Accounting for AI Inference in Corporate GHG Inventories: A Four-Tier Methodology for Scope 3 Category 1 Reporting
A new methodology has been proposed to accurately account for the greenhouse gas emissions generated by AI inference services within corporate sustainability reports. This four-tier framework aims to provide a more precise estimation than current practices, which often omit these emissions or use overly broad economic factors. The proposed method utilizes GPU energy benchmarks and regional grid carbon intensities for direct estimation, with a fallback to spend-based economic factors for services lacking usage data. AI
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