What does CDP want to know about the zero-emission power in our market-based Scope 2?

For each country: how you bought it, the energy carrier, the low-carbon technology, the MWh used, the tracking instrument (contract, GEC, GO, Indian REC, I-REC and others) and where it was generated. It appears only if you reported a market-based Scope 2 figure.

When it shows up

If you reported a market-based figure in 7.3 and you answered yes to purchased electricity, heat, steam or cooling in 7.30. It is not shown to RE100 members.

Columns

1. Country or area of consumption.
2. Sourcing method, from on-site PPA, direct line PPA, physical PPA, virtual PPA, project-specific contract, retail green electricity, unbundled certificates, default grid supply backed by certificates, and others.
3. Energy carrier: electricity, heat, steam, cooling.
4. Low-carbon technology: solar, wind, hydropower by size, biomass, and so on.
5. MWh used in the reporting year.
6. Tracking instrument: contract, GEC, GO, Indian REC, I-REC, and others, or none.
7. Country where the energy or certificate was generated.
8. Commissioning or repowering year of the plant, if known.

Details that trip people

• Where no certificates exist, the instrument can be just the supply contract: choose Contract.
• Report all low-carbon purchases, even if the factor is slightly above zero.
• If you cannot split by technology, choose the energy mix option and specify it.
• Report plants with known and unknown commissioning years in separate rows.

Example row, made-up numbers

• Country: India. Sourcing method: unbundled procurement of certificates. Carrier: electricity. Technology: solar.
• MWh: 120. Instrument: Indian REC. Country of origin: India.
• Commissioning year: known, so give it in the next columns.

Example only.

What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps the certificate or contract with the kWh it covers, so a market-based row can be traced to its paper.

• Location or market-based in BRSR
• Fixing a CDP response after submitting
• Scope 3 supplier evidence

Sources: CDP, Full Corporate Questionnaire, Module 7 reporting guidance (April 2025), question 7.30.14

Last reviewed 2026-11-03. CDP updates its questionnaire and guidance every year; check the current version before answering.