How do we count an employee's relocation in our emissions?
Flights and train journeys for the employee and family that you pay for are business travel, Category 6. Packers and movers are a purchased service, so their trucking is Category 1 or 4 depending on how you classify it. Temporary hotel stays go with business travel.
Records
- Travel bookings for the move.
- Movers' invoice with distance and truck size.
- Hotel nights during the move.
Be consistent
Choose one category for movers' trucking and keep it every year.
What Senseible does here
Senseible keeps purchase invoices on the Scope 3 trail with the category, method and factor source on every line, so spend-based estimates are labelled as estimates and can be replaced with supplier data later.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-22.