How to do your GHG Assessment on Greenly's platform
Step-by-step tutorials on using the Greenly interface to input activity data and track your footprint.
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Monitor your assessment with the Progress tab
How to track your data collection status and identify missing information.
- The first steps for carrying out your report
- How to tag your data
- Data Quality: last step to your GHG Report
- Personalize your emissions analysis with the new analytics tags
- Create your Intensity Metrics (Custom metrics)This article explains why and how to set up Intensity Metrics.
- Identify emission sources & build a data collection plan
Collect, organize and review your data with the Data tab
Guides on uploading files, connecting integrations, and categorizing expenses.
- [Downstream transportation with products weights] Methodology guide
- [Downstream leased assets module] Why & how to fill it in?
- Business Travel: Our Methodology Explained
- IT Inventory: Our Methodology Explained
- [Chemical Products] Data collection guideThis article helps you complete the Chemical products module.
- Consultants & Contractors: Our Methodology Explained
- Digital Ads: Our Methodology Explained
- Food: Our Methodology Explained
- [Consultants & Contractors] Data collection guide
- [Consultants & Contractors] Methodology guide
- [Waste] Data collection guide
- [Waste] Methodology guide
- [Product & Raw Material Inventory] Data collection guide
- [Employee Survey] Data collection guide
- [Employee Survey] Methodology guide
- How to use the Land Use Change module ?
- Connect my Azure dataConnect Azure data to Greenly and monitor cloud emissions through an interactive dashboard.
- Connect my AWS dataConnect AWS data to Greenly and monitor cloud emissions through an interactive dashboard.
- [Green IT Toolkit] Methodology guide
- [Chemical Product] Methodology guide
- [Chemical Products] Data collection guideThis article helps you complete the Downstream transportation with products weights module.
- [Cloud] Methodology guide
- [Cloud] Data collection guideThis article helps you complete the Cloud module.
- [Downstream Transportation with products weights] Why & How to fill it?Collect product weight data for the Downstream Transportation module in Greenly.
- [Downstream transportation with products weights] Data collection guideThis article helps you complete the Downstream transportation with products weights module.
- [End-of-life of sold products] Methodology guide
- [End-of-life of sold products] Data collection guide
- [End-of-life of sold products] Why & How to fill it?Collect end-of-life data for sold products and upload it correctly in Greenly.
- [Physical Advertising] Methodology guide
- [Physical Advertising] Data collection guide
- [Physical Advertising] Why & How to fill it?Collect physical advertising campaign data for print, DOOH, TV, and radio formats.
- [Use (and processing) of sold products] Methodology guide
- Employee Questionnaire - Email templateUse an email template to invite employees to complete Greenly's questionnaire.
- Location-based vs Market-based for Scope 2
- What are RECs, GOs and PPAs?
- Accounting for Emissions from BuildingsAllocate building energy emissions across scopes based on leases and consolidation.
- How to take into account relocation (office/building)?
- How to find your electricity grid?Identify your building's electricity grid to calculate accurate location-based emissions.
- Buildings Module : Why & How to fill it?Learn how to report your buildings' energy use and emissions in Greenly, from adding buildings and consumption data to reviewing quality controls and reading your results.
- The "Buildings" module: do I need it?
- Completing your company information
- Employee survey: Extrapolation of answersUnderstand how employee survey results are extrapolated to your workforce size.
- Employee module: how to set up the survey and complete the moduleConfigure and send the Employee survey, track responses, review results, and activate training.
- Methodology "Employee Survey V3"
- Understanding the Employee Survey and its methodologyUnderstand the Greenly employee survey: what it measures, its questions, and its methodology.
- [Use (and processing) of sold products] Data collection guide
- Reduce your employees' emissionsDiscover 5 scenarios to reduce your employees' commuting and food-related emissions.
- Should I send the survey to freelances?Decide whether to send the survey to freelancers without double-counting their impact.
- Present Carbon Accounting to your employeesPresent Greenly's carbon accounting process to employees in 15 minutes or less.
- Accounting upload: FAQFind answers to common questions before importing your accounting file.
- Accounting UploadProvide accounting data to Greenly via software, expense list, or FEC file to measure emissions.
- The Different Transaction CategoriesChoose the right transaction categories to improve expense-based emissions analysis.
- Exceptions in Transaction CategoriesLearn which transactions to categorize as Without impact and how to avoid double-counting.
- What is double counting?Avoid double counting in your GHG inventory with examples and best practices.
- Expense Data CategorizationCategorize expenses, apply monetary emission factors, and validate transactions.
- Recovering your Cloud services dataLearn how to send your detailed Cloud services data to Greenly to refine your Cloud emissions — via API connection, detailed invoices, or your provider's carbon footprint export (AWS, GCP,…
- Review your data and check double countingReview your activity data and avoid double counting before requesting your report.
- Digital Ads: Why & How to fill it?This article aims to help you complete the Digital Ads module.
- [Outsourced & On-Premise Datacenters] Why & How to fill it?Collect data center energy and equipment data for accurate GHG emissions calculations.
