Estimate Scope 1-2-3 emissions, check SEC/CSRD applicability, and get reduction recommendations.
Emission factors are US national averages from EPA. Scope 3 is estimated using industry ratios and should not replace a full supply chain audit. Carbon intensity benchmarks are approximate. This tool is for screening purposes only — professional carbon accounting is recommended for regulatory compliance.
A carbon footprint is built from three layers. Scope 1 is direct emissions from things you burn on site — natural gas and fleet fuel. Scope 2 is purchased electricity. Scope 3 is everything else in your value chain, from suppliers to employee commutes to business travel. Each activity is multiplied by an EPA emission factor to convert it into metric tons of CO2-equivalent (tCO2e), the universal unit that lets different greenhouse gases be compared on one scale. For most service businesses, Scope 3 dominates — this calculator estimates it by multiplying your Scope 1 + 2 footprint by an industry-specific ratio, then adding air travel.
Example: a 50-person technology company using 150,000 kWh of electricity and 5,000 therms of natural gas emits ≈ 653 tCO2e/yr. Scope 3 (supply chain) makes up ~85% of the total — typical for services firms, where the tech-sector Scope 3 multiplier of 5.0× dwarfs direct emissions. Carbon intensity is then normalized to revenue: 130.7 tCO2e per $1M versus the 15 tCO2e/$1M industry average.
Nova, a 50-person software startup in Austin, wants to estimate its annual carbon footprint before responding to a client's ESG questionnaire. Her inputs: 150,000 kWh of electricity, 5,000 therms of natural gas, a 5-vehicle fleet doing 40,000 miles, 200,000 miles of business air travel, and $5M revenue in the technology sector.
To estimate your company carbon footprint: enter electricity, natural gas, fleet, and travel figures — the tool computes Scope 1–3 emissions in tCO2e, benchmarks intensity against your industry, and checks SEC and CSRD disclosure applicability.
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This calculator estimates a company's greenhouse gas emissions across the three scopes used in corporate reporting. Scope 1 covers direct combustion: natural gas burned on site and fleet vehicle mileage. Scope 2 covers purchased electricity, converted with EPA national grid factors. Scope 3, usually the largest and hardest to measure, is estimated from your industry's typical upstream and downstream ratio applied to your Scopes 1 and 2. Beyond the tonnage, the tool computes carbon intensity per million dollars of revenue, benchmarks it against your industry's average, checks whether the SEC climate disclosure rule or the EU CSRD applies to your company based on revenue, headcount, and listing status, and generates reduction recommendations with estimated savings and cost ranges, from solar and EV fleets to heat pumps and offsets.
Sustainability leads at small and mid-size companies use it as a first-pass screen before committing to a full carbon accounting engagement, which typically starts around $10,000. Startups answering ESG questions on enterprise procurement or investor due-diligence questionnaires generate defensible numbers in minutes. CFOs of companies nearing CSRD thresholds in the EU supply chain check whether reporting obligations are approaching. Marketing teams producing sustainability claims use the benchmark view to keep statements grounded, since unverified green claims increasingly draw regulatory attention under Green Guides and similar regimes. It is not a substitute for assurance-grade reporting, and the tool says so, but it converts a blank questionnaire into an informed estimate.
(1) Select your industry, which sets the Scope 3 ratio and intensity benchmark. (2) Enter operational basics: employees, facility square footage, and annual revenue, which drive the applicability checks. (3) Enter energy and fleet figures from utility bills and mileage logs: electricity in kWh, natural gas in therms, fleet miles, and business air travel. (4) The engine multiplies each activity by its EPA emission factor, derives Scope 3 from the industry ratio, totals emissions in tCO2e, and expresses intensity per million dollars of revenue. The results panel shows a scope breakdown bar, your position versus the industry average, the SEC and CSRD applicability verdicts with the thresholds that triggered them, and a recommendations table with payback context.
The applicability logic follows the published thresholds. The SEC climate disclosure rule primarily covers publicly traded registrants; large private companies were carved back before the rule's effective dates, and its status remains subject to litigation and Commission direction, so private firms should treat a false verdict here as current rather than permanent. The EU CSRD reaches further: companies with over 150 million euro in EU turnover fall in scope even without an EU listing, and non-EU companies above 450 million euro of EU revenue face obligations from the 2028 financial year, while omnibus proposals are still reshaping the smaller-company tiers. The calculator flags both checks from your revenue and listing status inputs so you know which regime to watch, and every estimate cites the EPA factors used, keeping the screening transparent when a customer or auditor asks where the number came from.
Scope 1 is direct emissions from sources you own, like natural gas and fleet fuel. Scope 2 is purchased electricity. Scope 3 covers all other value-chain emissions, typically the largest share, estimated here from industry ratios.
The rule primarily applies to SEC registrants. Large private companies were excluded from the final scope, though the rule remains subject to litigation — this calculator flags both SEC and EU CSRD applicability from your revenue and listing status.
EU companies above thresholds of 250 employees and certain revenue figures, plus non-EU companies with over 150 million euro of EU turnover, with the largest non-EU filers starting from the 2028 financial year. Omnibus proposals are still adjusting the smaller tiers.
Scopes 1 and 2 calculated from utility bills and EPA national grid factors are usually within about 10% of a professional inventory. Scope 3 industry-ratio estimates are screening-level only and should not replace a supply-chain audit.
It covers all three GHG Protocol scopes: Scope 1 (direct combustion—company vehicles, on-site heating), Scope 2 (purchased electricity—multiply kWh by your grid's emission factor, e.g., 0.386 kg CO2/kWh US average), and Scope 3 (supply chain, commuting, business travel). Output is in metric tons CO2e with category breakdowns.
The output aligns with GRI 305, CDP, and TCFD disclosure frameworks. Export your Scope 1-3 inventory as a structured report suitable for annual sustainability disclosures, investor questionnaires, or B Corp certification applications. Over 90% of S&P 500 companies now publish Scope 1 and 2 data; Scope 3 reporting is growing rapidly.
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