Detailed guide on the data you need to gather for emissions reporting and how it's used.
A: Yes, you can export a copy of all the data required for the data submission through Emitwise.
Here's a template you can use if you have been asked to submit data and cannot access the Emitwise product:
- Template for data collection: Corporate Carbon Footprint / Intensity, Decarbonization Targets and Initiatives and Supplier Engagement [Download template here]
- Template for data collection: PCF [Coming soon]
Here’s a breakdown of the data you need to provide for different data types, why we collect it, how it is used, and whether it is shared with your customer.
Data We Collect From Every User
Company Information
- Type of Data: General company details such as company name, sector, region, website.
- Why We Collect This Data: To identify your business, understand your industry, and ensure the correct emissions factors and reporting requirements are applied.
- How We Use This Data: Tailored reporting based on your sector and region.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, basic company details are shared with customers.
User Details
- Type of Data: Personal and contact details of your company’s relevant users.
- Why We Collect This Data: To ensure the right people receive communications about emissions reporting.
- How We Use This Data: Tailor communication and support to the appropriate users.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, we will share your contact details with customers requesting your data if you agree to share your profile with them; so that they can contact you if they have any questions.
Financial Year Information
- Type of Data: End date of your financial year.
- Why We Collect This Data: To align your emissions reporting period with your financial cycle.
- How We Use This Data: Set reminders and adjust reporting based on your fiscal year.
- Shared with Customers?: No, this is used for internal reporting purposes only.
Primary Product Category
- Type of Data: Dropdown selection of your main product category.
- Why We Collect This Data: To apply the correct emissions factors to your operations.
- How We Use This Data: Ensures accurate carbon calculations.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, as part of your emissions reports.
Previous Emissions Measurement
- Type of Data: Yes/No dropdown indicating if you’ve measured emissions before.
- Why We Collect This Data: To understand your emissions tracking experience.
- How We Use This Data: Helps us guide you through the reporting process.
- Shared with Customers?: No, this data is used for support purposes only.
Your Customer Has Requested a Corporate Carbon Footprint and/or Intensity (CCF)
Corporate Carbon Intensity (Emitwise calculates this for you)
- Type of Data: General emissions data (Scope 1, 2, and 3) for calculating a decarbonization score.
- Why We Collect This Data: To calculate a decarbonization score reflecting your emissions performance.
- How We Use This Data: To benchmark and provide recommendations for improving your carbon footprint.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, the decarbonization score and emissions data are shared.
Revenue Data (Required for corporate emissions intensity)
- Type of Data: Company revenue for the reporting year and whether it’s public.
- Why We Collect This Data: To calculate your emissions intensity (emissions per unit of revenue).
- How We Use This Data: Helps assess your environmental efficiency.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, emissions intensity is shared, but not specific revenue figures unless permitted.
Emissions Reports and Verification (If you've measured before)
- Type of Data: Sustainability reports and emissions data for Scope 1, 2, and 3.
- Why We Collect This Data: To verify the accuracy of your emissions data.
- How We Use This Data: Cross-check data and improve reporting accuracy.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, verified emissions data is shared with customers.
Emissions by Scope (If you've measured before)
- Type of Data: Scope 1 (direct), Scope 2 (purchased energy), and Scope 3 (value chain) emissions data.
- Why We Collect This Data: To capture a complete view of your carbon footprint.
- How We Use This Data: Aggregated to calculate your total carbon footprint and provide insights for reduction.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, emissions data is shared as part of your scorecard.
New Emissions Measurement (You've never measured emissions before)
- Type of Data: Spend data – all expenditure for the reporting year.
- Why We Collect This Data: For companies measuring emissions for the first time, spend data is essential for estimating indirect emissions, especially for Scope 3 categories like purchased goods, services, and logistics.
- How We Use This Data: We analyze your spend data to calculate emissions based on industry-specific factors, providing a proxy for Scope 3 emissions. This helps create an overall emissions estimate, particularly useful for companies new to tracking emissions.
- Where You Can Find This Data: You can access spend data through your finance or procurement systems, such as ERP software (e.g., SAP, Oracle) or accounting software (e.g., QuickBooks).
- Shared with Customers?: No, the spend data itself is not shared with customers. Only the resulting emissions calculations are included in your reports and decarbonization score.
Your Customer Has Requested a Product Carbon Footprint or Intensity (PCF)
Product Carbon Footprint (If Requested)
- Type of Data: Product-specific emissions data (e.g., name, emission intensity, transport emissions).
- Why We Collect This Data: To calculate the carbon footprint of each product.
- How We Use This Data: Helps understand your product's environmental impact and identify areas for improvement.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, detailed product emissions data can be shared with customers.
Your Customer Has Requested Evidence of Decarbonization
Targets (If Requested)
- Type of Data: Evidence of targets set (e.g. target type, method, baseline year, target year, ambition).
- Why We Collect This Data: To help you set Science-Based Targets (SBTi-aligned) and track your decarbonization progress.
- How We Use This Data: Align your sustainability goals with global climate standards and track progress.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, target-setting data is shared as part of your sustainability efforts.
Decarbonization or Reduction Initiatives (If Requested)
- Type of Data: Evidence of action taken to reduce emissions through decarbonization initiatives.
- Why We Collect This Data: To help better recommend decarbonization initiatives and to help you track your decarbonization progress.
- How We Use This Data: Improve recommendations, ensure that you are on-track to hit your decarbonization targets.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, this data is shared.
Your Customer Has Requested Evidence of Engaging Your Value Chain
Supplier Engagement (If Requested)
- Type of Data: Supplier engagement program data (e.g., number of suppliers engaged, Scope 3 emissions covered).
- Why We Collect This Data: To help reduce Scope 3 emissions across your supply chain.
- How We Use This Data: Provides insights into your supply chain emissions and engagement efforts.
- Shared with Customers?: Yes, supplier engagement efforts are shared as part of your overall sustainability reporting.
You can gather everything needed to ensure a comprehensive and accurate submission to Emitwise, helping improve your decarbonization score and meet customer expectations. For further assistance with your data submission or if you have any questions about the process, our support team is ready to help.