Carbon Footprint Reporting Support
Here we have broken the reporting process down into four simple steps, and signposted resources to help you as you go.
Collect Information
Whether you are reporting as an organisation or individual, on a project basis or overall activity, the Creative Climate Tools will support you to measure your impacts and decided on what action to take next. The first step of this journey is collecting the data needed for your carbon footprint:
- Identify your activities – Start by identifying which activities your organisation takes part in and needs to measure.
- Engage stakeholders with information – You will not always have direct access to data readily available so make sure you liaise and create contacts with those who have the information that you need. For example, your Facilities Manager for utilities or your Travel Agent for business travel.
- Collect the correct data – Make sure that you are collecting the correct data points so that the tools can convert your activity into emissions. Explore the Creative Climate Tools or our Data collection template to work out what you need to collect for your different impact areas and use the information icons above the label names to find out where to collect this data.
- Measure what you can – Do not worry about getting a complete picture of your emissions the first time around. It is important to focus on the most significant impact areas over the small details. Momentum over perfection. Your data completeness will build up over time as data points become easier to gather.
Check out our offline data collection template to help you get started:
Enter your data
Once you have identified what you need to measure and started collecting information, you can begin to enter your data into the CC Tools Footprints and Beyond Carbon.
- Footprints are where you can enter the data related to your activities that can be can converted into emissions.
- Beyond Carbon is where you can track what you are doing around sustainability that goes beyond the numbers. Organisations are engaged in all sorts of activities further than tracking emissions such as programming work exploring the climate crisis and working on local projects with their communities. Beyond Carbon gives you the opportunity to record and showcase the creative action you are taking.
We have lots of resources to support you with entering your data:
Analyse results
Once you have finished completing your carbon footprint and press submit, your emissions will become visible in the CC Tools Results pages.
We encourage you to use these pages to interrogate your data:
- Use the Summary page to identify your organisation’s biggest impact areas
- Use the Compare page to pinpoint your emissions reductions/increases year-on-year
- Use the Details page for a more detailed view of your individual reports and to delve deeper into which activities are contributing the most emissions within your impact areas.
Understand where you can make changes that reduce your footprint the most.
Take action
Use your data to make an updated environmental action plan. Share your activities. Work out your next steps.