Business Emissions Estimator

Welcome! This tool enables service-based businesses in North America (typically under 250 employees), to obtain an initial estimate of the most relevant CO2 emissions that result from business operations.

For convenience, estimates provided by this tool are based on the self reported data you enter, and emission factor averages published by the United States EPA, Canadian Government, UN ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) and World Sustainable Hospitality Alliance.

Estimates provided by this tool should not be used for making any formal environmental or climate action claims. Should you decide to pursue a personalized business GHG emissions benchmark, or getting your business Offset Climate Certified®, we will schedule a brief call to explain the process and how we perform a more detailed measurement for you. This is release 2024.01–updated June 2024.

Vehicles & Equipment

Please provide details about your company owned or leased vehicles and their use for the measurement period (e.g. calendar year 2022).

Guidance:

• Only use one data point (fuels OR distance driven)–NOT BOTH.
• Report fuels burned in the United States in gallons and fuels burned in Canada in liters.
• Report distance in the United States in miles and distance in Canada in kilometers.
• If a category does not apply to your business you can either leave blank or enter 0.

Fuels

What was the total fuels purchased or combusted by your company owned / leased vehicles during the measurement period (petrol and / or diesel)?

OR Distance Driven

If you don't have fuel data available, provide an estimate of total distance driven for each vehicle class below (e.g. if you have 5 passenger cars in your fleet, provide a single estimate for total distance driven across all passenger cars).

Facilities

Please provide details for all facilities your company owned or leased and occupied during the measurement period (e.g. calendar year 2022).

Guidance:

• See instructions for remote / WFH employees below.
• For any facility type(s) that do not apply to your business, you can either leave blank or enter 0.

United States

Purchased Goods & Services

Referencing a Profit & Loss statement or other accounting data you have available, please enter how much you spent on the following categories of goods and services during the measurement period (e.g. calendar year 2022).

Guidance:

• Default entries are USD. If entering CAD purchase amounts, please first apply a .75 factor before entering (Example CAD $1,000 * .75 = $750 entry).
• If a category does not apply to your business you can either leave blank or enter 0.

Business Travel & Employee Commuting

Please provide details about all business related travel that your company paid for during the measurement period (e.g. calendar year 2022).

Guidance:

• All flights are round-trip.
• Include all flights, hotel room nights and rental cars paid for by your company for client visits, team meetings, all-hands, and any incentive travel.
• Round-trip flights represent an individual passenger ticket (e.g. if five employees flew to the same meeting, your total flights to include will be five).
• If a category does not apply to your business you can either leave blank or enter 0.

Domestic Travel (within U.S. and Canada)

International Travel

United States Employee Commute

Canada Employee Commute