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.

Sustainability is being defined in the business world, and in the publicly traded world, as being environmentally, socially and governance (ESG) responsible.

Download one of the documents below for more information and the Farm Scope spreadsheet/calculator.