Organisational data refers to key information about your company’s structure, including details about your facilities, their locations, and sizes, as well as employee information like the number of employees, their working hours, and how often they work from home.
Collecting this data is the essential first step in your journey. Here's a few important reasons why:
Organisational data defines your reporting structure
When you upload your data, you can assign emissions to specific areas of your organisation, such as offices, warehouses, or retail stores. For accurate reporting, these areas must be designated as "facilities" in your Organisational data.
Organisational data contextualises your emissions
Your emissions report will group emissions by the facilities outlined in your Organisational data, helping you identify high-emitting locations and set specific targets for different sites.
Employee data is also used to generate metrics like "emissions per employee," allowing you to benchmark your performance against industry standards.
Organisational data is used to calculate emissions
We use Organisational data to calculate the 'Work from Home' emissions that are a key part of your Scope 3 Category 7 'Employee Commute' emissions.
Organisational data ensures proxy data can be used when activity data is unavailable
When activity data is unavailable, your Organisational Data allows us to estimate emissions using national averages for categories such as:
Purchased electricity
Purchased heat
Waste generated in operations
Employee commute (including Work from Home)
With all that in mind, you can check out our step-by-step guide to formatting your Organisational data here!