Vodafone Group Plc ESG addendum
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Protecting our Planet
Empowering People
Building Trust
Other information
Scope 3 GHG emissions The GHG Protocol Corporate Standard defines 15 categories of Scope 3 emissions. All 15 categories have been assessed for inclusion within our reporting. Where categories are excluded because there are no emissions, this is reviewed annually to ensure it remains valid and as part of our continued efforts to improve transparency and completeness of disclosure for our total GHG emissions footprint. We are committed to continual improvement in the quality and completeness of our Scope 3 emissions data inventory. We partner with carbon accounting specialists Normative to model and calculate our annual Scope 3 emissions. Normative are experts in carbon reporting who support us in identifying improvements to the completeness and accuracy of the input datasets and making improvements to our methodology in line with evolving industry best practice. This year we completed a review of our methodologies resulting in restatement of our Scope 3 emissions for all reported periods. This was undertaken to improve our data quality and estimation approach alongside the need to reflect portfolio changes and latest developments in industry standards and emission factors. The methodological changes made this year have significantly impacted emissions for Categories 1, 2, 4, 8, and 14, for further details see table below. As the methodology for measuring Scope 3 GHG emissions is developing and industry standards may change, we will continue to evolve our methodology, and this may result in in a need to amend or update our disclosures and/or our ESG ambitions,
goals, commitments and/or targets or our evaluation against these. We calculate our emissions for upstream and downstream transportation and distribution using a hybrid approach of spend- based and product specific data, which does not differentiate between upstream and downstream transportation and distribution activities. In 2022 we improved our calculation methodology to enable emissions from capital goods and transportation and distribution to be reported separately from purchased goods and services. Prior to 2022, emissions from capital goods were included in the data reported for purchased goods and services together with emissions from all transportation and distribution. The table below provides a breakdown of our Scope 3 emissions alongside an overview of the methodology for our Scope 3 calculations. Where Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (‘DESNZ’) 1 emission factors are referenced, these refer to the conversion factors for company reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (published by DESNZ in July 2024).
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1 Department for Energy, Security and Net Zero (‘DESNZ’).
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