Why is Scope 2 so low for an apparel factory in Hawassa Industrial Park?
Ethiopia's grid is almost entirely hydro with some wind, so its location based factor is close to zero, well under 0.1 kg CO2 per kWh. Use the latest official or IEA figure for the year. That shifts a brand's attention to fabric, transport and any diesel backup, which then dominate the factory's figure.
What dominates instead
- Fabric and trims bought in, often imported.
- Ocean and road freight to Djibouti and onward.
- Diesel generators during outages.
- Boilers for pressing and any wet processing.
Market based Scope 2
With a clean grid, location and market based figures are both low. Do not buy certificates expecting a big change.
Records
Monthly electricity bills from the park, generator fuel logs and boiler fuel invoices.
What Senseible does here
Senseible reads electricity, fuel and boiler invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per factory, so the figures a brand asks for can be traced back to the bills.
Sources: International Energy Agency, country energy data (iea.org), GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.