# How does a Yamunanagar plywood unit count the resin it uses in Scope 3?

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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.

- [Plywood footprint per cubic metre](https://senseible.earth/answers/plywood-carbon-footprint-per-cubic-metre)
- [Wood waste boilers](https://senseible.earth/answers/furniture-factory-wood-waste-boiler-biogenic-co2)
- [Biogenic carbon in timber](https://senseible.earth/answers/biogenic-carbon-in-timber-building-materials)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard), [2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories](https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2006gl/), [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard)

Last reviewed 2026-10-21.