Carbon footprint: self-serve report Sample
Demo Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd · FY2024 (2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31) · reference SAMPLE · generated automatically on 27 September 2026 from the answers submitted on 2026-09-27
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1,243.5
tCO2e total
116.7
Scope 1
398.5
Scope 2, location-based
728.3
Scope 3
Factor set: CDSA South Africa-specific factors. Data quality: High (within about 5%); 0% of the total rests on estimates.
1. Emissions under the IFRS S2 metric headings
"IFRS S2-aligned" means the figures below are set out under the metric headings of IFRS S2 paragraph 29(a). It does not mean this report, or any disclosure based on it, complies with IFRS S2.
| Metric heading | tCO2e |
|---|---|
| 29(a)(i)(1) Gross Scope 1 greenhouse gas emissions | 116.7 |
| 29(a)(i)(2) Gross Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, location-based (29(a)(v)) | 398.5 |
| Scope 2, market-based (information on contractual instruments, 29(a)(v)) | 398.5 |
| 29(a)(i)(3) Gross Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions | 728.3 |
| Total gross emissions, Scope 1, 2 (location-based) and 3 | 1,243.5 |
Measurement approach: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard (2004), Scope 2 Guidance (2015) and Scope 3 Standard (2011); Operational control; 100-year GWPs as carried by each factor source.
2. All 15 Scope 3 categories
| Category | tCO2e | Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Purchased goods and services | 498.7 | 40.1% | Calculated |
| 2. Capital goods | 2.5 | 0.2% | Calculated |
| 3. Fuel- and energy-related activities | 57.6 | 4.6% | Calculated |
| 4. Upstream transportation and distribution | 8.4 | 0.7% | Calculated |
| 5. Waste generated in operations | 20.8 | 1.7% | Calculated |
| 6. Business travel | 14.0 | 1.1% | Calculated |
| 7. Employee commuting | 22.7 | 1.8% | Calculated |
| 8. Upstream leased assets | Excluded: Not applicable, per your answer | ||
| 9. Downstream transportation and distribution | 93.1 | 7.5% | Calculated |
| 10. Processing of sold products | Excluded: Not applicable, per your answer | ||
| 11. Use of sold products | Excluded: Not applicable, per your answer | ||
| 12. End-of-life treatment of sold products | 10.4 | 0.8% | Calculated |
| 13. Downstream leased assets | Excluded: Not applicable, per your answer | ||
| 14. Franchises | Excluded: Not applicable, per your answer | ||
| 15. Investments | Excluded: Not applicable, per your answer |
3. Every activity line
Tonnes of CO2e per line, with its data quality and the source and vintage of the emission factor used. Factor values are CDSA's confidential intellectual property and are not shown.
- Diesel (Tractors and farm vehicles)66.82 t · 5.4%
- Diesel (Standby generator and irrigation pumps)20.90 t · 1.7%
- Nitrous oxide from 4.54 t of pure n applied18.91 t · 1.5%
- Petrol (Light vehicles)7.79 t · 0.6%
- Lpg (Forklift)2.32 t · 0.2%
- Grid electricity: Farm and cellar398.47 t · 32.0%
- Glass bottles, new glass406.80 t · 32.7%
- Nitrogen fertiliser (urea, LAN)42.44 t · 3.4%
- Cardboard cartons and dividers12.88 t · 1.0%
- Screw caps10.42 t · 0.8%
- Plastic film and pallet wrap8.75 t · 0.7%
- Wooden pallets5.52 t · 0.4%
- Natural corks2.67 t · 0.2%
- Paper and labels2.50 t · 0.2%
- Winery additives (yeast, tartaric acid, enzymes)2.46 t · 0.2%
- Cleaning chemicals (caustic, nitric acid, peroxide)2.32 t · 0.2%
- Capsules and foils1.12 t · 0.1%
- MAP fertiliser0.42 t · 0.0%
- Other mineral fertiliser0.35 t · 0.0%
- Sulphur dioxide0.01 t · 0.0%
- Machinery and equipment purchased1.52 t · 0.1%
- Vehicles purchased0.60 t · 0.0%
- IT equipment purchased0.37 t · 0.0%
- Transmission and distribution losses: Farm and cellar34.69 t · 2.8%
- Well-to-tank: Diesel (Tractors and farm vehicles)15.66 t · 1.3%
