Understanding and managing your company’s carbon footprint is an essential first step towards sustainability. At DGB Group, we offer a comprehensive online carbon footprint calculator, the CO2 Expert tool, designed to simplify this process. This tool helps businesses of all sizes measure, validate, and strategise around their carbon emissions—an increasingly vital component as sustainability takes centre stage in corporate responsibility. Here’s an in-depth look at how our carbon footprint calculator works and how it can support your organisation’s goals.
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Why measure your carbon footprint?
Carbon footprint measurement is not just about regulatory compliance; it’s a strategic move towards success and growth. By identifying your company’s emissions across all three scopes—direct (Scope 1), energy-related indirect (Scope 2), and value chain emissions (Scope 3)—you gain actionable insights into your environmental impact.
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Understanding these emissions enables you to create a targeted CO2 reduction plan, meet compliance standards like the CSRD, and boost operational efficiency while aligning with your stakeholders’ sustainability expectations and eco-consumer demands.
The 7-step process of a carbon footprint analysis
Our CO2 Expert tool guides you through each of the essential steps for carbon footprint calculation, providing clarity and support along the way. You can easily create an account and add users and different company locations. Our experts are also here for you, ready to assist you every step of the way.
Your carbon footprint measurement can be done in 7 easy steps:
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Define your scope: Start by selecting the parts of your organisation to include—specific locations, emission sources, and relevant activities.
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Data collection: Gather data, such as fuel usage or electricity bills. If you don’t have exact data, the calculator can work with approximations based on your spending.
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Calculate your carbon emissions: Input your data, and the tool will automatically calculate your carbon footprint by applying relevant emission factors to provide your total emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3.
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Validation: Choose to have DGB’s experts review your data and create a validated carbon footprint report, ensuring accuracy and reliability in your measurements.
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Carbon compensation and reduction: Our experts can help you with a customised carbon reduction plan. For emissions that can’t be reduced immediately, you can purchase carbon units (also called carbon credits) directly from DGB’s portfolio of nature restoration projects.
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Gain insights and set targets: Use your footprint analysis as a baseline to identify impactful changes and other opportunities, from energy-saving measures to supply chain improvements.
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Share your progress: With a validated carbon footprint report, a carbon unit certificate, and insights from our tool, you can transparently celebrate and communicate your progress to stakeholders, reinforcing your commitment to sustainability.
Share your progress with a validated carbon footprint report, carbon unit certificate, communication package, and CO2-compensated badges—highlighting your commitment to sustainability.
Key features of our CO2 Expert tool
Our CO2 Expert tool is globally recognised, adhering to standards like the GHG Protocol and ISO, making it a credible choice for companies worldwide. It’s user-friendly and adaptable to companies in any country, with location-specific emission factors. Additionally, it’s ideal for smaller companies needing to meet large clients' sustainability expectations, as larger corporations increasingly ask suppliers to measure and report emissions.
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The tool also stands out for its ability to handle advanced data categories, offering detailed input options to capture complex emission sources accurately. For example, when calculating air travel emissions, users can input details such as departure, arrival, and layover airports, mark whether the trip was a return flight, and include supporting documentation like ticket overviews. Similarly, freight emissions are calculated based on transportation mode, weight, quantity, and distance travelled, ensuring a precise assessment supported by transport invoices.
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Emissions from waste streams can also be quantified by specifying the type and volume of waste, such as glass recycling, with contractor waste bills attached to ensure accuracy. Additionally, the tool allows for the inclusion of remote work emissions by adjusting a slider to reflect the percentage of employees working from home, integrating policies to substantiate the data.
Once data is entered, the tool provides a comprehensive overview of your data and footprint on your dashboard, detailing total emissions, efficiency factors, and a breakdown by scope. With options to validate data and save progress, businesses can seamlessly organise their sustainability journey.
These advanced features position the CO2 Expert tool as an indispensable resource for companies aiming to understand and act on their carbon footprint, ultimately paving the way for impactful sustainability strategies.
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A practical starting point for your sustainability journey
Taking the first step in sustainability can feel daunting, but our carbon footprint calculator makes it achievable, no matter your company’s size. By beginning with carbon footprint measurement, your business can embark on a meaningful path toward reducing its environmental impact and supporting nature restoration.
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Get started with DGB’s CO2 Expert tool today! Our experts are ready to support you in understanding your emissions, setting achievable goals, and making informed decisions on your path to sustainability and growth. Reach out to book a demo and discover how our tool can benefit your business.
