Get started with Cozero Log

With the help of technology and software, Cozero supports you in all steps of calculating your carbon footprint. Cozero performs all analysis according to the globally recognised standards of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Since you cannot manage what you do not measure, every transition starts by analyzing the current environmental impact

🎥 Watch this video to learn how to enter your Corporate Carbon Footprint data in Log.

Cozero Log: calculate your Carbon footprint

Navigate to the Carbon Footprint section of Cozero. This is where you calculate your organization or product's footprint. To create a calculation, you will "Log" data in Cozero.

To create a Log, choose a Cozero category, a Location, and a time period.

How to create a log - GIF and step-by-step guide:

Click on the “Log” section on the left of the Cozero platform dashboard
Select “Carbon Footprint” which is nested under “Log”
Choose either the “Organization” or “Product” for which you want to create a new “Log”
To create a new log click on “+ New Log” on the upper right in the Cozero platform dashboard
Choose an emission category: an activity of the company (e.g. Travel, Hosting, Heating consumption, Power consumption) for which emissions can be calculated. Emission categories are always associated with a specific emission scope as defined by the GHG protocol.
Follow the instructions on filling in information. This will include information on the Location for which you want to log data, and for which Time period. Note that you can only log emissions in a Location, not in a Business unit.
You now have an empty log. Go to the next section to learn how to create a log entry.

Inside this log, you will create a Log entry: This is a datapoint. You will need: the calculation method, the Activity data source, and the data and its unit.

You can also indicate the quality of data, and add information such as tags, supplier, customer or product name, and spend.

Once you save the log entry, the emissions should calculate automatically.

How to create a log entry - GIF and step-by-step guide:

Put in the data or use heuristic data by clicking “Add Entry”.
Select the calculation method, based on the data you have available.
Choose the Activity data source, picking the closest match to the data you have available.
Enter your data, and chose the correct unit: this is determined based on the calculation method you chose.
Indicate the quality of the data you have entered. Learn more about data quality on our Wiki here.
Select the correct region in which the activity happened. For categories where you have purchased an item, select the country in which your supplier is located.
You can log additional details by clicking on "Advanced":
1. Organizational tag, choosing an existing tag or creating a new one.
2. Supplier name, choosing an existing tag or creating a new one.
3. Customer name, choosing an existing tag or creating a new one.
4. Product name, choosing an existing tag or creating a new one.
5. Spend, to keep track of your emissions per [Currency] spent.
Click save, and Cozero will recalculate your emissions automatically.
Once saved, you can re-click on that log entry to edit it.

Note on inputing data: Cozero runs in English by default. Decimal separators are a dot (.) opposed to the German setting, where dots are thousand separators. Please be aware that your browser settings have to be in line with the language settings.

How to review the emission factors used and create custom emission factors

The highest level of accuracy in your emission accounting is achieved if you have business- and/or supplier-specific EFs available. For that reason, Cozero allows users to edit & overwrite generic EFs to your custom datasets.

Note: editing emission factors is limited to Managers and Admins.

Viewing or editing custom emission factors:

Step 1: Click on the “Log” section on the left of the Cozero platform dashboard
Step 2: Click on “Emission Factors”
Step 3: Choose the Emission Factor you want to customize and click on “Edit” on the right
Step 4: Another layer will open, where you can edit the chosen “Emission Factor”
Step 5: Click “Ok” to save your changes made

Customizing your emission factors:

Step 1: Click on the “Log” section on the left of the Cozero platform dashboard
Step 2: Select “Carbon Footprint” which is nested under “Log”
Step 3: Choose either the “Organization” or “Product” for which you want to edit a “Log”
Step 4: Select the log you want to change the emission factor
Step 5: Select the log log entry you wish to customize
Step 6: Once inside the entry, click on the three dots in the upper righthand corner and select “Emission factors”
Step 7: Once inside “Emission factors” you can scroll down and click on “create a custom factor”
Step 8: Fill in data for custom emission factor and click “Save”

Understanding data accuracy

Transparency is a key pillar of accounting and management. In order to calculate the most accurate carbon footprint possible, continuous quality management of the data collected within the defined scope of analysis is essential.

In addition to providing support in the collection of primary data, Cozero's software provides completeness and accuracy metrics to help identify and avoid sources of error.