Calculate and Reduce Your Corporate Carbon Footprint
Whether you’re responding to stakeholder sustainability requests, looking to strengthen RFPs, or have a goal to reduce waste and carbon emissions, the first step is measuring your corporate carbon footprint.
With RyeStrategy’s user-friendly carbon accounting software and sustainability experts guiding your project, your business can confidently report emissions data and measure decarbonization progress.
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Managing Your Corporate Carbon Footprint in 4 Steps
For most small to midsized businesses, the annual data collection and carbon footprint report process takes anywhere from 2 weeks to 2 months when partnering with RyeStrategy. Once emissions are calculated, stakeholder reporting and emissions reduction efforts vary by company and often continue throughout the year based on reduction goals.
We’ve helped hundreds of businesses calculate their corporate carbon footprint and have fine-tuned a 4-step process that is efficient, accurate, and provides a positive experience for you and your team.
Step 1: Data Collection
Your RyeStrategy sustainability manager will guide your team through the data collection processing, helping you input or import last year’s activity data into the RyeStrategy carbon accounting software. Our streamlined GHG inventory process is uniquely designed for small to medium-sized businesses, making it efficient and accurate.
Step 2: Calculate Carbon Footprint
Once all your activity data is collected, the RyeStrategy software will calculate your total emissions for the year and automatically deliver a comprehensive corporate carbon footprint report. Easily analyze your emissions by scope and category, view your highest emitting activities, and compare your year over year carbon footprint.
Step 3: Report Carbon Emissions Data
With your detailed carbon footprint report, your RyeStrategy sustainability manager will help you fulfill stakeholder requests. These may include:
Supplier sustainability disclosure requests
Reporting to CDP, SBTi, EcoVadis, B Lab
Investor sustainability requests
Fulfill regulatory reporting mandates (ie. California’s SB 253)
Internal reporting to employees for transparency
Using your carbon footprint report, your RyeStrategy sustainability manager will help you set emissions reduction targets that align with your company goals and stakeholder requirements. Every customer receives a custom mitigation plan aligned to your emissions hot spots and targets.
Step 4: Carbon Footprint Reduction
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What is a corporate carbon footprint?
A corporate carbon footprint report is a calculation of the total GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions your business emits over a period of time, typically a year. Carbon footprints are calculated according to the GHG Protocol standards and guidance. Most carbon footprints are reported in metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions and reported as direct and indirect emissions across scopes 1, 2, and 3.
Although CO2 emissions are most common, there are 7 GHGs that are tracked and represented within a carbon footprint:
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Methane (CH4)
Nitrous oxide (N2O)
Hyrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Sulfur Hexafluoride (SFe)
Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3)
In 2024 the number of global enterprises committing to net-zero goals increased to 7,929, representing 39% of the global market. And these numbers continue to grow, with the movement migrating down-market to include an increasing number of SMBs.
Clearly, there are market and business forces driving this adoption of net-zero goals. Let’s look at the driving forces behind this global business movement.
Businesses of all sizes are beginning to realize there is real benefit to going green. Business owners and executives are learning that operating sustainably maximizes profitability. “There is no profit on a dead planet,” as Kathryn Hayhoe, one of the world’s leading climate scientists, has said. Running a business that reduces climate change turns out to be better for everyone.
Going Green to Cut Costs
There are also shorter-term gains to be made. Reducing your carbon footprint can also reduce costs. Companies with lower carbon emissions are more efficient, use less energy, and thus enjoy lower operating costs, so they help themselves by helping the planet and simultaneously increasing their margins. Going green is not a cost but an investment that delivers returns into the future.
Further, there are additional benefits that accrue, such as increased employee engagement, which improves productivity and accelerates recruitment. Increasing your climate and disaster resilience also reduces your operational risk, as well as the reputational risk of not addressing climate change.
My business is small, why does our carbon footprint matter?
What activity data is needed to calculate my carbon footprint?
The data you’ll gather will come from things like your financial statements, utility bills, and purchasing history; the final report will cover emissions from three main areas, identified in the GHG Protocol known as the “scopes”: Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3.
Scope 1: Direct emissions, from your primary operations
Fuel consumed by company-owned vehicles
Gas used to heat company buildings
Emissions from manufacturing your product(s)
Fugitive emissions (e.g. from leaky refrigeration systems)
Scope 2: Indirect emissions, from purchased energy
Electricity purchased by your company
Steam, heating, and cooling used in your facilities
Scope 3: Indirect emissions, from value chain (often the largest source of emissions)
Business travel
Employee commuting
Waste disposal
Transportation and distribution (both upstream and downstream)
Use of sold products
End-of-life treatment of sold products
Investments
Scope 3 emissions are often the hardest to measure and reduce, as they occur within your supply chain which is typically outside of your direct control. The reduction of these emissions is why supply chain decarbonization has become so important. Many large enterprises, like Microsoft and Salesforce, now require suppliers to disclose emissions annually, as well as publicly commit to emissions reduction plans through organizations like SBTi and CDP.
Partnering with RyeStrategy
Proven Expertise
We’ve partnered with hundreds of SMBs to measure and reduce their carbon footprints, enabling the refinement and acceleration of our tailored process. With a combination of software and services, the process is simple, fast, and affordable.
Personalized Support
We’ll customize your support to align with your experience and understanding of the carbon footprint process. New to corporate climate initiatives? No problem. Our friendly sustainability managers are here to support and guide you throughout the journey, answering your questions along the way.
Reporting Peace of Mind
Whether you are responding to a stakeholder or customer emission disclosure request, answering an RFP that requires you to report on your climate action, or looking for advice on communicating your efforts to employees, we are here to help you report accurately and on-time.
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