Mobility comes first at 40 to 60% of the footprint: commuting, academics’ travel and international student mobility. Next come the property estate (15 to 30%, heating and building electricity), catering and purchasing (10 to 20%), research and laboratories (5 to 30%, depending on the presence of natural sciences) and digital activity (3 to 10%). Scope 3 represents 85 to 95% of the total. In an international business school, mobility can reach 60%; in a science university, research accounts for 20 to 30%.
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