Carbon & Sustainability

Automated Scope 3 carbon emissions reporting to drive sustainability impact

Sustainability, procurement, and operations leaders use Spendscape’s carbon emission reporting to create a shared source of procurement and CO2 data to make informed, aligned decisions. This approach enhances Scope 3 emission transparency and supports sustainability leaders, procurement managers, supply chain executives, and ESG strategists in achieving their net-zero ambitions.
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Carbon Reporting Certifications & Standards

Greenhouse Gas Protocol
Science Based Targets
CSRD
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Now is the time for procurement to act. Shareholders, investors, and executives are requesting detailed information about CO2 footprints, and it has become mandatory to provide emission information as part of annual reporting directives such as CSRD and CSDDD, and in many RfQs and during supplier onboardings.

Spendscape’s carbon emissions reporting software enables you to transform spend reporting into a comprehensive knowledge base for sustainability. It facilitates the analysis and optimization of emission baselines and boosts impact beyond cost savings by integrating sustainability analytics data into reporting.

How we support you in your carbon emissions reporting

Transparency on procurement-induced Scope 3 emissions provides the basis for reporting, target commitment, and a path towards decarbonization

Create full carbon transparency
Granular emissions baselining at category-, product- or invoice-level for annual reporting within weeks instead of months.
Leverage best-in-class reports
Proven, customizable and multidimensional reporting and navigation capabilities that are fully aligned with the GHG Protocol and best-in-class procurement category structures, while leveraging readily available data.
Refresh at any time
Connect to multiple source systems such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and update data on a frequent basis
Continuous emission monitoring
Detailed visibility over time, allowing for breakdowns across business units, geographies, or suppliers.
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Spendscape’s capabilities in carbon reporting

Rapid spend-based carbon emissions reporting, analytics and transparency for entire procurement-induced emissions allows you to identify high-emission categories for refinement on consumption level or supplier level to embark on a holistic decarbonization journey.

Rapid spend-based carbon analytics and transparency for entire procurement-induced emissions
Overview of high-emission categories
Refinement on consumption level or supplier level
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Benefits of partnering with Spendscape to support your decarbonization strategy

Spendscape’s solution combines the benefits of a procurement analytics suite (Spendscape) and end-to-end sustainability solution (Catalyst Zero) to make Scope 3 emissions baselining simple, repeatable, and automated for mandatory emissions reporting.

Spendscape’s proprietary emission factors provide insight on material-specific emission drivers, for example furnace use in steel production allowing clients to quantify their decarbonization potential and cost to meet sustainability targets.

Clients are now able to go from procurement spend data to spend and consumption-based assessments of their carbon emissions to understand not only the major emission-contributing categories, but also the materials and processes causing them – which allows for a clear path towards abatement and decarbonization strategy.

Phillip Wittenberg, Solution Associate Partner for Carbon & Sustainability Analytics

Scope 3 emissions reporting case studies

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How Lufthansa is using data to reduce costs and improve spend and carbon transparency
Partnering with SAP, the airline developed a clear view of their data, integrating multiple sources from across their global business network. McKinsey’s Spendscape then provided a full understanding of procurement spend—and insights into Scope 3 emissions.
Case study: Digital carbon emissions accounting journey
Digital carbon emissions accounting journey
A major energy utility company developed a Scope 3 emissions reduction strategy through 2030 by gaining transparency into their estimated emissions baseline. This enabled them to optimize their decarbonization approach, balancing impact and cost of abatement.
Decarbonization strategy and Scope 3 baseline development
An electric utility player established a Scope 3 emissions baseline and crafted a decarbonization strategy by identifying key materials driving emissions and validating reduction targets.
Granular emissions baseline for airline industry client
An airline industry client developed a granular emissions baseline, generating an emissions breakdown related to commercial aircraft purchases and identifying key emission drivers.
Science-based targets initiative for a consumer player
A client in the consumer food industry developed a granular Scope 3 emissions baseline to set Science-Based Targets (SBTs) aligned with SBTi’s Land Sector Guidance.
Proof-of-Concept to enhance automotive emissions accuracy
An automotive supplier conducted a proof-of-concept to enhance the granularity of their emissions baseline, transitioning from a spend-based to a more detailed consumption-based approach with region-specific emission factors.
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Questions about Spendscape’s offering on Scope 3 procurement-induced emissions

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