Is my company’s data kept confidential?
Data Privacy and Security
Yes, Carbondeck is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of your company’s data. This includes:
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Strict Privacy Policies: We follow rigorous privacy policies to guarantee that your data will not be shared with third parties without your explicit consent.
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Confidentiality Agreements: We implement confidentiality agreements with all employees and partners who have access to sensitive data.
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Compliance with Local Regulations: We ensure compliance with data protection regulations relevant to your country or region, such as GDPR in Europe or KVKK in Türkiye.
What is REC? How can I integrate it with Carbondeck?
Emission Reduction
REC (Renewable Energy Certificate), equivalent to YEK-G in Turkiye, is proof that each 1 MWh of electricity was generated from renewable sources. Organizations use RECs to account for clean energy use and reduce emissions aiming to meet net zero goals.
Carbondeck makes REC management seamless and audit ready:
With Carbondeck, your renewable energy usage is fully integrated into your emissions profile — transparent, verifiable, and aligned with reduction targets.
Carbondeck makes REC management seamless and audit ready:
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Upload and manage RECs directly within the platform
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Assign certificates to specific facilities for location-level accuracy in Scope 2 reporting
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Visualize your renewable energy impact with year-over-year graphs and contribution tracking
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Automatically apply RECs to market-based and location-based Scope 2 calculations
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Maintain compliance with global standards, with full traceability and documentation for audits
With Carbondeck, your renewable energy usage is fully integrated into your emissions profile — transparent, verifiable, and aligned with reduction targets.
Which regulations and standards are Carbondeck’s calculations compliant with?
Regulatory Compliance
Carbondeck ensures your GHG calculations are aligned with leading global standards and regulatory frameworks such as GHG Protocol, CDP, IFRS S2 and ISO 14064.
The platform uses standardized methodologies, up-to-date emission factor libraries, and customizable calculation settings to help you meet compliance requirements across regions and sectors. Built-in templates, reporting guides, and system updates ensure you're always aligned with the latest regulations and best practices.
The platform uses standardized methodologies, up-to-date emission factor libraries, and customizable calculation settings to help you meet compliance requirements across regions and sectors. Built-in templates, reporting guides, and system updates ensure you're always aligned with the latest regulations and best practices.
How does the Emission Factor Library work? Which databases are included?
GHG Accounting
Carbondeck’s Emission Factor (EF) Library gives you access to over 500,000 emission factors from the world’s most trusted sources — enabling precise, up-to-date, and standards-aligned calculations.
Here’s how it works:
Carbondeck also supports custom emission factors, allowing organizations to reflect region-specific, supplier-specific, or operational data in their calculations. This ensures higher accuracy and relevance for specialized use cases or regulatory compliance.
Here’s how it works:
● Carbondeck’s EF engine offers access to a vast library of EFs from multiple reputable databases.
● EFs in the library are updated swiftly as the original databases release new versions.
● Users can perform their calculations by selecting the EFs they need from a variety of sources, including:
→ DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)
→ IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change)
→ Ecoinvent
→ EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)
→ EEA
→ Base Carbone™ (ADEME)
→ CBAM
→ GLEC
→ EXIOBASE
→ EIME (Environmental Improvement Made Easy)
→ Australian National Life Cycle Inventory Database (AusLCI)
→ ProBas (Prozessorientierte Basisdaten fϋr Umweltmanagement-Instrumente)
→ 3EID
→ BUWAL
→ Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
→ Canadian Raw Materials Database
→ CEDA
→ Building Research Establishment
→ Carbon Calculations over the Life Cycle of Industrial Activities (CCaLC)
→ ESU-services (extension of ecoinvent 2.2)
→ European Container Glass Association (CGA)
→ European Copper Institute (ECI)
→ European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO)
→ Global Emission Model for Integrated Systems (GEMIS)
→ Greenhouse gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation (GREET)
→ Biomass Environmental Assessment Tool (BEAT)
→ Inventory Database for Environmental Analysis (IDEA)
→ Sustainable Recycling Industries – Life cycle Inventories project datasets and tools
→ Swiss Agricultural Life Cycle Assessment (SALCA)
→ International Energy Agency (IEA) GHG Programme
Carbondeck also supports custom emission factors, allowing organizations to reflect region-specific, supplier-specific, or operational data in their calculations. This ensures higher accuracy and relevance for specialized use cases or regulatory compliance.
What’s the difference between carbon neutrality, net zero, and climate positive goals?
Emission Reduction
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Carbon neutrality means balancing emissions by purchasing offsets (e.g. carbon credits).
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Net zero requires deep emissions reductions across all scopes, with limited offsetting for residual emissions.
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Climate positive (or carbon negative) goes beyond net zero by removing more carbon than is emitted.
What is an audit ready report and how does it work?
Regulatory Compliance
Audit ready reports are structured disclosures that include clear calculation methods, emission sources, activity data, emission factors, and organizational boundaries — all documented in a transparent, traceable format. They are designed to meet third-party verification standards and reduce back-and-forth during assurance processes. Carbondeck generates these reports automatically, ensuring every input is source-linked and standards-aligned.
What is included in Booster Plan?
Pricing and Plans
Booster Plan includes all features of the Free Plan, plus:
●Bulk Data Entry for faster data ingestion
●Performance Analytics for analyzing emission intensity based on metrics like employee count and revenue
●Audit Ready Report for verification and compliance
●Emission Factor Library with over 500,000 reference datasets
●Emission Factor Customization for entering organization-specific emission factors
●GHG Profile Management for structuring facility emission profiles
●Uncertainty Settings to assess data accuracy
●Unlimited User Seats
●Unlimited Facility Management
How does Carbondeck ensure responsible AI usage?
Data Privacy and Security
Carbondeck is committed to responsible AI usage by:
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Ethical AI Practices: Adhering to ethical guidelines and principles for AI development and deployment to ensure fairness, transparency, and accountability.
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Bias Mitigation: Implementing measures to identify and reduce biases in AI models and algorithms to ensure equitable outcomes.
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Continuous Monitoring: Regularly monitoring AI systems to ensure they operate as intended and make necessary adjustments to address any issues.
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User Control: Providing users with control over AI-powered features and ensuring they can override automated decisions if needed.
Can I use Carbondeck for multiple facilities and teams?
Getting Started
Yes, but it depends on your plan.
Free Plan: Includes access for 1 user and 1 facility — perfect for getting started.
Booster, AI Agents, and Enterprise Plans: Offer unlimited users and facilities, with full support for role-based permissions and facility grouping.
As your organization grows, Carbondeck scales with you — no need to switch platforms or start over.
How do I input data for Scope 1, 2, and 3 calculations?
GHG Accounting
Carbondeck offers multiple data entry options tailored to each plan. Here's how it works across different plans:
For detailed, plan-specific instructions and walkthroughs, please visit User Guide available on the platform. It includes step-by-step tutorials and best practices to help you input data accurately and efficiently.
Free Plan: Data is entered manually using guided forms. Users select a standard, define emission sources, and enter activity data step by step.
Booster Plan: Includes Free Plan method, plus bulk entry via Excel and data collection templates for faster, standardized input across larger datasets.
AI Agents Plan: No manual input required. The Data Coordinator Agent automatically extracts and maps data from uploaded invoices, spreadsheets, and PDFs — enabling instant, audit ready entries.
Enterprise Plan: Custom-configured. By default, supports manual and bulk methods. AI-powered data input is optional and can be added based on enterprise needs.
For detailed, plan-specific instructions and walkthroughs, please visit User Guide available on the platform. It includes step-by-step tutorials and best practices to help you input data accurately and efficiently.