ABOUT S-CARBON COMPREHENSIVE DIGITAL CARBON MANAGEMENT PLATFORM

Corporate-level greenhouse gas (GHG) management has become more crucial for various organizations to achieve their climate ambition and meeting regulatory compliance. The S-Carbon platform is a user-friendly and powerful tool used to compute companies’ entire value-chain GHG emissions and help organizations to implement carbon reduction plans in a cost-effective way.

CHALLENGES

With the explicit proposal of the "3060 Dual Carbon Targets", the carbon emissions market is experiencing accelerated comprehensive development. More regions and industries are being included in carbon emissions management. Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG), consisting of three indicators, has become the mainstream standard globally for evaluating corporate social responsibility. Disclosure of carbon management and related information serves as a key indicator within this framework.

For many companies, carbon management is a challenging and emerging field. During the process of calculating and managing carbon emissions, companies often encounter common issues such as defining the boundaries of their own emissions, ensuring accurate calculations, and adapting to changing market environments and regulations. Additionally, effectively tracking the carbon emissions of the entire supply chain requires substantial investment in manpower, resources, and effort.

The S-Carbon Comprehensive Digital Carbon Management Platform, developed by SGS and supported by Microsoft Azure's intelligent cloud infrastructure, data storage, and analysis technologies, employs the international ISO 14064-1 standard to quantitatively track carbon emission performance. It efficiently manages a company's carbon emission goals through classification, empowering businesses in various industries to enhance their international competitiveness, green financing capability, and brand influence within the context of carbon neutrality targets.

With its user-friendly approach, reliable data, and scientifically integrated platform, companies can easily manage and track their established emission reduction targets. And, you can monitor and manage the carbon performance of your business partners.

STRENGTHS AND BENEFITS

• Systematic Approach
  • Replace manual Greenhouse Gas Emissions (GHG) quantification process
  • Ensure different operating sites within the same organization are using the same quantification approach, and the same emission factor selection approach
  • Activity data and GHG emission records are maintained on S-Carbon with Microsoft Azure
  • Reduce unintended human error
• Full-featured Application
  • Support calculation for all types of direct and indirect emission sources (Scope 1, 2 & 3)
  • Track and compare GHG emissions information over time to identify trends and to assess the performance of the company
  • Link subsidiaries within the same business group, for emission performance analysis and comparison
  • Link GHG emission performance from upstream suppliers along the value chain as indirect emissions of an company
• Powerful Analytical Capabilities
  • Provide customized analysis on selected emission aspects
  • Support GHG emission performance tracking against defined carbon emissions reduction target
  • Data visualization tool are available to provide an accessible way to see and understand trends, outliers, and patterns in your data
• User-friendly
  • Import datasets into S-Carbon with Excel spreadsheets
  • Relieve the burden on searching and selecting the most appropriate emission factors for your calculation
  • Integrate with data validation feature to enhance data accuracy and reliability
  • GHG emissions are automatically calculated from validated data
  • Automatic outstanding reminder feature on missing data in a scheduled task
• Reliable Result
  • S-Carbon adopted quantification approach in comply with ISO 14064-1 and GHG Protocol
  • Emissions were calculated using comprehensive emission factor reference from well-recognized database (Ecoinvent, International Energy Agency, and those sectors specific factors published by China Government)
  • SGS technical team will assist in selecting the most appropriate emission factor for our clients
  • We provide regularly update on the set of default emission factors for GHG emission calculation
  • GHG emission results from S-CARBON facilitate the application to SBTi and Carbon Trading process

TARGET USERS

All industries. Ideal for organization to start the sustainability journey by consolidate core emissions data.

SEVERVICE INCLUDED

Suitable for operations that focus on Scope 2 , addressing 3 predefined emissions activities, input data validation, and sharing GHG performance with downstream buyers. 

SERVICE ADVANTAGES

• SGS is a partner of organizations such as WWF and CDP, who are initiators of the SBTi (Science Based Targets Initiative).
  • Partner for CDP's "Climate Change Advisory" and "Science Based Targets" services.
  • Member of the SBTi expert database recognized by WWF.
• Greenhouse gas verification organization authorized by the Hong Kong Certification Accreditation Scheme (HKCAS).
• Aviation carbon emissions verification organization authorized under the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU-ETS).
• One of the certification bodies recognized by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for executing verification and validation across all sectors under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).
• International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) organization.
• Third-party verification organization authorized by the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI).