Carbon reporting was released on the 8th of January 2024, this feature allows you to start capturing and reporting on CO2 emissions from this date.
Things to note:
Carbon Reporting is only available to ExpenseIn Enterprise customers.
To utilise the carbon reporting functionality, the company account must have a GBP base currency or Ireland EUR base currency. This feature is not available on non-GBP or non-Ireland ExpenseIn accounts.
A business decision is yet to be made on whether Carbon Reporting will be supported for Ad Hoc Expenses.
The carbon reporting feature aligns with government guidelines for carbon emissions reporting. For reference, the official government guidance can be found here: Government Environmental Reporting Guidelines.
We utilise the GHG Protocol and DEFRA's published Emission Conversion Factors data to calculate CO2E values for relevant expenses.
How to capture carbon information
To begin capturing carbon information on your users' expenses, several updates in the Admin area are necessary.
Once these updates are completed, users will be able to include additional data on their expenses, and you will be able to generate CO2 emissions information for various expense categories, including:
Flights
Train Journeys
Road Travel (Including Taxi, Bus and Coach Journeys)
Hotel Stays
Mileage (Personal Car and Company Car Journeys)
Admin sections requiring updates are:
Categories
Mileage and Fuel Rates
To learn how to make the necessary Admin changes for carbon reporting, please refer to the Add Carbon Reporting settings help article.