How should a tile maker count pallets, cartons and stretch film?
Pallets, cartons, corner boards and stretch film you buy are purchased goods, Scope 3 category 1. Count them by unit or kg from invoices with a factor for each, and include them per square metre if a buyer wants a delivered product figure.
Lines
Cartons by kg.
Wooden or plastic pallets by unit and weight.
Stretch film and straps by kg.
Reused pallets
If pallets come back and are reused, spread each pallet's figure over its trips and record the trip count you assumed.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads the energy invoices behind the making stage into a fingerprinted Scope 1 and 2 record, and keeps material invoices on the Scope 3 trail. Material factors come from your supplier or a named database and are labelled with their source, so the product figure can be traced line by line.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, ISO 14067 Carbon footprint of products
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.