How does a Yamunanagar plywood unit count the resin it uses in Scope 3?
Urea formaldehyde and phenolic resins are made from fossil feedstocks, so they carry a real upstream footprint. Multiply kilograms of resin bought by a per kg factor from the supplier or a database, and keep it separate from timber, which is mostly biogenic carbon.
Records
- Resin purchase invoices in kg, by type.
- Urea or formaldehyde bought if you cook resin yourself.
- Veneer and timber purchases in cubic metres.
If you make resin on site
Count the boiler fuel and power for cooking in your own Scope 1 and 2, and the urea and methanol or formaldehyde you buy in Scope 3.
For buyers
Furniture makers and EU importers ask for footprint per cubic metre. Resin, hot press steam and power usually decide the difference between units.
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.
Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, GHG Protocol Corporate Standard
Last reviewed 2026-10-21.