In May 2022, Climate Neutral and Novata entered into a strategic partnership to help private markets simplify the process of collecting carbon data. This partnership was driven from shared beliefs that carbon estimation should be easy and accessible.
Now, going on its second year, our partnership with Novata has expanded to increase impact and help companies conduct both basic and refined emissions estimates.
We are deeply excited to support Novata with this enhanced estimation technology. Through it, we hope to enable more companies to get started with carbon measurement and progress on their climate journeys faster.
Read on below for Novata's full detail on the newest developments in our partnership.
Novata, March 22, 2023
As the world moves toward decarbonization targets, investors are increasingly paying attention to, and making decisions based on, climate considerations. As a result, companies must now grapple with how to approach carbon accounting and prepare to answer questions about how their facilities, business travel, transport, waste, supply chain, and other operating decisions impact emissions.
For many firms, getting started feels daunting. Emissions language and calculations may be unfamiliar and creating a carbon inventory may be a new organizational practice. Firms may be concerned that to begin carbon accounting, they will need to engage a consultancy firm or invest in specialized software. However, no matter where a firm is in its journey, it can take steps to simplify the process of calculating carbon emissions.
Leveraging the carbon accounting expertise of Climate Neutral, Novata clients can use Climate Neutral’s Brand Emissions Estimator (BEE) to estimate and refine Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions data directly within the Novata ESG reporting platform.
The Climate Neutral + Novata partnership offers two levels of estimation:
For firms that have never conducted a carbon inventory, setting a high-level baseline estimate is a good place to start. The Basic Estimator offers a user-friendly, three-step approach to return estimates derived from industry and region-specific spend averages: reporting companies simply enter operating expenses, industry, and geographic business information to receive cradle-to-customer estimates for Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions as defined by the GHG Protocol.
Companies that want to enhance the depth of their carbon emissions inventory and/or align to the ESG Data Convergence Initiative standards can go a step further with the Refined Estimator.
The Refined Estimator facilitates the creation of a detailed carbon inventory using a shareable workbook that offers reporting companies a unique level of flexibility. To create the inventory, companies will need to:
Once the workbook is submitted to the Novata platform, the Refined Estimator leverages industry-leading datasets (Exiobase for monetary data, Ecoinvent for physical data, and EPA eGRID Data) and GHGP accounting principles to calculate and return data automatically within the Novata platform.
Novata’s partnership with Climate Neutral provides an intuitive, easy-to-use solution for reporting companies to calculate emissions and inform environmental goals. Emissions calculations, like all metrics collected in the Novata platform, are supported by a robust set of guidance, including step-by-step calculation guides, how-to videos, and education resources.
Novata’s global Customer Success team also provides one-to-one support to help firms select the carbon solution that best fits their needs, walk reporting companies through the emissions estimation process, and offer guidance on analyzing and interpreting emissions outputs.
To learn more about how Novata can help your carbon accounting journey, talk to an expert. >>
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Our partnerships leader, Greg brings nearly two decades of nonprofit experience working on corporate, consumer, and policy solutions to the climate crisis. He loves to find opportunities for uncommon bedfellows to work together to protect the environment. Greg and his family can be found exploring the mountains and coast in North Carolina and searching out epic wilderness areas in Argentina.
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