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Your invoices already know your emissions

Stop estimating emissions from what you spent. Start measuring what you actually bought, straight from the invoices and spreadsheets you already have.

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An invoice line of 90,564 kWh is scanned and becomes an emissions figure of 0.51 tCO2eAn invoice line of 90,564 kWh is scanned and becomes an emissions figure of 0.51 tCO2e
The same electricity invoice line read two ways: spend-based moves with price, activity-based moves with use

Measure what you used, not what you paid

Spend-based estimates turn costs into sector averages, so your footprint rises and falls with prices. Activity Capture reads the quantity on the invoice instead: the number that only changes when you use less or buy differently.

  • Purchased goods measured in kilos, not cost
    • Energy and fuel in kWh and liters, straight from the bill
      • Spend data kept as backup for anything unmatched

        From invoices to tCO₂e in four steps

        Upload screen with a drop zone for PDF supplier invoices and their processing status

        Ingest invoices

        1

        Drop in supplier invoices as PDFs or ingest them via integration. Supplier, dates and totals are read automatically.
        A supplier invoice with each line item quantity extracted in kilograms and items

        Read every line

        2

        Quantities and units are captured from each line item: kWh, liters, kilograms, items.
        Invoice lines matched to emission factors and graded certain, uncertain or unlikely

        Map and match

        3

        Lines are classified under the GHG Protocol and matched to emission factors, graded certain, uncertain or unlikely.
        Emission categories by scope, each split into activity data and spend data

        Calculate and use

        4

        Emissions flow into your carbon accounts, with the original invoice kept on file for audit.

        From invoice line to audit-ready emissions, automatically

        Illustration of supplier data with product category and supplier size charts

        See the products behind your footprint

        Activity Capture maps every supplier, product and quantity from your invoices into one view. Spot the few suppliers and products that drive most of your emissions, and focus your reduction efforts there.

        Illustration of matched invoice lines with review status icons

        Automated matching to save you time

        Every invoice line is classified and matched to an emission factor automatically, then graded certain, uncertain or unlikely. Your team reviews only the flagged lines and keeps the final say.

        Illustration of an invoice line linked to a data-quality chart

        Every tonne traceable to its invoice

        Each emission figure links to the exact line on the original PDF, with a data-quality rating per category. When auditors ask where a number comes from, you open the source invoice.

        Data quality ladder: spend-based estimate at the bottom, activity-based average factor in the middle, product-specific factor at the top, with sources documented and verified

        The best available emission factor, every time

        Activity Capture follows a strict data-quality hierarchy. Each invoice line is matched as high up the ladder as the data allows, and only steps down when a better factor doesn’t exist.

        • Product-specific factor for the exact product on the invoice
          • Activity-based average factor per kWh, liter or kilogram
            • Spend-based estimate from our proprietary, research-backed spend model, when better factors don’t exist

              Every source is documented, verified and aligned with the GHG Protocol and other major standards and frameworks.

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              What kinds of invoices can Activity Capture read?

              Activity Capture reads supplier invoices uploaded as PDFs or ingested via integrations. It reads supplier details, invoice dates and individual line items, including quantities and units such as kWh, liters, kilograms and item counts.

              Does it replace spend-based carbon accounting?

              It upgrades it, line by line. Where an invoice line can be matched to a product-specific emission factor, emissions are calculated on activity. Lines that can’t be matched stay spend-based, and the data-quality view shows you the share of each.

              How do I know a match is correct?

              Every match is graded certain, uncertain or unlikely. Filter to the lines that need attention, check the source line on the original PDF, and change the emission factor before you approve.

              Which GHG Protocol categories does it cover?

              Lines are classified to GHG Protocol categories across Scopes 1, 2 and 3, for example 1.1 Mobile combustion, 2.1 Purchased electricity and 3.1 Purchased goods and services. Purchased goods is usually where activity data beats spend data the most.

              Do my suppliers need to do anything?

              No. Activity Capture works from the invoices you already receive, so there are no surveys or templates to send. When you do engage suppliers, you can focus on the products that drive your footprint.

              Is it part of the Position Green platform?

              Yes. It’s part of Next-Gen Carbon Management, so captured activity data feeds the same emissions overview, targets and reports you already use.

              See Activity Capture with your own data

              After the demo, you’ll leave knowing what your invoices can tell you.

              Invoices going from PDF to tCO₂e, live

              How matches are graded and reviewed

              Where activity data would change your Scope 3 the most

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