Carbon footprint for companies
Easier ESG reporting and smoother management of sustainability work with automatic carbon footprint calculation based on financial data
Why?
A solution for carbon footprint calculation
It will be very hard to reach the carbon neutrality goals the world needs unless we have good, trustworthy tools to measure them. While sustainability and carbon neutrality are global trends, practical means are yet rare. The CarbonLink service enables calculating an organization’s carbon footprint and including the parts that are often overlooked.
What?
Automatic carbon footprint calculator
Details
The results can be viewed per calculation line. In this way, we can get to grips with emission sources precisely.
Overview
Illustrative diagrams provide an overview of carbon emissions. The results can be limited based on dates, for example by fiscal year.
Trends
It is possible to compare the company's carbon load with, for example, the previous fiscal year.
Group summary
As an additional service, a summary view and the possibility to eliminate internal transfers are offered to group customers.
PDF report
For sharing information, it is convenient to create a PDF summary of the results, which shows the most important results.
API
The documented interface enables data to be brought to us and, when agreed, also to retrieve data.
How?
Sustainable practices for an evolving industry
Up to date and auditable
The carbon footprint calculation takes place when the invoice data arrives. The carbon footprint can be continuously monitored and audited when necessary.
Scientific
The carbon footprint calculator is based on researched information and is constantly developing as the carbon calculation becomes more precise.
Invoice based
CarbonLink analyzes and categorizes the company's carbon footprint based on financial data.
Automatic
Sustainability reporting requires up-to-date, constantly available information. With CarbonLink's automatic carbon footprint calculator, carbon calculation can be made an everyday part of the company's operations.
Independent
CarbonLink's carbon footprint calculator does not require the purchase and maintenance of any specific system to work, but we integrate into your existing system directly, as long as it has an API interface (Application Program Interface). CarbonLink is vendor independent
Secure
We are careful with your financial data. In carbon accounting, no personal data is processed at all. Instead we use invoice lines from electronic invoices, information related to the purchased service or product, and accounting information. You log in to the service with your organization's Google or Microsoft credentials, which keeps the management of user rights under the organization's control.
Integrations
Invoicing applications and alike
There is already an existing integration for these software systems
Answers
Frequently Asked Questions
Some questions or potential questions already answered.
What is CarbonLink?
CarbonLink is a web application that calculates an estimate of the carbon footprint from invoice data and displays it in the web interface.
What do a carbon footprint mean?
CarbonLink analyzes purchase, travel and expense invoices, categorizes them line by line, and then calculates the carbon footprint of the activity based on scientifically researched factors. Financial data describes the customer's activities very precisely, enabling accurate reporting and preventing carbon leakage in the calculation.
How does the calculation work?
Larger companies have to, thanks to EU regulation. However, we would like to think that all of us are interested in the matter at least to the extent that we find out at what level we operate and if there are easy areas for improvement. Easy targets are often not the ones that first come to mind.
What is required of me?
Nothing impossible. If you use one of the financial management systems listed above, we just need API keys and enough trust that you can leave your data with us. We promise to treat it with care.
What if our financial management program is not listed?
Contact us and let's take a look! We are constantly developing our integrations, but there are many financial management systems. If your financial management system has a relatively modern interface (API), then the integration will most likely be successful.
Are the calculations accurate?
The carbon calculation is always an estimate, which our system does as well as it reasonably can, based on up-to-date science. The quality of the results varies depending on several factors, including the quality of the descriptions of the invoice lines and the company's industry. When looking at the results, one has to remember that even though the accounting is accurate, calculating the carbon footprint is always the best possible estimate. However, the calculation is accurate enough for reporting needs.
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Let us be the solution for your carbon footprint calculation troubles.