Carbon 2.0 Software Solution

Carbon 2.0 – A ClearCarbon internally-built greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory application

For companies beginning the GHG inventory process, or those looking to convert disparate sources of data and spreadsheets into a single platform, ClearCarbon’s Carbon 2.0 software can be an effective step towards an efficient GHG inventory process. Through ClearCarbon’s experience of serving more than 60 organizations with 17,000 global locations positioned in dozens of industry categories, our team has a keen appreciation for the value of information management. Our analysts have used their unique industry experience to develop Carbon 2.0 to tackle data collection, quality assurance, reporting and analytics, and inventory updating challenges.

Data and emissions factors come from many places and formats.

Efficiently collecting data from a wide range of sources with variable formats is a key to success. Additionally, having the ability to convert units of measure and emissions factors to suit an organization’s specific usage data ensures accurate GHG inventory calculation. Specifically, ClearCarbon’s Carbon 2.0:

• Tracks scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions categories that coincide with WRI’s GHG Protocol and Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) reporting requirements
• Calculates more than 25,000 unique usage types, input units, and output units
• Incorporates more than 10 emissions factor sources, including WRI, EPA, IPCC, DEFRA, DOE, Australian Government, and Brazilian Government

Quality assurance is critical.

Producing quality information is at the foundation of our process. To best manage carbon emissions and have auditable results, data have to be accurate. Our clients benefit from our strong data collection skills, a robust emissions factor database, and an established and highly-acclaimed quality assurance (QA) process, which includes the following six steps:

Show me the carbon.

In the end, reporting and analytics are the top priority. Our clients have asked for carbon results in nearly every imaginable way. As a result, we have built Carbon 2.0 to have a diverse set of analytics and reporting capabilities. 

• Extensive lists of output units available for analysis: total CO2e, specific GHG types, energy usage, emissions sources, and many others
• Reports that mimic public disclosure formats for CDP, EPA Climate Leaders, and the Climate Registry submission requirements
• Trend analysis at corporate, business unit, or facility levels

Every company needs to update emissions.

One of the most underappreciated aspects of corporate GHG inventories is the need to re-baseline or calculate past estimates. Emissions factors change annually, companies acquire and divest business units, and improved data all trigger the need to re-baseline emissions calculations. This can be a significant burden on companies, but ClearCarbon analysts understand these dynamics and monitor carbon reporting changes constantly. As a result, Carbon 2.0 is fully capable of handling dynamics such as: 

• Emission factor changes
• Acquisition and divestitures
• Updated historical data

For more information on ClearCarbon’s software solutions, or to request an implementation, please contact info@clearcarboninc.com.