If my plant captures CO2, can I subtract it from Scope 1?

Report gross Scope 1 first. Show CO2 captured and permanently stored, or sold on, as a separate line with its destination. CO2 sold for drinks or chemicals is released later, so it is not a removal. Never net it out silently; buyers and verifiers will ask.

What to disclose

• Gross Scope 1 before capture.
• Tonnes captured, and where they went: storage, sale or use.
• Energy used by the capture unit, in Scope 1 or 2.

Common traps

• Calling CO2 sold to a bottler a removal.
• Counting capture without measured flows.
• Leaving out the capture unit's own fuel and power.

What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps each bill and invoice behind every figure, dated and fingerprinted, so a reviewer can trace a number back to the document it came from.

• Blue ammonia captured CO2
• Sodium bicarbonate CO2 balance
• Durable vs nature-based removals

Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol standards, including the Product Standard, 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.