Footprints

Footprints (CO₂ or Energy) show how much each activity contributes to the total. You can choose from six types of breakdowns of footprints. You can also publish your CO₂ footprint with one click.
Look for more detailed help concerning CO₂ footprints at the general help on CO₂‑footprints

Six types of breakdown

• GHG marketbased:
  • Distribution of the items over scope 1, 2 and 3 in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
  • This version includes a graph that shows the distribution over scope 1-2-3.
  • For scope 2, the ‘marketbased’ CO₂ factors are used in this CO₂ footprint; this means that the default CO₂ factor for electricity is that of grey electricity.
  • If you have green electricity, this has an effect in this footprint.
• GHG locationbased:
  • Same as the previous one, except for scope 2.
  • For scope 2, this CO₂ footprint calculates with the ‘locationbased’ CO₂ factors;
    this means that for electricity the ‘gridmix’ CO₂ factor based on the mix of grey and green electricity is used.
  • Purchasing green electricity does not count in this footprint (because it is in the gridmix).
• Thematic:
  • The CO₂footprint that follows the theme classification of the Envirometer.
  • For scope 2 items, the market-based CO₂ factors are used (see above for explanation).
• CO₂ Performance Ladder:
  • Distribution of the items over scope 1, 2 and 3 in accordance with the CO₂ Performance Ladder.
  • Scope 1 is divided into:
    • greenhouse effect due to CO₂ gas
    • greenhouse effect due to other greenhouse gases (if you have emissions from refrigerants or methane, for example)
  • Scope 2 uses market-based CO₂ factors.
  • Scope 3 is divided into:
    • Business travel in scope 3 (such as air travel and declared km)
    • Other scope 3. This part does not count towards the ‘total’ of the CO₂ Performance Ladder footprint.
  • With the ‘hide’ button at the bottom, this footprint only shows the part for the CO₂ Performance Ladder level 1.
  • Compensation is omitted here because it does not count for the CO₂ Performance Ladder.
• Energy footprint
  • The equivalent of a CO₂ footprint, but for energy.
  • The demarcation is energy-relevant items that fall under scope 1 and 2 of the CO₂ footprint.
  • The energy footprint corresponds to the Energy graph for graphs
  • It concerns the amount of energy used, this is not converted back to primary energy (e.g. the energy needed to generate your electricity).
• CSRD table:
  • A compact version of the CO₂ footprint according to the GHG protocol including double scope 2 calculation according to CSRD part (E1-6). The table shows three columns (if you have already filled in so many years): start year | previous year | current year.
  • The energy indicators according to CSRD section (E1-5). This concerns the energy consumption of the organization including means of transport. It corresponds to scope 1 and 2 in the CO₂ footprint.
  • All indicators from the CSRD table are also available in the Indicators section of the Envirometer. You can attach targets to them there and read the background/delimitation of the indicators.

Edit the display

• Normalize: As with the graphs and key figures, it is possible to normalize(=make relative) the footprint with specific company data to calculate, for example, the CO₂ footprint per kg of printed material, or per employee(FTE).
• Period view: To the right of the graph title is an oval button that can be used to display the a selected period view instead of the (default) entire year. You can select half years as the standard option. To add quarterly or tertial period view options, navigate to change barometer in the Envirometer management and use the ”period view” drop down menu.
• Collapse: You can expand or collapse the footprint completely with the buttons at the top of the table. With the ‘v’s next to the headings, you can expand each theme, scope, or category so that you can hide or reveal details as needed.
  • ‘Copy’ copies the footprint as it appears on the screen.
  • ‘Share footprint’ publishes the fully expanded footprint.

Copy and publish

• Copy: Using the copy button in the top left corner of the CO₂ footprint, you can copy the CO₂ footprint as a table to a spreadsheet or a report. It takes the footprint as it appears on the screen at that moment.

• Share (publish): With the push of a button, you can publish your CO₂ footprint on the Milieubarometer website. This makes it public.
• On a footprint page, you can see in the top right corner whether the footprint for this (part of a) year is already being shared:
  • You can share this footprint (not yet shared)
  • This footprint is being shared (already shared)
• Use the ‘Sharing options’ button to the right of that if you want to share or unshare the footprint. You can also scroll to the bottom of the page.
  • You can share one version of the footprint per year (part). The choices you make in this regard are:
  • English or Dutch
  • Absolute or ‘normalized’
  • Which view (CO₂‑Performance Ladder, GHG protocol, Thematic)
  • By year or other time period
• You can find the overview of your shared CO₂‑footprints at Shared CO₂‑footprints.
• Do you want to update a published CO₂‑footprint? Then first use the Stop sharing button on the CO₂‑footprint page and then share again using the Share footprint button.

Note: The CO₂ footprint in the Envirometer is shown in CO₂ equivalents. One CO₂ equivalent is equal to the effect of 1 kilogram of CO₂ emissions. By using CO₂ equivalents, the impact of the various greenhouse gases can be added together. The conversion is based on the Global Warming Potential (GWP) – that is the extent to which a gas contributes to the greenhouse effect.