Corporate Emissions Inventory
Our 2024 corporate inventory includes scope 1 and scope 2 emissions from natural gas and electricity use at our offices across Canada. Our scope 3 emissions relate largely to air travel for client site visits or team gatherings, with employee commuting newly included in our reporting for 2024.
This inventory was calculated using the operational control approach and global warming potentials from the 2013 IPCC Assessment Report.
2024 Corporate GHG Emissions
Main GHG Emission Sources
GHG Emissions by Scope
Key Metrics
GHG Inventory Over Time
Brightspot’s absolute emissions have increased over time as the company has grown.
Emissions Intensity Over Time
Brightspot has chosen GHG emissions per employee as a reasonable metric for emissions intensity.
We saw a tangible decrease in emissions in 2020 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel, including travel for client site visits. As concerns around the pandemic have subsided, our emissions intensity has increased, but not to pre-pandemic levels due to implementing efficiencies around work-related travel. Additionally, our emissions intensity increased in 2022 and 2024 because many of our employees traveled within Canada for our bi-annual corporate retreat.
