Global emission factor dataset for Scope 3 machine learning applications

The accurate and transparent estimation of greenhouse gas emissions is essential for corporate sustainability reporting and machine learning applications. Existing emission-factor datasets have restrictive licenses, insufficient spatiotemporal granularity, or outdated information, limiting their reproducibility and utility across disciplines. We present ExioML, an open-source dataset derived from Exiobase 3.8.2. It integrates environmentally extended multi-regional input-output tables with a graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated computational toolkit, facilitating compatibility with and extensibility to other datasets. ExioML encompasses sector-level emission factor data for 49 regions and 28 years from 1995 to 2022, structured into two aggregation schemes: a product-by-product format covering 200 categories, and an industry-by-industry format covering 163 categories. To validate dataset usability and establish a reproducible baseline, we define a regression task for predicting sectoral greenhouse gas emissions. The task is evaluated using tree-based and neural-network-based models, with mean squared error as the evaluation metric. ExioML provides openly accessible emission-factor tables and a reproducible baseline intended to support reuse and benchmarking across sustainability and machine-learning studies.

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Scientific Data
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2026-02-04
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-026-06699-1
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Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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Global emission factor dataset for Scope 3 machine learning applications

Y. Jay Guo, Charles Guan, Jin Ma
Scientific Data
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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Global emission factor dataset for Scope 3 machine learning applications

Y. Jay Guo, Charles Guan, Jin Ma
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Abstract

The accurate and transparent estimation of greenhouse gas emissions is essential for corporate sustainability reporting and machine learning applications. Existing emission-factor datasets have restrictive licenses, insufficient spatiotemporal granularity, or outdated information, limiting their reproducibility and utility across disciplines. We present ExioML, an open-source dataset derived from Exiobase 3.8.2. It integrates environmentally extended multi-regional input-output tables with a graphics processing unit (GPU)-accelerated computational toolkit, facilitating compatibility with and extensibility to other datasets. ExioML encompasses sector-level emission factor data for 49 regions and 28 years from 1995 to 2022, structured into two aggregation schemes: a product-by-product format covering 200 categories, and an industry-by-industry format covering 163 categories. To validate dataset usability and establish a reproducible baseline, we define a regression task for predicting sectoral greenhouse gas emissions. The task is evaluated using tree-based and neural-network-based models, with mean squared error as the evaluation metric. ExioML provides openly accessible emission-factor tables and a reproducible baseline intended to support reuse and benchmarking across sustainability and machine-learning studies.

Scientific DataVol. 13(1)
The University of Sydney (AU), Data61 (AU)
Responsible consumption and production
Openalex Percentile: Top 71%
Environmental Impact and Sustainability
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