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Greenhouse gas (GHG) calculator toolkit Calculate your business’s carbon footprint with the GHG calculator toolkit

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The carbon footprint of your business is the amount of emissions associated with its activities. Use this free toolkit to estimate your footprint and identify where to take meaningful action.
GHG calculator toolkit

1. Enter your business data

In the Excel-based calculator, enter basic information such as your business’s location, industry and number of buildings. Then, add details about your electricity, heating, and vehicle use.

See your results broken down visually with a pie chart and a bar graph

2. See your results

Visualize your annual emissions by source and scope.

A tracing of your ongoing climate journey

3. Take climate action

Continue your journey by identifying the best ways to reduce your business emissions. Identify projects for quick wins as well as long-term improvements.

What's included

  • Excel-based GHG calculator

    You’ll need Microsoft Excel to open the GHG calculator.

  • 3 articles on how to lower your business footprint

    Once you identify your major sources of emissions, you can identify the areas where you can take action.

  • Methodology explainer

    Dive deeper into how the calculator produced your results.

Who is it for?

Entrepreneurs

Understanding the carbon footprint of your business is a first step towards becoming a climate leader.

Operations managers

Learn how to lower the emissions of your operations.

Financial managers

Calculating your company's GHG emissions can be necessary for investor and stakeholder support.

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