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title: What Are Scope 3 Emissions? | GreenPowerHub
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# What are Scope 3 emissions?

Scope 3 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions that happen in a company's value chain, outside the company's own operations and purchased energy. They can include suppliers, logistics, product use, end-of-life treatment, investments, and other upstream or downstream activities.

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 Scope 3 emissions are indirect greenhouse gas emissions that happen in a company's value chain, outside the company's own operations and purchased energy. They can include suppliers, logistics, product use, end-of-life treatment, investments, and other upstream or downstream activities.

## Scope 3 covers value-chain emissions beyond your own sites.

Scope 1 covers direct emissions from sources a company owns or controls. Scope 2 covers purchased electricity, steam, heat, and cooling. Scope 3 covers other indirect emissions connected to the value chain.

For GreenPowerHub, the most relevant Scope 3 connection is supplier electricity. If suppliers need renewable electricity sourcing, certificate market coverage, RFQs, or documentation, those workflows can support a wider supplier engagement program.

Buying renewable certificates does not automatically reduce a buyer's Scope 3 inventory. The category, supplier relationship, data quality, accounting method, and claim review still matter.

## What to check next

- Start by identifying which Scope 3 category is in scope.
- Separate supplier electricity work from broader logistics, materials, product, or investment emissions.
- Use certificate sourcing only where renewable electricity is a relevant supplier action.
- Get accounting or advisory review before making reduction claims.

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## Use supplier renewable electricity where it fits the Scope 3 strategy.

GreenPowerHub is useful when Scope 3 work turns into supplier renewable electricity sourcing, country coverage, RFQs, and certificate documentation.

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