How do I count tipper truck emissions on a construction site?

Record diesel issued to each tipper and trips made, multiply litres by 2.68 kg CO2, and divide by trips or tonnes moved. Tippers you operate are Scope 1; a hauling contractor paid per trip is Scope 3. Weighbridge slips give the tonnes.

Records

• Diesel issue register by vehicle number.
• Trip sheets or weighbridge slips.
• Contractor invoices showing trips and diesel if supplied by you.

Diesel you give a contractor

If you buy diesel and hand it to a contractor's tippers, check how your boundary treats it and apply the same rule every year.

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.

• Excavator diesel per cubic metre
• Mining dumper diesel
• Diesel emission factor

Sources: IPCC 2006 Guidelines, Volume 2 Energy (fuel defaults), GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.