Five easy steps to getting started with sustainability reporting

2. Identify and add data

To calculate your carbon footprint, you need to add all current data to Sustainability by Monitor. Use existing sources within your company that may contain information such as energy consumption, emission levels and other relevant details needed to calculate your carbon footprint. There are two methods of collecting data for emissions reporting in Monitor ERP. The first method is based on CO2e values that can be entered into the system when registering supplier invoices.

The second method involves reporting CO2e values manually. You can do this when you need to manage emissions that cannot be linked to supplier invoices.

Read more about how to get started with emissions reporting in Monitor ERP in our online help.

3. Calculate carbon footprint

The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG) is a global standard used to make it easier for organization to report their greenhouse gas emissions. For ease of reporting, emissions are divided into three categories called Scope 1, 2, 3. Monitor ERP has built-in tools to measure and report emission types per GHG Protocol scope category. The system calculates your products' emissions down to the component level, giving you a detailed overview of how your company's operations impact the environment.

Do you want to learn more about how to collect data for Scope 1, 2, 3? Watch our webinar where we go through how to do this directly in Monitor ERP.

Do you have customers that want you to report environmental data other than carbon emissions?

The concept of sustainability is broad and there is also, for example, reporting on the content of the components that make up your products. This is where REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals) comes in. REACH is a regulation that helps you identify risks so you can replace or reduce the use of harmful substances. In Monitor ERP, you can enter and manage all data related to article content, including code, type, description and REACH classification.

4. Analyze your sustainability data

Once all your sustainability data is collected, it's time for analysis. Monitor ERP is compatible with both standard and customized reports for sustainability data. With our web-based Monitor Business Intelligence functionality, you can create your own dashboards for analyzing your environmental data. You can also export reports to Excel or PDF format.

To find out more about the possibilities of Monitor Business Intelligence, we recommend watching our BI webinar.

5. Report and benefit from your sustainability data

You can then use the data on customer documentation such as quotes and order confirmations. Your sustainability data can then be used to help you identify areas where improvements need to be made and set goals aimed at reducing your company's carbon footprint.

Concluding thoughts

Getting started with sustainability reporting in Monitor ERP is not difficult. Most of the data is already in place, such as BOM and routing, suppliers, parts etc. You just need to fill out a few fields in basic data and add some data on parts. Most of this can be easily mass updated or imported into the system. Start with what your stakeholders actually want.

Sustainability is here to stay so the more you can do early in the process, the less stressful it will be when you eventually have a hard deadline to meet.