On the Company page, you can manage your company information, such as the company name, industries, and your company structure.
For companies on the Advanced subscription, the Company page also allows you to create and manage a multilevel organizational tree. This makes it possible to structure your company by business unit, subsidiary, or region and analyze emissions at different organizational levels.
Change the company name and industries
Step 1: Navigate to the Company page.
Step 2: Click the “Edit details” button in the top right corner to open a pop-up menu.
Step 3: Change the details and click “Save”.
What is a business unit?
Business units are the basis for organizing carbon accounting across your company structure. Often, emissions data is linked to a specific part of the organization, such as a subsidiary, region, or department.
When you set up your company structure and add your business units, you can better assign emissions ownership and analyze results more accurately across the organization.
How to define business units
Companies differ in structure and may have multiple subsidiaries, regions, branches, offices, or plants.
Think about how your company owns and manages emissions data internally. In some cases, this may match physical locations. In others, it may follow business units, regions, or subsidiaries.
If your company has a simple structure, you may only need one business unit. If your company has multiple entities or reporting levels, you can structure them in a multilevel company tree for clearer data collection and reporting.
Create your Organizational tree
Step 1: Navigate to the Company page.
Step 2: Click the “+ Add new business unit” button in the top right corner to open a pop-up menu.
Step 3: First, create your top-level parent company. Since this is the first business unit in the structure, leave the Parent field empty.
Step 4: Fill in the business unit details and click “Add”.
Step 5: To add child business units, repeat the same steps and select the relevant parent in the Parent field.
Location attributes description
Attribute name | Description |
Name | Name of the location to identify it during data collection |
Parent | Parent business unit to define where this business unit sits in your company hierarchy. |
Type | Type of the location to determine relevant emission sources |
Country | Country where the location is situated |
City | City where the location is situated |
Postal code | Postal code of the location |
US only: eGrid subregion | eGrid subregion of the location. Only relevant for US locations. |
Address | Full address of the location |
Description | Brief description of the location |
Status | Status indicates whether the location is currently active in the system and participating in data collection |
Managing Business Units
Export: Download business units in CSV format for analysis or reporting
Columns: Customize your table view. Choose which columns to display for a simpler or more detailed table.
Filters: Find specific business units based on name, status, and other attributes.
Pagination: Navigate between pages to browse all data entries.
Delete business unit: A business unit can be deleted only if it has no data entries, regardless of their status.