Bring Your Own Emissions allows you to upload pre-calculated emissions values to the Plan A Sustainability Platform for all categories.
There are a variety of reasons you may choose to do this. For instance, if you have calculated emissions for previous reporting years, you can use this feature to easily upload these emissions directly, rather than re-filling in templates with Business Activity data. This also ensures the emissions values are the same that you have previously reported as our emission factors and calculation methodologies may differ from other providers.
Similarly, more and more companies are providing emissions values for the goods and services they provide. This data is usually based on intimate knowledge of the product, meaning they are usually the most accurate emissions readings.
Please note that Plan A neither tests nor verifies the methodology for any emission value you enter using the Bring Your Own Emissions upload option and it is your responsibility to ensure the underlying calculation methods used to get the emissions value are in line with your reporting needs (e.g. compliance with GHG Protocol).