# What carbon data do car makers ask Durban auto suppliers for?

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Expect Scope 1 and 2 totals with the Eskom grid factor, a figure per part and a reduction plan, often for exports to Europe. Eskom power is coal heavy, so electricity is usually the largest share of a supplier footprint, and rooftop solar or wheeled renewable power lowers it fastest.

## What is asked

- Annual Scope 1 and 2.
- Footprint per part supplied.
- Renewable electricity share and plans.

## Load shedding

Diesel generators run during outages add Scope 1. Keep fuel invoices for every month.

## Carbon tax

South Africa taxes direct emissions above thresholds. Note whether you pay it, since it may matter for steel and aluminium parts under CBAM.

## What Senseible does here

Senseible reads fuel, electricity and freight invoices into a dated, fingerprinted record per site, so each figure you send a buyer traces back to the documents behind it.

- [Eskom grid factor](https://senseible.earth/answers/eskom-grid-factor-for-south-african-suppliers)
- [Tangier car plant suppliers](https://senseible.earth/answers/tangier-car-plant-supplier-scope-3-data)
- [Load shedding diesel and CBAM](https://senseible.earth/answers/south-africa-steel-mill-load-shedding-diesel-cbam)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard), [GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard), [IEA, electricity and emissions data](https://www.iea.org)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.