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Australia NGER

Attribution: NGA factors are available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence and should be attributed as “Australian National Greenhouse Accounts Factors, Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water”.

For more information, see NGER and NGA workbook.

Canada - Environment and Climate Change Canada - National Inventory Report Annex 13

Attribution: Contains information licensed from the Government of Canada under the Open Government Licence – Canada and must be used in accordance with the terms of that licence.

For more information, see Canadian National Inventory factor set.

eGRID

Attribution: eGRID data is produced by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Washington DC: Office of Atmospheric Protection, Clean Air Markets Division which makes it available for use both non-commercially and commercially.

For more information, see US eGRID electricity factors.

Spend-based multi-region input output (MRIO) emission factors (Eora)

Attribution: Spend-based multi-region input output (MRIO) emission factors (Eora) are the property of GM & Associates Pty Ltd and are provided in Envizi ESG Suite according to the terms of the agreement between IBM and the data owner.

For more information, see Eora66 MRIO factor set.

European Residual Mixes - Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB Residual Mix)

Attribution: AIB develops, uses and promotes a European, harmonised and standardised system of energy certification for all energy carriers: the European Energy Certificate System - "EECS" and provides this information for public use.

For more information, see AIB Residual Mix.

NABERS

Attribution: NABERS equations and algorithms are owned by New South Wales Treasury and are provided in Envizi ESG Suite according to terms of the agreement between IBM and the data owner.

Clients must adhere to the following terms and conditions when using the ratings from NABERS (National Australian Built Environment Rating System) as part of the Envizi ESG Suite Cloud Service:
  • Any resulting rating generated using the NABERS component must be noted as an estimate and may not be represented as a substitute for an accredited NABERS rating.
  • Client may not use the NABERS trademark, or similar, in its reporting of the estimated rating (Client may refer to "estimated NABERS rating of x stars" or something similar).
  • Client must explicitly state in marketing and reporting that its use of NABERS is in no way an endorsement of Client's product or company by New South Wales Treasury or any agency administering the NABERS scheme.

For more information, see NABERS.

North American Residual Mix Factors - Center for Resource Solutions (SRS)

For attribution, see https://resource-solutions.org/trademark/.

For more information, see Green-e Residual Mix.

International Energy Agency (IEA) - Country level, grid average emission factors

Attribution - IEA emission factors are provided in Envizi ESG Suite according to terms of the agreement between IBM and IEA. Reports are based on the version of IEA data referenced in the Envizi ESG Suite product documentation. All rights reserved.

Clients must adhere to the following terms and conditions when using IEA emission factors as part of the Envizi ESG Suite Cloud Service:
  • IEA Factors provided through the IBM Envizi ESG Suite Cloud Service must be used solely for the calculation of data and information relevant to the client’s own organization.
  • Clients are only permitted to disclose the IEA Factors relevant to their emissions calculations in their sustainability reports to third parties for the purposes of emissions reporting (e.g., to CDP) and/or audits.
  • Clients must not reproduce the IEA Factors in reports issued to the public such as in their Annual Reports nor use any IEA Factors in software or a tool that they make available to third parties.

For more information, see IEA factor set.

New Zealand Ministry for the Environment

Attribution: New Zealand emissions factors are prepared by the Ministry for the Environment, with technical expert advice from Toitū Envirocare and Agrilink Limited and are made available for public use.

For more information, see New Zealand Ministry for the Environment factor set.

National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Workbook, Australian Federal Government

Attribution: National Greenhouse Accounts factors are provided under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence and must be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of that licence.

For more information, see NGER and NGA workbook.

Scope 3 US Supply Chain GHG factors for US industries and Commodities

Attribution: This dataset is associated with the following publication: Ingwersen, W., and M. Li. Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for US Industries and Commodities. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC, USA, 2020 and is intended for public access and use.

For more information, see Supply Chain Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for US Industries and Commodities factor set v1.0/1.1/1.1.1.

UK Defra

Attribution : United Kingdom Government Greenhouse gas reporting conversion factors are provided by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy under an Open Government Licence v1.0 and must be used in accordance with the terms and conditions of that licence.

For more information, see UK Defra factor set.