What is Carbon Accounting?

Carbon accounting involves systematically measuring an organization’s direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions, expressed in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e). Unlike a one-time carbon footprint assessment, carbon accounting is a comprehensive, ongoing process that embeds emissions monitoring and reporting into daily business operations and strategic decision-making.

Establishing a Transparent Emissions Baseline

By establishing continuous carbon accounting routines, companies create a transparent baseline for all three emission scopes—direct (Scope 1), purchased energy (Scope 2), and value chain or indirect (Scope 3) emissions. This approach enables organizations to holistically evaluate their environmental impact, align with globally recognized standards, and proactively identify practical, high-impact opportunities for emissions reduction across their operations and supply chains.

Green Project Technologies’ Automated Carbon Accounting Platform

Green Project Technologies streamlines this process with an automated, audit-grade platform that leverages economic data, supplier activity, and verified emission factors to calculate emissions at scale. The platform supports real-time data collection, verification, and analysis, providing enterprise decision-makers with actionable insights, compliance-ready documentation, and 360° dashboards for monitoring progress.

Enabling Strategic, Data-Driven Decarbonization

These capabilities empower organizations to transition from reactive carbon footprinting to strategic, data-driven decarbonization initiatives, accelerating measurable outcomes and supporting regulatory and stakeholder requirements.

To learn more about emissions categories and measurement standards, see: What is the GHG Protocol?