ESG Emission Calculator
Farm Scope Manual Spreadsheet/Calculator
The spreadsheet/calculator located in the document below asks for total numbers from your operation. Start the process by locating all the following records from your on-farm data:
- Livestock should include all animals at year-end still under farm ownership.
- Fertilizers are recorded as the actual nitrogen applied.
- Burning requires an estimate of the total dry matter consumed.
- Fuels required litres and gigajoules consumed.
- Soil sequestration requires hectares under management, new croplands added, and lands sold for development in the year assessed.
- Farm data should be a yearly total.
Your calculation will be based on the following emissions:
1. Scope 1 Emissions
Direct greenhouse (GHG) emissions occur from sources that are controlled or owned by the farm.
2. Scope 2 Emissions
Indirect GHG emissions are associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat, or cooling. Scope 2 emissions physically occur at the facility where they are generated. The emissions are accounted for in a farm’s GHG inventory due to the farm’s energy consumption.
Download one of the documents below for more information and the Farm Scope spreadsheet/calculator.
Printable Emission Calculator
Bison Supplemental Sheet
Goat & Other Animals Supplemental Sheet
Canola Intensity Calculator
Jet Fuel Offsets
As of April 2026, the Government of Alberta has sponsored a project to create jet fuel offsets using Alberta canola.
What does this mean for Alberta farmers?
Under the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) and the Clean Fuel Regulations, companies will approach Alberta canola farmers in 2026 to obtain data and canola to produce lower-carbon-intensity jet fuel.
BCC has used its current farm calculator and modified it for farm use. The aggregator, when announced, may collect slightly different metrics from the farm.
The diagram below illustrates how Canola fits into the jet fuel world. The diagram is from the paper ‘Regional variations in life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of canola-derived jet fuel produced in western Canada’.
To further illustrate canola use, data from Alberta Canola show that this jet fuel market represents additional demand for western Canadian canola and its GHG emissions.
Offset Price
It is too soon to tell what the price of the canola will be entering the new supply chain. As for the offset price, we expect the supply chain to either pay a premium for the data or buy it directly.
