# How do auto component suppliers answer the climate section of the Drive Sustainability SAQ?

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/drive-sustainability-saq-auto-supplier

Answer only what you can evidence: your environmental management system and ISO 14001 status, Scope 1 and 2 totals with year and method, the share of renewable electricity, any reduction target, and the documents behind each answer. A short honest 'not yet' scores better than an unsupported 'yes'.

## What the environment section looks for

- A written environmental policy signed by management.
- An environmental management system, and certification such as ISO 14001:2026, with the certificate and its scope.
- Energy use and greenhouse gas emissions measured, with the year, boundary and method.
- A reduction target and the actions behind it.
- Renewable electricity: the share and how it is evidenced.
- Related topics in the same section, such as water, waste, air emissions and chemicals.

## Preparing the climate figures

1. Fix the year and boundary: the sites the SAQ covers, under operational control.
2. Scope 1: fuels burnt on site, such as diesel, LPG, PNG and furnace oil, from invoices, with IPCC factors.
3. Scope 2: grid kWh from bills at the CEA factor, location-based, and market-based if you hold RECs, open access green power or a green tariff.
4. Scope 3: give the categories you have measured and say which you have not. Do not present a partial Scope 3 as complete.
5. Write the method in one paragraph: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, factor sources and editions.

## Evidence that gets accepted

Upload the document that proves each yes: the ISO certificate, the policy, a one-page emissions summary with the factor table, and for renewable power the REC retirement statements or the green tariff bill. A yes that the reviewer cannot match to a document may be treated as unsupported, so it can count for less than you expect.

## Keeping it consistent

European OEMs may also send a product footprint request or a CDP questionnaire. Use the same totals and the same year everywhere. If you update a number later, update every place you reported it, and keep the earlier version with the reason for the change.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads your fuel invoices and electricity bills into a Scope 1, 2 and 3 record with the source document behind each line, which gives you figures and attachments for the SAQ. The questionnaire itself is filled on the OEM's or platform's site.

- [Answer a Catena-X PCF request](https://senseible.earth/answers/answer-a-catena-x-pcf-request-auto-parts)
- [CDP SME questionnaire or the full one](https://senseible.earth/answers/cdp-sme-questionnaire-vs-full)
- [Automobile industry](https://senseible.earth/industries/automobile)
- [Scope 1, 2 and 3 for small business](https://senseible.earth/climate-intelligence/scope-1-2-3-emissions-simple-guide-small-business)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard), [GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance](https://ghgprotocol.org/scope-2-guidance), [ISO 14001:2026, Environmental management systems](https://www.iso.org)

Last reviewed 2026-10-17. SAQ 5.0 is the current version (with the 2025 modular update); Drive Sustainability has announced SAQ 6 for early 2027. Check the version your customer sent.