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GHG consumption boundary and accounting methodology

Organizational boundary

The boundary for GHG emissions covers Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions.

Scope 1/Direct emissions include the use of fossil fuels, refrigerants and fleet vehicle transport based on available data.

• Scope 1 fossil fuel data was reported by the following Lexmark sites: Lexington, Kentucky; Boulder, Colorado; Cebu City, Philippines; Juárez, Mexico; Kolkata, India; Budapest, Hungary; and estimated for U.S. leased offices, representing 90% of Lexmark’s 2022 square footage of occupied space. Scope 1 fossil fuel emissions for U.S. leased offices were estimated using 2012 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) data.
• Scope 1 refrigerant usage was reported for Lexington, Kentucky; Boulder, Colorado; Juárez, Mexico; Cebu City, Philippines; and Kolkata, India, representing 88% of Lexmark’s 2022 square footage of occupied space.
• Scope 1 vehicle data was provided from sites in the U. S. and Switzerland; Austria, Germany; Budapest, Hungary; Juárez, Mexico; Shenzhen, China; Kolkata, India; and Cebu City, Philippines. Leased/owned vehicle reports are provided by rental agencies and/or site estimations.

The Scope 2 emissions boundary represents indirect energy consumption/electrical power purchased for use at approximately 100% of Lexmark-owned and leased locations using the operational control approach. Data prior to the 2015 base year will not be recalculated.

Scope 1 and 2 GHG emission intensity is calculated per Lexmark square footage. 

Square footage

Data input and calculation methodology

Lexmark publicly reports GHG emissions that are related to the use of direct and indirect energy through the Carbon Disclosure Project. Using the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and World Resource Institute (WRI) Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) methodology, we track greenhouse gas emissions, as well as our use of natural gas, fuel oil, diesel, gasoline and electricity.

Scope 1 emissions

Scope 1 emissions data is received from site inputs such as onsite refrigerant tracking, natural gas utility bills and maintenance records.

Scope 2 emissions

Scope 2 emissions are calculated based on energy usage for all owned and operated sites. Data is calculated from utility bills or landlord billings where available. For leased sites where metered data is available through utility bills and other invoices, the data is compared to the average intensity for the region and increased for HVAC energy support if higher or left the same as a region otherwise. For leased sites where no metered data is available, current Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) data and 2018 eGrid factors are used to calculate energy and emissions for U.S. locations and International Energy Agency (IEA) data is used to estimate usage and emissions for leased locations in other parts of the world. All energy use (direct office use and HVAC support) is assumed to be electrically derived.

Scope 3 GHG emissions 

Lexmark calculates all applicable scope 3 emissions, including all sources not included within its scope 1 and 2 boundary. Scope 3 emissions are the result of activities and assets, covering indirect upstream and downstream value chain emissions. Emissions sources include purchased goods and services, capital goods, transportation and distribution, waste, business travel, employee comuting, and its product manufacturing, use and end of life phases.

• Scope 3 Methodology by category

  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..