- Well-to-tank: Diesel (Standby generator and irrigation pumps)4.90 t · 0.4%
- Well-to-tank: Petrol (Light vehicles)2.08 t · 0.2%
- Well-to-tank: Lpg (Forklift)0.27 t · 0.0%
- Air freight: 0.9 t x 8000 km6.48 t · 0.5%
- Well-to-tank: Air freight: 0.9 t x 8000 km0.97 t · 0.1%
- Truck (dry): 47.8 t x 100 km0.57 t · 0.0%
- Sea container: 1.5 t x 10000 km0.24 t · 0.0%
- Well-to-tank: Truck (dry): 47.8 t x 100 km0.13 t · 0.0%
- Well-to-tank: Sea container: 1.5 t x 10000 km0.05 t · 0.0%
- General mixed waste, Landfill20.81 t · 1.7%
- General mixed waste, Recycled0.01 t · 0.0%
- Electronic waste, Recycled0.00 t · 0.0%
- Long-haul, economy (Europe, Asia, Americas): 3 return trips x 9700 km8.30 t · 0.7%
- Domestic (within South Africa): 7 return trips x 1270 km4.35 t · 0.3%
- Hotel nights, South Africa0.93 t · 0.1%
- Hotel nights, Europe0.13 t · 0.0%
- Hire cars0.13 t · 0.0%
- Hotel nights, United States0.11 t · 0.0%
- Hotel nights, United Kingdom0.05 t · 0.0%
- Well-to-tank: Hire cars0.04 t · 0.0%
- Commuting by bus (incl. farm bus)12.09 t · 1.0%
- Commuting by own car or lift club6.42 t · 0.5%
- Commuting by minibus taxi2.42 t · 0.2%
- Well-to-tank: commuting by car1.82 t · 0.1%
- Sea container: 390 t x 11500 km72.30 t · 5.8%
- Well-to-tank: Sea container: 390 t x 11500 km16.37 t · 1.3%
- Truck (dry): 50 t x 600 km3.60 t · 0.3%
- Well-to-tank: Truck (dry): 50 t x 600 km0.82 t · 0.1%
- Rail: 0.05 t x 1400 km0.00 t · 0.0%
- Well-to-tank: Rail: 0.05 t x 1400 km0.00 t · 0.0%
- Cardboard and paper packaging to landfill (35%)8.38 t · 0.7%
- Glass packaging to landfill (50%)1.31 t · 0.1%
- Glass packaging recycled (50%)0.67 t · 0.1%
- Cardboard and paper packaging recycled (65%)0.05 t · 0.0%
- Solar electricity generated and used on site (72,900 kWh, zero emissions, disclosed)0.00 t
4. Hotspots and what to do about them
- Scope 3 cat 1: Purchased goods and services (498.7 t, 40%). Packaging is the lever: lighter glass, recycled-content glass and fewer secondary layers move this line more than any other purchasing change. Ask your three largest suppliers for product footprints.
- Scope 2: Purchased electricity (location-based) (398.5 t, 32%). Electricity is usually the cheapest tonne to cut in South Africa: an energy audit, LED and motor upgrades, and rooftop solar with a documented wheeling or self-consumption record. Solar also lets you report a lower market-based Scope 2.
- Scope 3 cat 9: Downstream transportation and distribution (93.1 t, 7%). Export shipping: consolidate loads, prefer sea over air, and ask importers which port and mode they use. Lighter bottles cut this line too.
- Scope 1: Mobile combustion (76.9 t, 6%). Fleet fuel: telematics, route planning, tyre pressure and driver training typically save 5 to 10 percent; the carbon component of the fuel levy rises every April.
- Scope 3 cat 3: Fuel- and energy-related activities (57.6 t, 5%). Moves with electricity and fuel: every kWh saved also removes its grid-loss share.
- Scope 3 cat 7: Employee commuting (22.7 t, 2%). A staff transport survey turns an estimate into a measured line and usually lowers it; a farm bus or lift club is already the low-carbon option.
- Scope 1: Stationary combustion (20.9 t, 2%). Generator and boiler fuel: check load-shedding run hours against a battery or solar-plus-storage option; keep the installed thermal capacity register for the carbon-tax threshold test.
- Scope 3 cat 5: Waste generated in operations (20.8 t, 2%). Divert organics from landfill: composting pomace and prunings removes most of this line under South African landfill conditions.
- Scope 1: Land: fertiliser N2O (18.9 t, 2%). Match nitrogen to leaf and soil analysis and split applications; every tonne of N not applied saves both the soil N2O and the fertiliser's production footprint.
- Scope 3 cat 6: Business travel (14.0 t, 1%). A travel policy (economy class, fewer long-haul trips, video for routine meetings) is the fastest cut.
