⚠️ Pre-calculated emissions are only available for beta-users for now. We will notify you when this feature becomes available.
This article explains what data you need to provide when uploading pre-calculated emissions for Transportation activities.
What activities does Transportation cover?
The Transportation activity area includes these specific activities:
Business Travel - Owned Vehicles
Business Travel - 3rd Party Travel
Logistics - In-house Logistics
Logistics - 3rd Party Logistics
Commuting
Required data fields
Location assignment (choose one approach)
You must assign emissions to either a facility or business unit:
Option 1: Facility Assignment
Facility Name: Select from your existing facilities in the platform
Option 2: Business Unit Assignment
Business Unit: Select your business unit
Business Unit Country: Required when using business unit assignment (enables country-specific emission factors)
⚠️ Note: for Commuting activity, Estimated Passenger-Distance calculation method, data must be assigned by facility
Basic information (required for all activities)
Activity Name
Select the specific transportation activity from the list above
This determines how your emissions are categorised and which calculation methods are available
Calculation Method
Choose the method that matches how your emissions were calculated
For each sub-activity, you can choose from available calculation methods below
Sub-activity | Available calculation method |
Business Travel - Owned Vehicles | One of:
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Business Travel - 3rd Party Travel | One of:
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Logistics - In-house Logistics | One of:
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Logistics - 3rd Party Logistics | One of:
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Commuting | One of:
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Choose your calculation method based on your available data:
Transport Passenger-Distance: When you have passenger kilometres (flights, trains, buses)
Transport Weight-Distance: When you have freight data with weight and distance (logistics, shipping)
Transport Fuel-Based: When you have actual fuel consumption data (company vehicles)
Transport Distance-Based: When you only have distance travelled (any vehicle type where you can assign full volume of emissions to the passenger or goods transported)
Purchases Spend-Based: When you only have spend data from third-party providers
Estimated Passenger-Distance: For commuting when using employee estimates
GHG Calculation Method
This field is pre-filled based on your calculation method selection (see below)
Verify the method shown matches your approach
Default GHG calculation method assignment:
GHG Calculation Method | GHG Calculation Method |
Direct Gas Release | Average Data Method |
Transport Passenger-Distance | Distance-Based Method |
Transport Distance-Based | Distance-Based Method |
Purchases Spend-Based | Spend-Based Method |
Transport Weight-Distance | Distance-Based Method |
Transport Fuel-Based | Fuel-Based Method |
Estimated Passenger-Distance | Distance-Based Method |
Purchases Spend-Based | Spend-Based Method |
Travel Date
Enter the date your emissions should be allocated to
Use this for the specific travel date or reporting period
Input Quantity and Input Unit
Enter the activity data quantity (e.g., 1,200, 45.5)
Select the appropriate unit (e.g., km, passenger.km, t.km, GBP, USD)
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Why do I need to provide input quantity and input unit?
Activity inputs enable analytics capabilities of AQ platform. Using them, you will be able to track your emission trends on a comparable basis and plan emission reduction initiatives
Emissions Are Estimated
Select "Yes" if your emissions are estimated
Select "No" if they're based on measured or calculated data
Emission quantities by lifecycle stage
You need to split your total emissions across relevant lifecycle stages. The required stages depend on your activity type and calculation method (marked with ✅ if required)
Activity | Well-to-Tank Emissions | Vehicle Use Emissions | Cradle-to-Purchase Gate |
Business Travel - Owned Vehicles | ✅ | ✅ |
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Business Travel - 3rd Party Travel, purchases spend-based method |
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| ✅ |
Business Travel - 3rd Party Travel, other methods | ✅ | ✅ |
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Logistics - In-house Logistics | ✅ | ✅ |
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Logistics - 3rd Party Logistics, purchases spend-based method |
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| ✅ |
Logistics - 3rd Party Logistics, other methods | ✅ | ✅ |
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Commuting, purchases spend-based method |
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| ✅ |
Commuting, other methods | ✅ | ✅ |
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Scope category assignments (required)
For each lifecycle stage with emissions, the template would provide default the scope category. You can change the scope assignment by using the drop-down menu in the template.
Default scope category assignments:
Activity | Well-to-Tank Emissions | Vehicle Use Emissions | Cradle-to-Purchase Gate |
Business Travel - Owned Vehicles | 3.03 Other Fuel & Energy Related | 1.02 Mobile Combustion |
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Business Travel - 3rd Party Travel, purchases spend-based method |
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| 3.06. Business Travel |
Business Travel - 3rd Party Travel, other methods | 3.06. Business Travel | 3.06. Business Travel |
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Logistics - In-house Logistics | 3.03 Other Fuel & Energy Related | 1.02 Mobile Combustion |
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Logistics - 3rd Party Logistics, purchases spend-based method |
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| 3.04. Upstream Transportation & Distribution |
Logistics - 3rd Party Logistics, other methods | 3.04. Upstream Transportation & Distribution | 3.04. Upstream Transportation & Distribution |
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Commuting, purchases spend-based method |
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| 3.07. Employee Commuting |
Commuting, other methods | 3.07. Employee Commuting | 3.07. Employee Commuting |
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Can I provide emissions by scope separately?
Pre-calculated emissions template is designed for you to enter all emissions related to the same activity across different scope categories together. This ensures completeness of your footprint and compliance with GHG Protocol
Optional data fields
Emission Description
Add descriptions to help with analysis and reporting
Useful for categorising different types of travel or routes
Record ID
Add a unique identifier to link back to your raw data
Must be unique across all records if provided
Supplier Information
Supplier Name: Enter the transport service provider (required for accurate supplier-specific emission factors)
Supplier Country: Required if supplier name is provided
Supplier VAT Number: Optional tax identification number
Adding supplier information helps identify supplier-specific emission factors and enables supplier engagement features.