How we collect supplier emissions without another spreadsheet
A practical account of rolling a carbon-accounting platform out to 400 suppliers in one buying group.
Provided by Northline Analytics
By Lena Hartmann · Northline Analytics
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Photo · Supplier data workshop
Most of the delay was not in the software. It was in getting a named person at each supplier and a file that matched the buyer's product list.
We started with the fifty suppliers that already sent data once a year, then used their templates for the rest. The platform only helped once that file existed.
The lesson we would pass on: do not buy a tool until the buyer and the supplier agree on the unit you are counting.
