What do the five evaluation status choices in CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) question 7.8 mean for a Scope 3 category I have not measured?

Pick "Relevant, not yet calculated" when you know a category matters but have no figure, and "Not evaluated" only if you have not looked at it. "Not relevant, explanation provided" needs your reasoning. Entering 0 means you calculated the category and it came to zero.

The five choices in CDP's words

• Relevant, calculated: the category is relevant and you have calculated at least part of it.
• Relevant, not yet calculated: you know it is relevant but have no figure yet.
• Not relevant, calculated: not one of your most important categories, but you worked out the figure as part of your Scope 3 work.
• Not relevant, explanation provided: you investigated and found it not relevant, on quantitative or qualitative grounds.
• Not evaluated: you have not yet investigated the category and do not know if it is relevant.

What the choice switches on

CDP says the emissions, methodology and supplier-data share columns appear only for "Relevant, calculated" and "Not relevant, calculated". For "Not relevant, explanation provided", CDP asks you to explain in writing how you reached that conclusion, with any qualitative or quantitative reasoning.

Zero is not blank

• Entering 0 implies you calculated the category and it is equal to zero.
• Negative numbers are not allowed because the table wants gross, not net, figures.
• Complete every row except the two optional Other rows.

What does not belong in this table

CDP says exclusions of specific Scope 3 sources, for example suppliers in one country, are reported in question 7.4.1 and not here. Avoided emissions are reported separately from Scope 1, 2 and 3 and are not deducted. Relevance is judged against the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol Scope 3 Standard and CDP's Technical Note on the relevance of Scope 3 categories by sector.

Example: a small forging unit in its first CDP response

• Category 1, Purchased goods and services: Relevant, calculated, with a figure and a method.
• Category 4, Upstream transportation and distribution: Relevant, not yet calculated.
• Category 6, Business travel: Not relevant, calculated, because staff travel is small but you added it up from expense claims.
• Category 15, Investments: Not relevant, explanation provided, with one line saying the company holds no investments.
• Category 14, Franchises: Not evaluated, if nobody has checked yet.

Example statuses only. Your own review decides which category falls where.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel invoices and electricity bills into monthly records, so the litres, kilowatt hours and months are in one place to copy from. It does not decide which Scope 3 categories are relevant to you, and it does not complete the CDP table.

• CDP 7.4: what counts as an exclusion
• Which Scope 3 categories are mandatory
• What a buyer asks for as Scope 3
• Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) carbon number

Sources: CDP, Full Corporate Questionnaire Module 7 reporting guidance, April 2025 edition

Last reviewed 2026-11-05. CDP revises its questionnaire and guidance every year. Check the version your customer sent you before you answer.