A new collaborative study from climate risk analysis firm EMMI, UNSW Sydney, Griffith University and the University of Otago has found that reported emissions from over 1200 companies, under-estimates their scope-3 emissions by 44 percent.

Scope 3 emissions account for the highest proportion of total emissions, however it’s the least likely scope to be reported on because companies typically focus on emission categories that don’t generate huge amounts of emissions, like business travel, while avoiding the carbon emissions involved in carbon intensive categories like 'product use'. Read the article from the UNSW Newsroom HERE.