Addressing Carbon Emission Quantification Challenges in Hardware Manufacturing and Datacenter Operations.pdf

1、The diverse methods employed by different vendors to quantify CO2 emissions pose a big challenge for sustainability.The lack of uniformity in data acquisition hinders transparent and reliable public reporting.Sharing our findings and methodology we call industry peers to develop a collaborative stan

2、dard methodology by which OXMs quantify and report hardware manufacturing emissions.Together we can reach global sustainability targets.ADDRESSING CARBON EMISSIONS QUANTIFICATION CHALLENGES IN HARDWARE MANUFACTURING AND DATACENTER OPERATIONSDr.Leslye Paniagua,HW System Engineer,CloudflareAddressing

3、CO2 emissions quantification challenges in HW manufacturing and DC operationsDC SUSTAINABILITYSUSTAINABILITYGHG inventory is a list of emission sources and their corresponding quantification.GHG Protocol provides general standards for accounting and reporting:Organizational and operational boundary

4、setting to be identified in the report.GHG Categories:Scope 1(direct emissions from owned or controlled sources),Scope 2(indirect emissions from generation of purchased energy),Scope 3(indirect emissions from the value chain-upstream and downstream)Quantification&Measurement:use measurements or emis

5、sion factors to quantify GHG emissions.Base Year Performance Indicators to track emissions reductions and improvements over time.Reporting Transparency:disclosing methodologies,data sources and any changes in calculation methodologies over time.Understanding Carbon FootprintSustainability is importa

6、nt for all.We are all connected in order to achieve accurate and transparent quantification.What is scope 1 or 2 for HW manufacturers,is scope 3 for IT and Cloud service providers.Considering the entire value chain of DC servicesProblem 1.While we(CF)are working on our scope 3 accounting,we have fou