In our latest release, we have enhanced our "Templates" feature by allowing users to create their own templates.
Templates feature overview
Users can choose from a variety of pre-built project templates tailored to different types of projects. Some major templates are based on established methodological standards, such as Bilan Carbone® and the GHG Protocol. This ensures that users align with recognized best practices in carbon accounting.
When a template is selected, users only need to input their specific data for each impact area, significantly reducing the complexity of setting up a new project from scratch. The Templates feature also integrates pre-defined emission factors, helping to maintain consistency and accuracy across different projects. This integration ensures that calculations are based on reliable and standardized data, enhancing the overall quality of the assessments.
Templates feature: What’s new?
Building on our existing Templates feature, we've introduced a significant enhancement that allows users to create their own project templates from start to finish. Previously, templates were exclusively created by our team and only included impacts with associated emission factors. Now, users can design comprehensive project templates tailored to their specific needs.
This enhancement also allows users to include actions and targets within the templates, which wasn't possible before. For example, users can now incorporate targets based on Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) methodologies into their templates. This addition provides a more holistic approach to carbon accounting and sustainability planning within a single template structure.
The ability to create custom templates offers several advantages:
Customization: Users can design templates that perfectly align with their organization's sustainability goals and reporting requirements.
Comprehensive planning: Users can create more integrated and strategic carbon management plans by including actions and targets alongside impacts.
Efficiency: Custom templates streamline the process of setting up new projects, saving time and ensuring consistency across an organization's sustainability initiatives.
Templates use case: Calculating the carbon footprint of a B2B event
B2B events, such as conferences and trade shows, present unique opportunities to assess and manage carbon emissions. These events involve a range of activities that contribute to their overall carbon footprint. By leveraging the Templates feature, event organizers can quickly and consistently measure these impacts and apply proven strategies across similar events, ensuring more sustainable outcomes.
When planning recurring events, such as annual conferences, trade shows, or industry seminars, event organizers often encounter similar components that impact carbon emissions. For example:
Setup and Infrastructure: Energy consumption from venue lighting, heating, and signage.
Accommodations: Number of hotel nights.
Catering: Sourcing and transportation of food ingredients and drinks.
Transportation: Emissions from attendee travel, including flights, trains, and cars.
Creating a dedicated template for these elements enables event organizers to gain a better understanding of their event's carbon footprint. This structured approach provides a consistent framework for comparing different events, facilitating year-over-year analysis and improvement. By using the same template annually, organizers can ensure consistency in measuring and reporting, making it easier to track progress and identify areas for enhancement.
Conclusion
This feature improvement represents a significant step forward in making our platform and that of our partners more flexible and user-centric. It empowers organizations to build their templates according to their specific needs and projects.
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