Category | Description | Scope/Methodology | |||||
Category 1 | Purchased Goods and Services | Direct, production-related goods and services: Lexmark conducts Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) of our imaging equipment in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. The LCAs cover the emissions of our products from raw material extraction and processing through manufacturing and distribution through use and end-of-life and are used to report estimated emissions for Purchased Goods and Services directly related to products, as well as other Scope 3 categories. Assumptions and methodology behind our LCAs may be found in our Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), which are published according to ISO 14045 and third party verified for completeness and accuracy. A small number of dot matrix printers and acquisition laser models are not included. For other indirect, nonproduction goods and services, Lexmark uses a spend-based calculation within the Quantis Scope 3 evaluator to estimate GHG emissions for purchased goods and services not directly related to production. For off-site, cloud-based data servers Lexmark obtains GHG emissions reports from its service providers based on annual data usage rates. | |||||
Category 2 | Capital Goods | Annual summary reports for capital purchases are provided by the Global Planning team. A spend-based method is then used to calculate emissions from capital goods using the economic value of purchased goods and multiplying by relevant emissions factors from USEPA (environmental protection agency). Industry average emissions factors are derived from environmentally-extended input-output (EEIO) databases to provide average emissions per monetary value of goods. | |||||
Category 3 | Fuel and energy related activities not accounted for in Scope 1 and 2 | Emissions due to extraction, production, and transportation of fuels and electricity purchased by the reporting company, including transmission and distribution losses, are calculated using IEA (International Energy Agency) and DEFRA emissions factors. | |||||
Category 4 | Upstream Transport | Emissions provided by transport partners for road, air and sea transport. *U.S. transport data as calculated through the US EPA SmartWay tool (report not available until November for previous year). | |||||
Category 5 | Waste in Operations | Emissions resulting from non-hazardous and hazardous waste disposal at Lexmark reporting locations (see Waste Management section/Waste Dashboard on CSR page for locations) assessed using the waste-type-specific method where emissions factors are published. The following sources used: US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) ghg emissions factors hub, Table 9. | |||||
Category 6 | Business Travel | Covers business travel worldwide. Data as reported for U.S. (rentals and fleet vehicles), Canada (rentals and fleet vehicles), Kolkata, Cebu, Shenzhen, Juarez, Switzerland, Austria, Germany and Budapest. Travel is reported for locations worldwide using our primary corporate travel agencies. We estimate that unreported data is minimal. Leased/rental vehicle reports are provided by rental agencies. Travel agency partners provide reports for business air travel. | |||||
Category 7 | Employee Commuting | Assumptions for commute distance, vehicle type and number of on-site and remote working days for Lexmark employees are based on staffing data and regional remote working policies provided by corporate human resources. These data are combined with the most recent U.S. National Household Travel Survey. Emissions factors for the conversion of fuel to carbon dioxide equivalents were obtained from the EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Estimated using the average data method. Annual working days are defined by corporate human resources less company holidays for representative geogrphies. Emissions associated with remote work for an eight-hour workday was estimated using average U.S. household energy per day times the IEA (International Energy Agency) worldwide electricity conversion factor of 478.7 grams of CO2 per kWh. | |||||
Category 8 | Upstream Leased Assets | Not applicable to Lexmark. | |||||
Category 9 | Downstream Transport | Not applicable to Lexmark. | |||||
Category 10 | Processing of Sold Products | Not applicable to Lexmark. | |||||
Category 11 | Use of Sold Products | Calculated as part of the imaging equipment LCAs. Includes some assumptions for transport within the U.S. that are calculated in the LCAs. See LCA notes for Category 1. | |||||
Category 12 | End of Life Treatment of Sold Products | Calculated as part of the imaging equipment LCAs. Emissions from processing cartridges returned to Lexmark through LCCP are captured in Scopes 1 and 2 for Lexmark-owned return facilities. | |||||
Category 13 | Downstream Leased Assets | Data included for Lexmark owned space leased to tenants for which the tenant has operational control. | |||||
Category 14 | Franchises | Not applicable to Lexmark. | |||||
Category 15 | Investments | Not applicable to Lexmark..
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