Find relevant certificate markets
Start with the countries and certificate systems that match your operational footprint.
Check market coverageScope 2 emissions guide
Reduce Scope 2 complexity with renewable electricity sourcing workflows.
GreenPowerHub helps sustainability and procurement teams move from market-based Scope 2 reporting questions to certificate market coverage, structured RFQs, price context, and trade documentation.
60+ countries supported across certificate markets.
Scope 2 workflow
From accounting need to certificate sourcing
Reporting
Location-based and market-based methods
Procurement
Origins, vintages, technologies, and volumes
Workflow
Coverage, RFQ, market data, and trade workflow
Choose your Scope 2 path
What do you need to do with Scope 2 electricity sourcing?
The right next step depends on whether you are defining a reporting approach, sourcing certificates, or comparing market options.
Run a structured RFQ
Ask suppliers to quote against the same origin, vintage, technology, volume, and delivery requirements.
Create an RFQReview price and market data
Use reports, closing prices, and market context to prepare sourcing decisions and evaluate offers.
Explore price contextPublic GreenPowerHub metrics
Used by buyers, sustainability teams, traders, utilities, and service providers working across renewable certificate markets.
60+
Countries supported across certificate markets
700+
Companies registered
100+ TWh
Energy certificates traded
Market-based Scope 2
Scope 2 reporting becomes practical when the sourcing requirement is precise.
Scope 2 covers emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heat, and cooling. Under the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, companies often report both a location-based result and a market-based result where contractual instruments are available and suitable.
For buyers, the hard part is rarely the definition. The hard part is translating country coverage, certificate system, production year, volume, technology, documentation, and price context into a sourcing process suppliers can actually respond to.
GreenPowerHub connects that work to market coverage, RFQ, marketplace, market data, and trade workflow so sustainability, procurement, finance, and energy teams can compare options with fewer spreadsheet gaps.
Scope 2 buying criteria
- Countries and facilities included in the reporting boundary
- Certificate system and market coverage by country
- Consumption year, production year, and vintage expectations
- Technology, label, and project-attribute preferences
- Cancellation, transfer, or documentation requirements
- Offer comparability, price context, and counterparty workflow
GreenPowerHub workflow
Use GreenPowerHub to connect Scope 2 requirements to market execution.
A repeatable workflow helps teams move from a footprint and reporting question to supplier responses and documented trade next steps.
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Define the electricity footprint
Group facilities, countries, and consumption into the sourcing scope that needs renewable electricity coverage.
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Check certificate fit
Review certificate systems and market coverage before deciding which origin and delivery requirements to request.
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Request comparable offers
Use RFQ to define volume, origin, year, technology, labels, delivery method, and response deadlines.
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Move to trade workflow
Compare supplier responses, engage counterparties, and keep confirmation, signing, and documentation work traceable.
Scope 2 segments
Adapt Scope 2 sourcing to your operating model.
Industry context changes the load pattern, data quality, and sourcing pressure, but the core need is still clear market fit and comparable offers.
Scope 2 by industry
Compare common Scope 2 priorities across data centers, manufacturing, technology companies, and offices.
Compare industriesI-REC Scope 2 reporting
Understand how I-REC can support market-based Scope 2 reporting in relevant countries.
Open I-REC guideGuarantees of Origin
Route European and international certificate questions to the right scheme guide.
Open GO guideMarket reports
Use reports and market context to prepare Scope 2 sourcing decisions before RFQ.
Explore reportsReporting context
Use certificates carefully within the Scope 2 Guidance framework.
The GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance defines how companies account for purchased electricity and other purchased energy. It distinguishes location-based reporting from market-based reporting where contractual instruments are used.
Renewable electricity certificates can support market-based reporting when the certificate, geography, claim, timing, and documentation fit the relevant guidance and disclosure expectations. The page should not imply that any certificate automatically fits every claim.
As of May 2026, the GHG Protocol Scope 2 update process is active. Copy should acknowledge evolving expectations around credibility, geography, temporal matching, and disclosure without presenting draft ideas as finalized requirements.
FAQ
Scope 2 reporting and sourcing questions
Reporting basics
What are Scope 2 emissions?
Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heat, and cooling consumed by the reporting company.
What is the difference between location-based and market-based Scope 2 reporting?
Location-based reporting uses average grid emissions factors for the electricity consumed. Market-based reporting reflects contractual instruments and supplier-specific information where they meet the relevant guidance.
Certificate sourcing
Can renewable certificates be used for Scope 2 reporting?
Renewable electricity certificates can support market-based Scope 2 reporting when the certificate attributes, geography, timing, claim, and documentation fit the relevant guidance. Buyers should review requirements for their reporting framework before making claims.
How does GreenPowerHub help with Scope 2 sourcing?
GreenPowerHub helps teams check certificate market coverage, structure RFQs, compare supplier responses, review market context, and move accepted opportunities into trade workflow.
Official sources
References for standards, reporting, and market context.
Next step
Make your next Scope 2 certificate request easier to compare.
Define the market, volume, year, origin, technology, delivery, and documentation needs once, then invite suppliers to respond through a structured workflow.