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10,000 laptops a quarter. Now with the receipts.
The problem
Customers want CO₂ impact data on every shipment. “We’re green” doesn’t pass procurement anymore — they need actual numbers for their CSRD line items.
The current process lives in a shared spreadsheet that pulls from a 2019 emission factor list. The list may or may not still be online.
A full LCA runs €10K per category. The catalogue has 40 categories.
How CarbonTrace helps
- Batch-upload your inventory CSV — 10,000 rows, one file, one click
- Get per-device lifecycle breakdowns: production, transport, use-phase, end-of-life
- Generate PDF certificates with QR verification for downstream buyers
- Calculate exact reuse savings: ‘By buying refurbished, you avoided X kg CO₂’
285 kg
Average CO₂ saved per refurbished laptop vs new
2 days/quarter
saved on manual reporting
100%
auditor acceptance rate on certificates
10,000
devices processed per batch
CSRD is here. Where is the Scope 3 Category 1 data?
The problem
50,000 IT assets across 12 countries. Finance wants numbers, the auditor wants sources, leadership wants a dashboard.
The current approach: email eight procurement teams, wait three weeks, copy-paste into a master spreadsheet, hope nobody touches a formula.
The CSRD deadline is real. The fines are real.
How CarbonTrace helps
- Per-device carbon footprints with full EU-verified provenance chains
- Country-specific grid factors for all 195+ countries
- Export in GHG Protocol Scope 3 format — Category 1 and Category 11
- Dashboard with org-level aggregation, monthly trends, and category breakdowns
Scope 3
Category 1 (Purchased Goods) — often 40%+ of total emissions
3 weeks → 3 min
data collection time
195+
countries with grid factors
CSRD-ready
GHG Protocol export format
Refurbished saves carbon. Now there’s a number for it.
The problem
Extending device lifetime saves carbon — everyone agrees. But when the question becomes “how much exactly?” the room tends to go quiet.
Competitors have started printing carbon savings on their product pages. The leaf icon era is ending.
B2B buyers now include sustainability criteria in RFPs. ‘We refurbish things’ is no longer the answer.
How CarbonTrace helps
- Calculate the full lifecycle footprint of a new device vs. your refurbished unit
- Show the exact kg CO₂ saved by choosing refurbished over new
- Print a CO₂ impact certificate and include it in the box or email
- Add verified carbon data to product listings and quotations
65–75%
Of a device’s lifetime CO₂ is in production — reuse skips that entirely
< 1 second
per device calculation
QR-verified
certificates for every device
65–75%
CO₂ reduction vs new
Scale the practice without scaling the team.
The problem
Every new client triggers another round of manual data collection, another emissions model in another spreadsheet.
Billing happens for insight. 60% of the time goes to data entry.
The methodology has to be defensible. “Found a formula online” doesn’t survive an audit.
How CarbonTrace helps
- Use the API to build carbon reporting into your own workflows and tools
- One integration, unlimited clients — bill for the insight, not the data entry
- Every calculation comes with full methodology provenance (EU MEErP, JRC, ADEME)
- White-label certificates on Business plan — your brand, our engine
8
API endpoints to integrate into your consulting workflow
60%
less time on data entry
White-label
certificates with your brand
Unlimited
clients on one integration
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