National factors
ADEME, EPA eGRID, UBA, IEA and more
Audit-ready
Full formula & factor transparency
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