Networking Equipment · Networking & Communications Equipment
← all sectorsNetworking equipment makers carry Scope 1+2 from manufacturing plus Scope 3 use-phase from energy consumption of devices in the field.
Where this sector sits globally
- Scope 3 · cat 11Use of sold productsEnergy consumed by routers, switches, optical equipment over their deployed lifetime — typically 5-10 years.
- Scope 3 · cat 1Purchased goods & servicesSemiconductors, optics, metals, packaging from tier-1+ suppliers.
- Scope 1 + 2Manufacturing operationsOwn production sites and contract manufacturers (where reported).
Same pathway as IT hardware. Industry consortia (e.g. ITU-T L.1470 for ICT trajectories) provide complementary technical guidance.
Sector benchmarks · headline intensities
Each strip shows where every firm in the cohort sits on one intensity axis. Lower is better — left of the strip is best, right is worst. Each peer dot tooltips its value and the year it came from. Financial denominators are converted to USD before computing so cross-currency comparisons are apples-to-apples.
Revenue intensity
Operational intensity
Economic intensity
Asset intensity
Companies · 1 firms
+ Add company| RVB ID | Company | Ticker | Subtype | HQ | Revenue | Operational | Economic | Asset | Sources | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVBA-CSCO | CSCO | 318.82 | 412.12 | 73.92 | 5603.82 | SBTiCDPReport |
Reference carbon factors · Networking Equipment
Below sit every reference factor relevant to a networking equipment firm. Use these as starting points when you need to estimate emissions for a category the cohort doesn't disclose, or to spot-check disclosed figures against the consensus range. Each value is anchored to the published source — click any source slug to open the citation.
Spend-based (per currency unit) 2 categories · 4 factors
Multiply spend (in the stated currency, in the stated reference year) by the factor to estimate kgCO2e for that category of procurement. Spend-based factors carry material uncertainty but are useful when you have no activity data.
Computer manufacturing, spend-based
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0580 0.0350 – 0.0900 | kgCO2e/USD | US | 2022 | Cradle → gate S1 · S2 loc · S3↑ | useeio_v1_3 purchaser · USD 2022 | USEEIO commodity 334111. NAICS 334111. Purchaser price (with margins). Multiply 2022 USD spend × value to get kgCO2e. |
| 0.0458 0.0277 – 0.0711 | kgCO2e/GBP | US | 2022 | Cradle → gate S1 · S2 loc · S3↑ | useeio_v1_3 purchaser · GBP 2022 | USEEIO commodity 334111, converted USD→GBP at static rate (0.79). For production, recompute with the accounting-period FX rate. |
Laptop, sector average
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 150 – 500 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave | boavizta_2025 | Mean across common business laptop SKUs in the Boavizta database. Wide range reflects screen size, RAM/SSD config, and manufacturer methodology differences. |
| 300 200 – 400 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave S3↑ | boavizta_2025 | Use when you have a count of laptops but not the SKUs. Wide uncertainty band (±33%). |
Product unit 5 categories · 10 factors
Per-product-unit factors (e.g. one laptop, one kg of milk). Use for purchased goods — multiply by units procured.
Apple MacBook Air 13" M3
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 150 120 – 200 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave | boavizta_2025 | |
| 283 230 – 330 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave S3↑ | boavizta_2025 | PER published for the 15" M3; 13" assumed marginally lower. Post-mitigation figure Apple publishes is 158 kg. |
Apple MacBook Pro 16" M3 Max
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 430 320 – 540 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave | boavizta_2025 | Manufacturing typically ~75% of total. Use-phase depends on assumed grid mix. |
| 506 400 – 650 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2023 | Cradle → grave S3↑ | boavizta_2025 | Apple PER (Product Environmental Report). Baseline manufacturing emissions before Apple applies low-carbon manufacturing electricity netting. Use this for cross-vendor comparison. The 4-yr-use assumption and US grid mix are baked in. |
Dell Latitude 7440
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 355 208 – 703 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2023 | Cradle → grave S3↑ | boavizta_2025 | Manufacturing 89%, Use 7.5%, Transport 3.1%, EoL 0.4%. Wide uncertainty band reflects PAIA Monte-Carlo run. |
| 290 200 – 400 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave | boavizta_2025 | Dell uses PAIA. ±50% uncertainty per Dell PCF disclaimers. |
HP EliteBook 840 G11
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 280 190 – 380 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave | boavizta_2025 | |
| 200 150 – 280 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave S3↑ | boavizta_2025 | Mainboard 41% / SSD 20% / Display 20% of manufacturing emissions. Use-phase 23% is notably higher than Apple/Dell because NA grid is dirtier than EU. |
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 12
| Value | Unit | Geo | Year | Scope | Source | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 285 226 – 383 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2022 | Cradle → grave S3↑ | boavizta_2025 | Mean 285, std dev 59, 95th percentile 383. US use-phase assumed. |
| 250 170 – 350 | kgCO2e/unit | GLOBAL | 2024 | Cradle → grave | boavizta_2025 |
Reference factors are curated from the published sources at the indicated vintage and refreshed manually as new releases land. Apply with care: spend-based factors carry material uncertainty (often ±50%); activity-based factors require the right unit basis (e.g. gross vs net CV for natural gas, with-RF vs without-RF for air); product PCFs differ in lifecycle scope between vendors (Apple uses post-mitigation, others use pre-mitigation — we have aligned to pre-mitigation baselines for laptops). Re-check against the citation before any external-facing calculation.