How OBOS bases its carbon accounts on actual purchases

OBOS has signed agreements with Order Control and Morescope, part of Position Green, to automate its carbon accounting. The accounts will be based on the goods and services OBOS actually buys, not general emission factors, so it can target the most cost-effective reductions.

The challenge: better decisions need more precise data

General emission factors show the size of a footprint but not which purchasing choices would reduce it. OBOS wanted facts it could act on, both as a contractor and as a property owner. “Facts and analysis are the key to making the best environmental choices,” says Birgitte Molstad, Environmental Director at OBOS.

The solution: purchase-level data from Order Control, emissions from Morescope

Order Control’s procurement data and Morescope‘s carbon accounting work together, turning OBOS’s actual purchases into emissions data automatically. “We are very pleased with the collaboration with OBOS. Together with Morescope, we are creating entirely new opportunities for efficiency and, most importantly, greenhouse gas reductions — for OBOS as both a contractor and property owner,” says Ken Morten Steen, CEO of Order Control.

The results: a promising pilot and a full-scale rollout ahead

A recently completed pilot shows very promising results. OBOS expects its total carbon footprint to fall significantly when the solutions are rolled out at full scale.

“We are impressed by how OBOS is taking a leading role by moving from reporting to strategic insight. At Morescope, we believe the future lies in solutions that combine high data quality with automation and scalability. Because that’s how we accelerate the green transition,” says Sophie Bruusgaard Jewett, then CEO and co-founder of Morescope and now Product Director at Position Green.

Read OBOS’s own announcement (in Norwegian).