How does a buyer count Kuwaiti polyethylene in Scope 3?

Multiply tonnes bought by a per tonne footprint for that grade, ideally from the producer, cradle to gate. Polyethylene is not a CBAM good, so this is a Scope 3 figure, not a border charge. Without producer data, use a database value for gas based ethylene and say so.

What to ask

• Cradle to gate CO2 per tonne for the grade.
• Whether it includes feedstock extraction.
• Method and year.

Records

Purchase invoices with tonnes per grade, and the producer named on the delivery note.

Your own share

Add the power for extrusion or moulding to get a footprint per tonne of finished product.

What Senseible does here

Senseible turns supplier invoices into a Scope 3 record with the supplier, quantity and factor behind every figure, so you can see which supplier data is still missing.

• Jubail polyethylene figure
• Jubail exports and CBAM
• Product carbon footprint

Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.