How was the carbon metric developed?
The technical report documents how the carbon metric was created and what it measures
It contains information on:
- The purpose of the carbon metric
- The development process of phase two of the carbon metric
- How the carbon metric aligns with other carbon accounting initiatives in Scotland
- How and why environmental impacts are measured
- What emissions are included and excluded from the carbon metric
- The data sources and quality of the data for both waste and carbon sources
- Limitations of the dataset
- A summary of the national results for 2011