GHG Reporting in 2025 : How employees can cut Scope 1-3 emissions (while having fun) 🌎

Employees on site can have a major impact on Scope 1 emissions linked to buildings and operations.

What if reducing emissions at work felt more like a game than a mandate? KPMG’s 2024 GHG reporting Handbook makes it clear that employees can reduce Scope 1 to 3 emissions daily. Here’s a summary of GHG emissions scopes with mitigation examples supported by Cano’s climate mobilization platform.

🔴 Scope 1 : Direct emissions (Owned or controlled by the company)

• Definition: Emissions from sources owned or directly controlled by the company in their buildings or operations.

• Common Sources: Boilers, generators, fuel used in company vehicles.

✅ Employee actions to reduce Scope 1:

• Launching employee challenges to reduce car use and resource utilization for local operations (e.g. virtual meetings, carsharing to sites, shutoff vehicles when idle, recycling scrap materials, reducing water/intrants in production).

🧩 Cano can inspire and reward actions to cut Scope 1 emissions through employee behavior at office buildings or factories.

Physically shutting down lights and heat when floors are unused can save over 20% in energy consumption yearly.

🟡 Scope 2: Indirect emissions from purchased energy

• Definition: Emissions from purchased electricity, heating, or cooling, used within the company’s operations.

• Common sources: Office lighting, heating systems, server energy use.

✅ Employee actions to reduce Scope 2

• Organizing “power Down” challenges (e.g. lowering heating, shutting down computers and lights at end of day).

• Hosting awareness campaigns on energy reduction best practices for home offices, including server usage and AI utilization.

• Encouraging remote workers to adopt smart thermostats or LED lighting.

🧩 Cano can drive Scope 2 reductions through employee challenges focused on reducing energy use, even in hybrid or remote settings.

At Cano, we believe that meaningful climate mitigation programs start with employee actions, every day.

🟢 Scope 3: All other indirect emissions (Value chain)

• Definition: Emissions not owned or controlled by the company but related to its operations, upstream or downstream.

• Examples: Business travel, employee commuting, supply chain, product end use.

✅ Employee Actions to Reduce Scope 3

Positive climate actions and challenges at work (Scope 3)

🧩 Scope 3 is where Cano’s impact is strongest: encouraging behavior change at scale across commuting, purchasing, and daily work habits.

So, where does Club Cano fit in?

At Cano, we’re not only an impact reporting platform. We’re a culture engine.

We help organizations like yours engage employees in real-world ESG actions—whether it’s biking to work, volunteering locally, reducing waste at the office, or supporting social initiatives. Then, we quantify and track these efforts so you can align them with the bigger frameworks you care about (like GRI, ISSB, or even your own sustainability goals).

We make ESG actionable at the employee level—because engaged teams are the heartbeat of real impact.

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You don’t need to be an ESG expert. You just need to start with the right mindset—and the right partner. Whether you’re building a culture of sustainability, planning your annual impact report, or simply looking to boost employee engagement, Cano helps bring ESG to life across your organization.

👉 Curious how your team can start taking meaningful ESG actions? Book a demo with us.