What it helps you do
1. Define the organisation and inventory boundary
Record the reporting period, organisational approach, base year, included operations, exclusions, responsibilities, and recalculation policy. This gives reviewers the context needed to understand what the inventory covers.
2. Build a traceable emission-source register
List direct and indirect sources, place them in the relevant ISO 14064-1 reporting category, and document why each source is included or excluded. Scope 1, 2 and 3 views can be used as an additional management view without replacing the standard's category structure.
3. Calculate from controlled inputs
Enter or import activity data and apply emission factors selected for the inventory. Each factor record should carry its unit, source, publication year, geography, and calculation boundary so the organisation can check that it is suitable before use.
4. Compare performance and plan reductions
Review totals, category distribution, base-year movement, and intensity against a configured activity measure. Record reduction objectives, owners, dates, expected effects, and progress without presenting planned savings as verified results.
5. Structure mitigation-project records
For teams using ISO 14064-2 as a reference, organise project sources, sinks, and reservoirs, the baseline and project scenarios, leakage, monitoring parameters, responsibilities, and data-quality notes.
6. Prepare evidence for independent verification
Maintain the proposed engagement scope, evidence list, risk-based review activities, open findings, and resolutions. These records help a competent verifier perform their work but do not create or replace the verifier's independent conclusion.
7. Import, preserve, and present the working file
The reviewed edition accepts CSV data for activity and factor records, supports a JSON working-file export, and produces printable inventory reports. Document-control entries help the team explain changes between versions.
