Should our office and admin emissions be included in the product footprint we give a buyer?

Usually no for a cradle-to-gate product footprint, which covers materials, production energy and processes. Office power and business travel belong in your company inventory. If your offices share a meter with the factory, separate them or state that they are included.

Include

• Materials and parts.
• Production energy and fuels.
• Process emissions and waste from production.

Usually exclude

• Office electricity and air conditioning.
• Sales and management travel.
• Head office overheads.

Say what you did

State the boundary in one line next to the figure.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.

• Office carbon footprint
• Carbon per kg, not per piece

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

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.