CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATORS

Using a Carbon Calculator to help reduce your carbon count number is an easy way to take responsibility for the greenhouse gas emissions your business and lifestyle creates.  Find below links and descriptions to carbon calculator options.

Name

Description

Resource Link

Cost

BioGrace GHG excel

The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) plus their advisor E4Tech developed this UK national GHG calculation tool (the “UK carbon calculator”) for solid biomass. Suitable for Bioenergy related calculation. Simple calculation. The BioGrace GHG excel tool allows stakeholders to make actual calculations, easy to use.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs and procurement

Application: Product, service and company level

Free

GHG Protocol tools

The tools covers area: corporate, cities, policies, mitigation goals, coproate value chain; also focus on project and product scopes. Each tool reflects best-practice methods that have been extensively tested by industry experts, provides step-to-step guidance. Mainly used by corporate, can also be applied to SMEs. Provides online trainig and detailed guidlines.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Product, service and company level

Free

Footprint Manager (by Carbon Trust)

Software provides guidance on measure, manage and reduce carbon footprint. Only considers carbon, methodology doesn’t specify consideration for other GHG equiv. Helpful as organisational guidance.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Product, service and company level

Dependant on Company Size

The Oak Network

The Oak Network will reduce your energy and carbon footprint bill through smart organisation. By using real life consumption data to help you control and reduce your energy usage as well as the associated emissions allowing you to save money whilst saving the planet.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Company level

Dependant on Company Size

Carbon Analytics

Carbon footprint your business with automatic data integration from Xero. This software converts data you already keep into their carbon and water equivalents to track progress and share your company’s good work.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Product, service and company level

Dependant on Company Size

Climax Community

An integrated platform that helps SMEs to reduce their carbon footprint but enables them to access climate risks, opportunities and develop business resilience strategies.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Product, service and company level

Dependant on Company Size / Free as part of Better Futures programme

Spherics Beta Programme

Track your environmental impact, reduce your footprint and create your path to Net-Zero with sustainability intelligence. Spherics is open to application from organisations to trial their Beta Software free of charge.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Product, service and company level

Dependant on Company Size

Giki

Giki Zero provides a step by step guide to a lighter carbon footprint. By breaking down the steps to a more sustainable lifestyle to build your personal path to reducing your carbon emissions.
Useful for startups, companies >2yrs

Application: Product, service and company level

Free