How does a Jalandhar sports goods maker work out carbon per ball?
Divide the unit's electricity and fuel emissions for the month by balls made, for the making stage. Synthetic leather, bladders, thread and packaging bought in are Scope 3 and should come from supplier figures or a named database, labelled with their source.
Making stage
Electricity kWh x 0.710 kg CO2 per kWh.
Generator diesel in litres x 2.68 kg CO2 per litre.
Divide by balls made, or by machine hours if products differ.
Materials
For most stitched balls, purchased materials outweigh assembly. Ask suppliers for figures per kg and keep the source next to each line.
Worked example: making stage, one month (illustrative inputs)
- Electricity: 4,000 kWh x 0.710 = 2,840 kg CO2
- Balls made: 20,000
- Per ball: 2,840 / 20,000 = 0.142 kg CO2
Quantities are illustrative; materials are not included in this figure.
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: CEA CO2 Baseline Database for the Indian Power Sector, IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2 Energy, GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.