Activity Data in Climate Reporting

Get an overview of how the feature for inputting activity data works in climate reporting. The function to overwrite accounting data with consumption data, often referred to as activity data, is now available in the climate reporting tool. The functionality is initially available for energy consumption, so buckle up and gather your energy receipts!

What Can You Do with This Feature?

This feature allows you to replace financial estimates with actual consumption per month. The data is structured as energy indicators or measurement points defined in the ESRS framework, and these energy indicators fall under E1-5 energy. The same data is used for emission calculations. When you update data with actual energy consumption, your emissions figure becomes more precise.

You can select which units to use (kWh, liters, currency) and choose whether to override some estimates with manual entries for the selected year while keeping others estimated. If you decide to overwrite data, you must do so for the entire year.

Unit

Each type of energy can use one unit per year. Changing the unit will delete manual entries for the selected energy type and year. Other energy types and years are not affected. Choose units that best match your raw data. Economic estimates are in kWh, but if you override them with manual entries, you are free to choose another unit.

Overwriting

Overwriting means that all transactions related to the selected energy type for the chosen year will be ignored, as indicated by a red status indicator. You can now freely adjust estimates or change the unit and enter new monthly quantities (activity data).

You can revert to financial estimates before publishing, but not after manual entries are published.

In Summary, Here’s What You Can Do

• Enter energy consumption for different energy types.
• Record actual consumption per month.
• Select units, such as kWh, liters, or kg, where relevant.
• Publish and see your data change from “estimated” to “manual.”
• Report activity data on energy.

How to Find the Function for Overwriting Estimates with Consumption Data?

1. Select the year you want to update with consumption data for energy in the top filter on the homepage. This filtering changes data for all visualization cards.
2. Find the overview of ESRS indicators and select an energy indicator (read more about ESRS indicators here). All energy types can be found under the top “E1-5_01 - Total Energy Consumption,” which might be a natural starting point.
3. Click on the indicator to be taken to the “overwrite data” page. Under this indicator, you will find all energy types. Entering data here will reflect on all indicators where this energy type is included.
4. Choose the energy type and click on the three dots to the right. You will see two options, one of which is active: You can choose to “enable data overwriting.”
5. Select “enable data overwriting.” This activates the line for the energy type you have chosen, allowing unit changes and manual data entry.
6. Use the arrow buttons displayed next to each input field to navigate between months. Both estimates and activity data cannot be used in the same year, meaning the months you leave blank will be calculated as 0. You can publish and add months later.
7. Click “Publish Changes” to make your changes active. You’ll be taken back to the home screen where new data is saved.
8. You will see changes as energy types marked as “estimated,” “manual,” or “mixed.” When you export reports, this will be reflected in the list of energy types.

You can now report your activity data for energy!

How Will This Work for File Upload Customers?

For customers uploading SAF-T accounting files, activity data will not be used in emissions reporting, but this feature is coming soon.