Energy

Metric:

Amount of non-renewable fuels used, by type

Type

Impact driver

Units

Mass, e.g. kilogrammes (kg) (solids) or volume, e.g. litres (L) (liquids)

Example target

Benchmark against best practice

Example methods / guidance / references

What are tiers?

Tier 1

Estimate using own judgement and observations

For example, estimate from purchase and use records.

Tier 2

Estimate using third-party professional estimates or public data

Tier 3

Model or measure based on site-specific surveys/sampling, remote or in-field sensing, laboratory analysis, etc.

For example, measure using machine sensing data.

Example data sources

Internal records

Third-party data sources

Data on net energy consumption for corporations that are required to report in Australia under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 are available at Clean Energy Regulator – NGER reporting data and registers.

Site-specific measurements or model outputs

Notes

Non-renewable energy resources (fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas and petroleum products) may be used directly (e.g. diesel for machinery) or indirectly (e.g. via use of electricity from a grid that includes fossil fuel generators). In each case, the objective is to measure the contribution to depletion of stocks of non-renewable energy resources (note that the total stocks of these resources may be accounted separately; see Environmental assets/Mineral and energy resources). Other impacts associated with the use of these fuels, such as greenhouse gas emissions, water use or other air emissions, can be measured under those separate impact categories.