- Scope 3 cat 12: End-of-life treatment of sold products (10.4 t, 1%). Lighter and recyclable packaging, and supporting glass collection schemes, reduce the landfill share.
- Scope 3 cat 4: Upstream transportation and distribution (8.4 t, 1%). Look for the largest single activity in this group and ask its supplier for a lower-carbon option.
- Scope 3 cat 2: Capital goods (2.5 t, 0%). A one-off spike in the year of purchase. Keep supplier footprints for major assets; a solar plant pays back its embodied carbon in under two years on the South African grid.
5. Intensity, Scope 2 and sensitivity
- 30.33 tCO2e per employee
- 73.58 tCO2e per R1 million revenue
- 0.07 kg CO2e per rand
- 2.86 kg CO2e per litre of wine
- 2.14 kg CO2e per 750 ml bottle
Scope 2 location-based 398.5 t; market-based 398.5 t.
Factor-set sensitivity: international default set 1,225.5 t; CDSA South Africa-specific set 1,243.5 t (+1.5%).
6. Carbon tax exposure
Carbon component of the fuel levy in your fuel: about R8,230 a year (April 2026 rates). Direct carbon tax at R308/tCO2e applies only above the Schedule 2 thresholds. If it applied, your stationary, process and fugitive Scope 1 of 20.9 t would attract roughly R2,574 after the 60% basic allowance. This is not a carbon tax computation: test the thresholds with the free screener.
7. Science-based target summary
Demo Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd commits to reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2023 base year. Demo Wine Estate (Pty) Ltd also commits to measure and reduce its scope 3 emissions.
8. Exclusions and notes
| Excluded or not applicable | Reason |
|---|---|
| Refrigerant leaks | Not applicable: no refrigerant added in the year |
| Process emissions | Not applicable: no chemical-reaction sources |
| Purchased steam, heat or cooling | Not applicable |
| Scope 3 category 8: Upstream leased assets | Not applicable, per your answer |
| Scope 3 category 10: Processing of sold products | Not applicable, per your answer |
| Scope 3 category 11: Use of sold products | Not applicable, per your answer |
| Scope 3 category 13: Downstream leased assets | Not applicable, per your answer |
| Scope 3 category 14: Franchises | Not applicable, per your answer |
| Scope 3 category 15: Investments | Not applicable, per your answer |
Sources and vintages used:
- SA-specific DFFE South Africa's 2023 Grid Emission Factors Report (GN 6454, Gazette 53079, 25 Jul 2025) (vintage 2023 (publ. Jul 2025))
- SA-specific Kornelius et al. 2022, J. Energy in Southern Africa 33(3): SA measured fuel CO2 (vintage 2022)
- SA-specific Friedrich & Trois 2013, Waste Management: GHG factors for SA municipal landfill (no gas capture), midpoint of 441-2532 (vintage 2013)
- SA-specific PAMSA / SANEDI South African pulp and paper energy footprint (CDSA derivation) (vintage 2024)
- SA-specific ICCT / NAAMSA South African new-vehicle CO2 baseline (CDSA derivation) (vintage 2018 (update pending))
- SA-specific Simpson & Hosking 2022, SAJEMS: South African road-freight intensity (CDSA derivation) (vintage 2022)
- SA-specific Cape Town minibus-taxi study (MDPI 2025) (CDSA derivation) (vintage 2025)
- SA-specific CDSA Carbon Footprint Calculator v3, Factor Derivations (SA) and SA EF Reference Library (vintage 2024)
- UK Government GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting 2026 (DESNZ, flat file v1.2, 31 Jul 2026) (vintage 2026)
- UK Government GHG Conversion Factors 2025 (DESNZ) (vintage 2025/26)
- Fertiliser production LCA (bioethanol GHG calculator, Table 2) (vintage 2022)
- IPCC 2006 Vol 4 Ch 11 (2019 refinement defaults), AR5 GWP (vintage 2019)
- Municipal procurement LCA database (Winnipeg 682-2012) (vintage 2012)
- CarbonCloud product LCAs (vintage 2024)
- UK Government GHG Conversion Factors 2025 (DESNZ), domestic flight as SA proxy (vintage 2025)
- International Wine Carbon Calculator Protocol v1.2/1.3 and OIV methodological GHG balance (vintage v1.2)
- US EPA Supply Chain GHG Emission Factors v1.4.0 (Oct 2025), kg CO2e per 2024 USD, purchaser price, converted at R18.33/USD (vintage v1.4.0 (2024 USD))
- 4C Carbon Footprint Add-On v2.0 (vintage 2023)
- OIV methodological GHG balance (vintage 2011)
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