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Calculator · 2.7 kg CO₂ per litre of diesel

Carbon Footprint Calculator

Enter the fuel your generators and vehicles burn and the electricity you buy. You get your Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions in tonnes, and what a cut in generator use would save.

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Generators
litres
litres

Fuel bought for generators. An example is filled in. Type your own figures.

Vehicles you own or run
litres
litres
Electricity and people
kWh

The units on your electricity bills or prepaid meter receipts.

people
Advanced: grid emission factor
kg/kWh

Leave empty to use 0.395 kg of CO₂ per kWh, the published default for Nigeria.

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For example by adding solar and batteries, or by managing load better.

Your footprint

Scope 1 and Scope 2, per year

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Estimated emissions each year

0tonnes CO₂

Scope 1: fuel you burn
0 t
Scope 2: grid electricity
0 t
From generators
60%
Per employee
3.39 t

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Diesel Dependent

Fuel does the heavy lifting. Solar or grid hours would cut this fast.

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By source

Generator diesel
80.9 t
Vehicle petrol
16.7 t
Grid electricity
37.9 t

By scope

60%generators
  • Scope 1, fuel you burn97.6 t
  • Scope 2, grid electricity37.9 t

What if you cut generator fuel by 30%?

You would avoid 24.3 tonnes a year, taking your footprint to 111 tonnes.

How we worked it out

Generator diesel is your largest source, at 60% of the total. Generators dominate this footprint, which is common in Nigeria: every litre of diesel you avoid removes about 2.7 kg of CO₂.

Scope 1 is fuel your organisation burns itself. Scope 2 is the electricity you buy. Scope 3, the emissions in your supply chain, travel and products, is not included here and is usually the largest of the three.

Next step

This is the first number a sustainability report needs

Our finance advisory team verifies it, adds Scope 3 and builds it into reporting that stands up to investors and regulators.

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Assumptions and limits (5)
  • Diesel 2.697 kg and petrol 2.319 kg of CO₂ per litre, from US EPA factors of 10.21 and 8.78 kg per US gallon.
  • Grid electricity 0.395 kg of CO₂ per kWh. The default is the IFI combined margin factor for Nigeria; you can change it under Advanced.
  • Monthly figures are multiplied by 12 to give a year.
  • Counts carbon dioxide from combustion only. Methane, nitrous oxide and refrigerant leaks would add a little more.
  • Scope 3 (purchased goods, business travel, commuting, waste) is not included.
Sources

A screening estimate, not a verified inventory. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere. Rates last checked 13 October 2026.

What the scopes mean

  • Scope 1 is fuel your organisation burns itself: generators, company vehicles, boilers.
  • Scope 2 is the electricity you buy from the grid.
  • Scope 3 is everything else in your value chain: purchased goods, business travel, staff commuting, waste, and the use of what you sell. It is usually the largest and the hardest to measure, and it is not included here.

Why generators matter so much in Nigeria

A litre of diesel releases about 2.7 kg of CO₂ when it burns. Many Nigerian organisations run generators for hours every day, so Scope 1 is often bigger than Scope 2, the reverse of what footprint tools built for Europe or America assume.

From an estimate to a report

IFRS S2, the climate standard Nigeria is adopting, asks for Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions measured in line with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. This calculator gives you a first number. Our finance advisory team verifies the data behind it, adds Scope 3 and turns it into a reduction plan. To see how ready you are overall, take the ESG Readiness Check.

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