Scope 3 Emissions Ireland
Scope 3 Reporting Software for Irish Businesses
Scope 3 emissions are the indirect emissions across your value chain. For Irish businesses in large corporate supply chains, Scope 3 data is increasingly expected by CSRD-reporting clients. GreenKPO measures and structures your Scope 3 emissions from existing Irish business data.
Scope 3 emissions cover all indirect emissions across a business's value chain, including purchased goods and services from suppliers. For Irish businesses in CSRD supply chains, Scope 3 data is increasingly expected by large clients for their own ESRS E1 reporting. GreenKPO helps Irish businesses measure Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from existing data and produce a structured, audit-ready Scope 3 inventory, typically within one working week.
Scope 1
Direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by the organisation. Includes gas, diesel, fuel oil and company vehicles.
Scope 2
Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heat or steam. Calculated from electricity invoices.
Scope 3
All other indirect emissions across the value chain. The 15 GHG Protocol categories include purchased goods and services, business travel, employee commuting, upstream logistics and waste. Typically 70 to 90 per cent of total emissions.
Why Scope 3 matters for Irish businesses
Scope 3 emissions account for the majority of most organisations' total carbon footprint. Under ESRS E1, large Irish companies subject to CSRD must disclose their Scope 3 value chain emissions, which means they need to collect emissions data from their Irish SME suppliers. Even Irish SMEs not directly subject to CSRD are likely to receive Scope 3 data requests from their largest clients in the retail, financial services, pharmaceutical, technology and public sector industries.
How GreenKPO measures Scope 3 for Irish businesses
GreenKPO collects activity data across the Scope 3 categories most relevant to Irish SMEs, including purchased goods and services, business travel, employee commuting, and upstream logistics. Data is collected via structured surveys, financial ledger uploads and direct data entry with field-level validation. Every submission is timestamped and attributed. The KPOTrust immutable audit trail logs every Scope 3 data point with source, methodology and date. The output is a categorised Scope 3 inventory your client or auditor can rely on.
Starting with Scope 1 and 2 before moving to Scope 3
If your Irish business has not yet measured Scope 1 and 2 emissions, start there. GreenKPO calculates Scope 1 and 2 from your energy invoices and vehicle records within hours. Scope 3 is then layered on top. Most Irish businesses complete a full Scope 1, 2 and key Scope 3 inventory within one working week of onboarding. The result is a complete carbon baseline aligned to GHG Protocol and suitable for VSME Basic Module disclosure and CSRD supply chain requests.
- Scope 1, 2 and 3 measured from a single platform
- GHG Protocol Scope 3 category framework applied automatically
- Structured vendor survey portal for upstream supplier data collection
- Data quality split between measured and estimated values surfaced in the report
- ESRS E1 and VSME aligned output for Irish supply chain disclosure
- Immutable audit trail behind every Scope 3 figure
Common questions
Measure your Scope 3 emissions before your Irish client asks
Book a GreenKPO demo to see how the platform structures your Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Most Irish clients complete their first full inventory within one working week.