Report overview and creation of a new report

The Accounting tab in the left navigation bar contains the Reports sub-tab. Here you can create new reports for calculating the emissions of a LCA and view and edit existing reports.

Report overview

The first column of the overview shows the "Title" of each report. To the right of this is the "Report type". In addition to Life Cycle Assessments (LCA), reports on Corporate Carbon Footprints (CCF), Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) or Event Carbon Footprints (ECF) may also appear here.

The "Standards" column indicates which standard the report was prepared under. CCF reports are based on the GHG Protocol, and LCA reports on ISO 14044. For PCF reports, you can choose between ISO 14067, PACT, Catena-X and TfS.

For PCF and LCA reports, the "Status" column currently always shows "In progress". In future, it will indicate whether the report is still being worked on or has already been completed (status: "Published"). The "From" and "To" columns show the period during which the input data for the product was collected and accounted for. The "CO₂e (Total)" column is empty for PCFs and LCAs, as emissions are not summed across all sites. The last two columns show who last modified the report and when the change was made.

Filter functions

To search for specific reports, you can use the search bar. Alternatively, you can use the dropdowns to filter by status, year and standards. The Year filter lets you narrow down the reporting period: in the year overview, either double-click a single year or select two different years. You can also use the four checkboxes PCF, CCF, LCA and ECF to choose between the four report types. Once the filters are set, only reports matching the selected criteria are displayed.

Create a new report

A new LCA report can be created in two ways:

1) Via the report overview

To create a new report, first click on the plus button at the end of the table. Select the Life Cycle Assessment option in the Report Type field. The company name is filled in automatically. Then select a previously recorded product from the product list under Product and define the desired reference period within which the input data for the product is to be recorded and used for balancing. Click on the Create button to create the report, which will appear directly in the report overview.

2) Directly from the product list

Alternatively, a new PCF report can also be created directly from the product list. To do so, click the Add new report button in the respective product row. You will then be taken directly to the input screen for creating a new report. The selected product is already prefilled. You need to switch to Life Cycle Assessment in the report type. This allows new reports to be created faster and with fewer manual inputs.