Try it before you chase it
Pick a part of your footprint and the kind of data you could get for it. We re-run the simulation behind your headline number and show you what the range would look like. Better data narrows the range around your total. It does not change what you emitted, only how precisely we can state it.
The supplier gives you a carbon figure for what you bought.
You would be able to state the same footprint more precisely. Nothing about what you emitted changes.
Your best estimate can also move, up or down, when a real factor replaces the proxy. That is a correction to the estimate, not a change in what was emitted.
This change is smaller than the uncertainty on it, so you could not demonstrate it with today’s data. Treat it as no measurable difference rather than a small one.
With that data, your Scope 1+2 near-term reduction would become demonstrable: a change that size would be big enough to show in your reported number.
A tier change alters how precisely this is measured, not what is emitted. The interval change is measurement precision. The estimate itself only moves if the better data turns out to differ from the proxy.
How current your data is
- Spend data31 Mar 2025
Your spend data runs to 31 March 2025.
- Metered energy31 Mar 2025
Your metered energy data runs to 31 March 2025.
- Other activity data31 Dec 2024
Your other activity data runs to 31 December 2024. From then on, the year is carried on estimates until newer data arrives.
- Supplier data30 Sept 2024
Your supplier data runs to 30 September 2024. From then on, the year is carried on estimates until newer data arrives.
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Pawston Cat Foods Ltd · 2024-04-01 → 2025-03-31
These are the sources we'd expect for Manufacture of food products. Work down the list — for each one, add what you have, ask whoever holds it, or tell us you don't have it. Ticking everything here doesn't prove your inventory is complete, but it's the fastest way to make sure nothing obvious is missed.
Before you start
- Export your spend. Pull a spend export, your purchase ledger, covering your whole reporting year as a CSV or Excel file, then drop it in below.
- Get a first number. We classify lines into scopes and categories where we are confident, and flag ambiguous ones for review rather than guessing. On self-serve workspaces an admin's upload calculates a first footprint straight away; otherwise your analyst processes it.
- Upgrade what matters. Spend gives broad coverage fast. Work down the checklist and replace the material lines with activity data (kWh, litres, km) when you have it, to tighten the number.
Upload a spreadsheet
Drop in a spend export or activity data as CSV or Excel. Rows are added to this workspace's reporting year.
Drag & drop or click to upload
CSV, Excel (.xlsx, .xls) — spend data with supplier and amount columns
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This is a sample workspace. Row actions below are shown for illustration; they do not add or change data here.
Scope 1 — direct
3/4- Natural gas
Gas burned on-site for heating, hot water or processes.
Common wherever premises are heated by a gas boiler.
Have it - Owned/leased vehicle fuel
Diesel or petrol for vans, cars or plant you operate.
Direct combustion in any vehicle the organisation controls.
Already counted from your spend - Refrigerant leakage
Top-ups to chillers, cold stores and refrigerated transport.
High-GWP refrigerants make leaks disproportionately material.
Not applicableReason: We make shelf-stable canned and dry food. Refrigerant servicing on the few chilled-ingredient stores is handled under the maintenance contractor's F-gas scheme, with no top-ups on our own equipment this year.
- Process heat (ovens, boilers)
Fuels for cooking, pasteurising, brewing or drying.
Thermal processing is a primary Scope 1 source in F&B.
To do
Scope 2 — purchased energy
1/1- Purchased electricity
Grid electricity for your premises (location- or market-based).
Almost every organisation has a metered electricity supply.
Have it
Scope 3 — value chainthe categories that usually need a judgement call
6/7- Cat 1 · Purchased goods & servicesAgricultural ingredients
Crops, dairy, meat and other raw food inputs.
Farm-stage emissions of ingredients are by far the largest F&B line.
Already counted from your spend - Cat 4 · Upstream transportation & distributionInbound (incl. refrigerated) freight
Chilled and ambient transport of ingredients to you.
Cold-chain logistics add a notable upstream burden.
Already counted from your spend - Cat 12 · End-of-life treatment of sold productsPackaging end-of-life
Disposal of the packaging your products are sold in.
Single-use food packaging carries a real disposal footprint.
opened - Cat 3 · Fuel- & energy-related activitiesFuel & energy upstream (WTT + T&D)
Well-to-tank emissions of your fuel and grid transmission & distribution losses.
An automatic add-on to any energy you report; usually estimated from the same meters.
To do - Cat 5 · Waste generated in operationsFood & operational waste
Food waste, packaging and general waste sent for treatment.
Food waste to landfill emits methane; segregation changes the factor.
requested - Cat 6 · Business travelBusiness travel
Flights, rail, hotels and grey-fleet mileage for work trips.
Material wherever staff travel to clients, sites or events.
Have it - Cat 7 · Employee commutingEmployee commuting
How staff travel to and from work (and home-working energy).
Scales with headcount; a commute survey is the usual route.
Don’t have itFlagged as missing — added to your task list. The fastest way to close it is to ask whoever holds the data.
Note: Commute survey drafted but not yet sent to staff.
All other categories9 not curated for Manufacture of food productsEvery standard GHG Protocol source not in the curated list above — Scope 3 categories 1 to 15 plus the standard Scope 1 and 2 sources. No sector rationale claimed; add what you have, send a request, or mark not applicable as they apply.
Scope 2 — purchased energy
0/1- Purchased heat or steam
Heat, steam or cooling bought from a district or third-party network.
To do
Scope 3 — value chainthe categories that usually need a judgement call
0/8- Cat 2 · Capital goodsCapital goods
Upstream emissions of purchased capital assets — equipment, buildings, vehicles.
To do - Cat 8 · Upstream leased assetsUpstream leased assets
Operation of assets leased in, where not already counted in Scope 1 or 2.
To do - Cat 9 · Downstream transportation & distributionDownstream transportation & distribution
Transport and distribution of sold products, not paid for by the organisation.
To do - Cat 10 · Processing of sold productsProcessing of sold products
Further processing of sold intermediate products by third parties.
To do - Cat 11 · Use of sold productsUse of sold products
Energy used and emissions released when customers use sold products.
To do - Cat 13 · Downstream leased assetsDownstream leased assets
Operation of assets the organisation owns and leases out to others.
To do - Cat 14 · FranchisesFranchises
Operation of franchises not included in Scope 1 or 2.
To do - Cat 15 · InvestmentsInvestments
Emissions associated with investments, including equity and debt holdings.
To do
Need something that isn’t listed here? Add it directly in the scope inventory. This list is a sector starting point, not a completeness check.
Tracking flights, rail, or car hire? In the live product, workspace admins have a dedicated business travel input form for employee travel data.