Scope 3 Emissions

Overview

Indirect supply chain greenhouse gas emissions; in biopharma framed as mutually interdependent ('my scope 3 is your scope 2'), driving cross-industry collaboration on supplier decarbonization and embedded as a standard business metric. Supply chain scope 3 emissions are framed as mutually interdependent: one company's scope 3 is its supplier's scope 2, meaning customer and supplier are jointly accountable for the same emissions and must collaborate to reduce them. AstraZeneca manages scope 3 emissions across 3,500 top suppliers representing approximately 95% of supply chain spend, and advocates treating scope 3 not as a separate compliance exercise but embedded in the standard language of business alongside quality and delivery. (Supply Chain Interdependency (Segment 5, 20:00-25:00))