Campus Reports
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Energy and Climate Plan
Zero Waste Planning Report
Zero Waste by 2030 Goal Planning (2020)
Scope 3 Emissions Program Materials
Reports
The following reports document research conducted by Stanford staff and students on Scope 3 emissions measurement methodologies, focusing on calculating annual emissions from 2019-2022. The reports labeled as White Papers provide detailed insight into Stanford’s initial greenhouse gas emissions calculation methodology for each Scope 3 category. Additional reports summarize supporting research and related student projects. Since completing this research, Stanford has committed to annually reporting Scope 3 emissions in eight of the 15 categories defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
- Scope 3 Emissions Inventory
- Business Travel White Paper
- Student Travel White Paper
- Fuel & Energy White Paper
- Waste White Paper
- Food Purchasing Emission Factor Selection
- Radiative Forcing Memo
- Template for Calculating Emissions from Reused Goods
- Stanford Embodied Carbon Report
Student Projects
- Life Cycle Analysis of Conference Travel vs. Virtual Conferencing Hardware- Full Report
- Life Cycle Analysis of Conference Travel vs. Virtual Conferencing Hardware- Summary Poster
- Life Cycle Analysis of Cloud Computing vs. Onsite Servers - Full Report
- Life Cycle Analysis of Cloud Computing vs. Onsite Servers - Summary Poster
- Scope 3 Student Working Group Air Travel Carbon Charge Program White Paper & Recommendations
- Sustainable Building Materials Overview
- Increasing Sustainability in Medical/Laboratory Purchasing
- Embodied Carbon Assessment Tool Comparison
- Life Cycle Emissions Assessment & Comparison for Stanford-Approved Computers & Tablets