What carbon data do car makers ask Durban auto suppliers for?
Expect Scope 1 and 2 totals with the Eskom grid factor, a figure per part and a reduction plan, often for exports to Europe. Eskom power is coal heavy, so electricity is usually the largest share of a supplier footprint, and rooftop solar or wheeled renewable power lowers it fastest.
What is asked
- Annual Scope 1 and 2.
- Footprint per part supplied.
- Renewable electricity share and plans.
Load shedding
Diesel generators run during outages add Scope 1. Keep fuel invoices for every month.
Carbon tax
South Africa taxes direct emissions above thresholds. Note whether you pay it, since it may matter for steel and aluminium parts under CBAM.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads fuel, electricity and freight invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so each figure you send a buyer traces back to the documents behind it.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, IEA, electricity and emissions data
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.