Emission Factor Datasets

The published emission factor datasets behind every GreenCalculus calculator — each reproduced in full from its original authority, with the source, licence and version stated on the page. Search, filter by publisher, or browse by subject below.

Choosing between them? Which emission factor database should I use in 2026?

25 datasets · 9 categories · 11 publishers

Every dataset is permanently archived and citable.

Publisher

Emission factors for burning fuels — natural gas, diesel, coal, biomass and the rest — plus the calorific values and upstream well-to-tank factors that go with them. The starting point for most Scope 1 inventories.

Grid carbon intensity by country and region, the transmission and distribution losses that sit on top of it, and cloud-region intensities. What Scope 2 reporting is built from.

Per-kilometre and per-tonne-kilometre factors for business travel, freight and delivery across air, road, rail and sea.

Emission intensity per unit of spend, by industry sector. Used when you know what you paid but not what you bought — the basis of most Scope 3 Category 1 screening.

Waste

1 dataset

Treatment and disposal factors by waste stream and route — landfill, recycling, composting and incineration.

Process emissions that come from chemistry rather than fuel: cement calcination, aluminium smelting, ammonia and the other IPPU sources.

The global warming potentials used to convert each gas to CO₂e, including the full refrigerant and F-gas list.

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