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The factors may also be used for other purposes, but users do this at their own risk.</p> <p>In order to report the greenhouse gas emissions associated with an organisation’s activities, the carbon emissions need to be converted into ‘activity data’ such as:</p> <ul> <li>distance travelled</li> <li>litres of fuel used</li> <li>tonnes of waste disposed</li> </ul> <p>The conversion factor spreadsheets provide the values to be used for such conversions, and step by step guidance on how to use them.</p> <p>We produce a new set of conversion factors each year, together with a methodology paper explaining how the conversion factors are derived, and a paper explaining the major changes in the latest year’s factors.</p> </div> </div> </div> <h3 class="govuk-heading-m govuk-!-font-size-27" id="annual-conversion-factor-publications">Annual conversion factor publications</h3> <div data-module="govspeak" class="gem-c-govspeak govuk-govspeak gem-c-govspeak--direction-ltr govuk-!-margin-bottom-0"> 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