Categorization of scope 3 emissions for streamlined enterprise carbon footprinting

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 8509-8515

  Huang, Y Anny ^a   Weber, Christopher L ^a   Matthews, H Scott ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTURE RATE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; DIRECT EMISSIONS; ECONOMIC INPUT-OUTPUT LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; ECONOMIC SECTORS; EMISSION SOURCES; EMISSIONS MITIGATION; FOOTPRINTING; GENERAL ECONOMY; INDUSTRY SECTORS; MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES; SPECIFIC PROTOCOL;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; GAS EMISSIONS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; PURCHASING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS;

LEAKAGE (FLUID);

CARBON;

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; EMISSION INVENTORY; ENVIRONMENTAL MODELING; GREENHOUSE GAS; GUIDELINE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; SERVICE SECTOR;

ARTICLE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MODEL; ORGANIZATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 72249114031     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901643a     Document Type: Article

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