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Lessons Each lesson is one job, done on the sample workspace with the steps beside the page. Every lesson also shows the carbon accounting mistake people most often make at that point, and how to avoid it. Start at the top if you are new; each lesson stands on its own.
18 lessons · about 73 minutes · 0 done
Start Lesson Mistake it teaches you to avoid Time
1 Read your footprint and quote it with its range Avoids: Quoting the central figure without its range Quoting the central figure without its range 4 min Start 2 Add a spreadsheet and see where every row went Avoids: Uploading spend twice, once as an export and once as invoices Uploading spend twice, once as an export and once as invoices 5 min Start 3 Clear what the workspace asks you to do next Avoids: Leaving flagged records unreviewed while you chase new data Leaving flagged records unreviewed while you chase new data 3 min Start Get the number right Lesson Mistake it teaches you to avoid Time
4 Find the data that would tighten the number most Avoids: Chasing the biggest category instead of the least certain one Chasing the biggest category instead of the least certain one 4 min Start 5 Trace a figure back to the line it came from Avoids: Trusting a total you cannot trace Trusting a total you cannot trace 3 min Start 6 Check what was left out and why Avoids: Leaving out spend without a written reason Leaving out spend without a written reason 4 min Start 7 Replace a spend estimate with a measured figure Avoids: Keeping the spend line as well, so the same emissions count twice Keeping the spend line as well, so the same emissions count twice 5 min Start 8 Read the audit trail behind a change Avoids: Editing a figure with no record of who changed it Editing a figure with no record of who changed it 3 min Start Suppliers Lesson Mistake it teaches you to avoid Time
9 Ask a supplier for their own figures Avoids: Counting a supplier twice, once by spend and once by their own figure Counting a supplier twice, once by spend and once by their own figure 4 min Start 10 Compare suppliers by carbon per pound Avoids: Ranking suppliers by total tonnes, which only measures how much you buy Ranking suppliers by total tonnes, which only measures how much you buy 3 min Start Reduce Lesson Mistake it teaches you to avoid Time
11 Set a target against a sound base year Avoids: Setting a target against a base year with gaps in it Setting a target against a base year with gaps in it 4 min Start 12 Test a reduction before you commit to it Avoids: Counting the same saving twice, once from the roadmap and once from a scenario Counting the same saving twice, once from the roadmap and once from a scenario 4 min Start Report Lesson Mistake it teaches you to avoid Time
13 Build the ESRS E1 disclosure Avoids: Reporting a figure without the method behind it Reporting a figure without the method behind it 5 min Start 14 Prepare a CBAM declaration Avoids: Using a default value where the supplier gave an actual one Using a default value where the supplier gave an actual one 5 min Start 15 Publish the footprint page and export the audit pack Avoids: Sharing a draft figure as final Sharing a draft figure as final 4 min Start Events Lesson Mistake it teaches you to avoid Time
16 Measure an event's footprint Avoids: Picking the well-to-tank twin of a DEFRA travel factor Picking the well-to-tank twin of a DEFRA travel factor 5 min Start 17 Turn a travel survey into tonnes Avoids: Scaling up from too few survey answers Scaling up from too few survey answers 4 min Start 18 Split shared venue emissions across events Avoids: Charging the whole venue's energy to one event Charging the whole venue's energy to one event 4 min Start