- [Freight] Data collection guide
- [Freight] Why & How to fill it?Complete the Freight module by preparing, uploading, and reviewing transport data.
- [Waste] Why & How to fill it?How to collect, format, and upload your waste data in Greenly, and review your results.
- Consultants & Contractors: Why and how to fill it?This is the step-by-step guide to complete the Consultants & Contractors module.
- [Food] Methodology guide
- [Food] Data collection guide
- Food: Why & How to fill it?Understand why the Food module matters and how to complete it in Greenly.
- [Digital Ads] Methodology guide
- [Digital Ads] Data collection guide
- [Data Centers] Data collection guide
- [IT Inventory] Methodology guide
- [IT Inventory] Data collection guide
- IT Inventory: Why & How to fill it?This article aims to highlight why the IT inventory module is important and how to fill it.
- [Business travel] Methodology guide
- [Business travel] Data collection guide
- Business travel: Why & How to fill it?This article aims to highlight the importance of your business travels and how to fill the module.
- Understanding activity modulesLearn how to choose the best processing module for your data.
- [Insurance] Data collection guide
- [Use (and processing) of Sold Products module] Why & How to fill it?
- [Real Estate Investment] Methodology guide
- [Real Estate Investment] Data collection guide
- [Real Estate Investment] Why & How to fill it?Collect real estate investment emissions data and upload it correctly in Greenly.
- [Investments] Methodology guide
- [Investments] Data collection guide
- [Investments] Why & How to fill it?Collect financed emissions data by asset type and upload it correctly in Greenly.
- [Insurance] Methodology guide
- [Insurance] Why & How to fill it?Collect insurance emissions data for Scope 3.15 and upload it correctly in Greenly.
- [Machines inventory] Methodology guide
- [Machines inventory] How to fill it?Learn how to fill in the Machines Inventory module on Greenly: what data to collect, how to upload it, and how to read your results.
- [Miscellaneous services] Methodology guide
- [Miscellaneous services] Data collection guide
- [Product & Raw Material Inventory] Methodology guide
- [Product and Raw Material Inventory] Why & How to fill it?Collect product and raw material inventory data to calculate purchase-related emissions.
- [Data Centers] Methodology guide
Break down your GHG emissions in My Emissions tab
How to visualize your carbon footprint results, analyze hotspots, and export data.
Greenly's Computations
Explanations of the emission factors (EFs) and calculation formulas used to generate your results.
- Emission factor databasesDescribes the emission factor sources displayed on the platform.
- Collection of digital marketing dataCollect digital marketing data to assess the carbon impact of online campaigns.
- The Greenly categories explainedUnderstand Greenly emission categories and how they map to company activities.
- LCA Emission FactorsUnderstand LCA emission factors, their data needs, checks, and GHG report use.
- Do the ADEME monetary emissions factors take inflation into account?Understand why Greenly does not adjust ADEME monetary emission factors for inflation.
- Uncertainty Scoring SystemInterpret your uncertainty score and improve it with more activity-based data.
- Emission Factor SourcesDiscover the emission factor sources Greenly uses and how they are vetted.
- Supplier Emission FactorsUnderstand supplier emission factors, when to use them, and how Greenly checks them.
- Why can the carbon intensity of an electric mix differ depending on the source?Understand why electricity mix emission factors vary across data sources.
- How are uncertainties computed?Understand how Greenly calculates and aggregates GHG inventory uncertainties.
- Uncertainty Sources
- Greenly’s Cloud Impact MethodologyMeasure cloud emissions from billing files, electricity, hardware, and refrigerants.
- Freight: How are road freight emissions computed?Calculate road freight emissions using ton-kilometers and transported weight.
- How is my Greenly Score computed and medals attributed?How your Greenly Score is computed and how medals are attributed.
- Does the sum of the carbon footprint of all the products sold by a company equal to its total GHG emissions?
- Emissions by Category and by ScopeAnalyze completed emissions by Greenly category, sub-category, scope, and regulatory entry.
- Where does the data in my carbon footprint come from?See which data sources feed your carbon footprint, from accounting files to surveys.
- How are GHG emissions linked to activity-based data computed?
- How are GHG emissions computed from expenses and activity data?See how Greenly calculates emissions from expenses, activity data, and emission factors.
- A two-step calculation methodDiscover Greenly's two-step method for calculating and refining your company's GHG emissions.
- Positive Transactions: How are they handled in the Expense Module?This article explains how positive transactions are accounted for in the Expense module.
Multi-entity
Data collection and emission split for large companies
- Introduction to multi-entity reportingUnderstand multi-entity reporting and how to consolidate emissions across entities.
- Multi-entity: Understanding Cross-Entity Expenses vs. Internal ExpensesDistinguish cross-entity expenses from internal expenses in multi-entity reporting.
- Multi-entity: collecting data from the consolidated accountIf you manage a multi-entity account, you can complete data collection modules directly from any consolidated (parent) account , without logging into each entity separately.
- Multi-entity: Data collection processFollow the data collection process for multi-entity projects from kickoff to reporting.