CAP Footprint Analysis 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What term describes the practice of purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to reduce reported Scope 2 emissions?
- Market-based accounting (Correct answer)
- Location-based accounting
- Avoided emissions reporting
- Physical attribute tracking
Correct answer: Market-based accounting
Market-based accounting uses contractual instruments like RECs to reflect the emissions associated with chosen energy supplies.
Question 2: In supply chain footprinting, what is a 'tier 1 supplier'?
- A supplier that directly provides goods or services to the reporting company (Correct answer)
- A supplier two steps removed from the reporting company
- A supplier of raw materials only
- A logistics provider contracted by the end customer
Correct answer: A supplier that directly provides goods or services to the reporting company
Tier 1 suppliers have a direct contractual relationship with the reporting company, unlike tier 2 or tier 3 suppliers.
Question 3: Which approach to carbon footprinting evaluates all environmental burdens across a product's entire life from raw material to disposal?
- Cradle-to-grave LCA (Correct answer)
- Gate-to-gate analysis
- Cradle-to-gate LCA
- Well-to-wheel analysis
Correct answer: Cradle-to-grave LCA
Cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment covers all stages from raw material extraction through end-of-life disposal.
Question 4: A company's Scope 1 direct emissions include which of the following?
- Natural gas combustion in company-owned boilers (Correct answer)
- Electricity purchased from the utility
- Emissions from third-party logistics providers
- Employee business air travel
Correct answer: Natural gas combustion in company-owned boilers
Scope 1 covers direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by the organization, such as on-site fuel combustion.
Question 5: When calculating emissions from refrigerants, which emission source type is used?
- Fugitive emissions (Correct answer)
- Stationary combustion
- Mobile combustion
- Process emissions
Correct answer: Fugitive emissions
Refrigerant leaks are classified as fugitive emissions because they escape unintentionally from equipment rather than through a defined exhaust point.
Question 6: Under ISO 14064-2, what is the primary purpose of a 'project baseline'?
- To represent what emissions would occur without the GHG project (Correct answer)
- To document actual emissions from the project activity
- To set the organizational boundary for reporting
- To establish the monitoring plan for the project
Correct answer: To represent what emissions would occur without the GHG project
A project baseline quantifies the reference scenario against which emission reductions from the GHG project are measured.
Question 7: Which Scope 3 category captures emissions from goods and services purchased by the reporting company?
- Category 1: Purchased goods and services (Correct answer)
- Category 3: Fuel- and energy-related activities
- Category 5: Waste generated in operations
- Category 9: Downstream transportation
Correct answer: Category 1: Purchased goods and services
Scope 3 Category 1 covers all upstream emissions from the production of purchased goods and services.
CAP Footprint Analysis 3
What term describes the practice of purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) to reduce reported Scope 2 emissions?