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CLIMATE-LITERACY5 MIN READ

Sort the Inventory Problems by Principle

Diagnose inventory quality issues using the GHG Protocol principles.

Sort each inventory issue into the principle it violates most directly first. Relevance Completeness Consistency Transparency Accuracy The team excluded purchased goods even though it is likely the largest emissions category. The footprint focuses on office waste while ignoring the categories leaders need for target decisions. Last year used spend factors, this year uses supplier factors, and the change was not explained in the trend report. A vendor estimate was used, but the assumptions and factor source were omitted from the board slide. A data import duplicated one month of electricity use, overstating the total. Only categories with easy data…

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