How did you calculate these emissions? We get this question a lot. Emission calculations quantify the intangible, making them seem complex and abstract. But with Lune emission explanations, they become fathomable. 

Why do emission calculations need an audit trail?

Knowing your company’s total emissions is crucial; understanding how your company’s total emissions were calculated is imperative. For example, the EU CSRD requires 50,000 companies to report the emissions of their entire value chain.

CSRD reports are subject to audit assurance. This means a third party will check the report's validity and accuracy. To do this, they’ll need to know how their direct emissions, and their partner's emissions, were calculated. 

Being equipped to share this audit trail is a must. By providing emission explanations, companies can clearly demonstrate that their emission calculations are accurate and follow industry-leading methodologies, such as the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. 

This is why Lune makes it easy for customers, and their clients, to see exactly how each calculation was made. We do this using emission explanations.

What are Lune emission explanations?

Companies can get audit-ready with Lune emission explanations. They are digestible, shareable, and transparent. Whether you’re new to climate or live and breathe ESG, these explanations make emission calculations fathomable. 

Lune’s emission explanations explain how individual emissions were calculated and demonstrate how they follow the GHG protocol. Explicitly, these explanations share: 

The input units (e.g. quantity of items, distance travelled etc.)

What emission factor was used and where it was sourced

Any adjustments made

Any conversions required

Final multiplication

Learn more: What is an emission factor?

Emissions calculations are complex, but it is possible to understand. Using this simple step-by-step guide all stakeholders are equipped to demonstrate how every calculation was made, and validate its accuracy. 

See it for yourself! Lune’s emission explanations show how we calculated the emissions of sending a parcel from Manchester to London.

Get audit-ready with Lune emission explanations

By embedding explainable emissions into your platform using Lune’s API you can grow monthly active users (MAUs) as your customers explore, report, and action their climate impact.

Ready to support your customers with auditable emission calculations? Let’s talk!