At the heart of Coolset's mission to provide accurate and actionable emission insights lies our commitment to sourcing and using the best available data. Our emission calculation engine relies on high quality, vetted open databases of emission factors. By anchoring our foundation on strictly science-based data, we ensure that our clients receive information that is both reliable and up to date.
Coolset’s key data partners include, but are not limited to:
Co2emissiefactoren (NL): This Dutch database provides localized activity-based emission factors, ensuring that Coolset’s calculations remain relevant and accurate for projects and companies operating in the Netherlands;
ADEME (FR): Renowned for its commitment to sustainable development research, ADEME provides a robust database that forms a key component of both Coolset’s spend-based and activity-based emission calculation engine;
DEFRA (UK): The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs is an instrumental arm of the UK government. DEFRA’s emission factors are primarily used to calculate UK greenhouse gas emissions from various activities;
BEIS (UK): Funded by and originating from British government, BEIS offers valuable emission factors related to energy and its correlation to sustainable growth;
EPA (US): The United States Environmental Protection Agency, with its legacy in comprehensive environmental data, was designed to provide organizations with a regularly updated set of default emission factors for organizational GHG reporting;
EXIOBASE: As a global environmental database created by a consortium of university researchers, EXIOBASE presents a deep dive into the environmental emissions that are inherently tied to varied economic business activities;
GLEC: Specializing in logistics emissions, GLEC's methodology is globally recognized and forms a part of our activity-based calculation engine for transportation and logistics;
IPCC: The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the leading international body for assessing and reporting on climate change, provides guidelines and data for both spend- and activity-based calculations;
UNFCCC: The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, a key international treaty aiming to address climate change, offers valuable data and standards for activity-based calculations across the world.
Beyond these databases, Coolset adds another layer of precision by integrating vendor-specific emission data whenever available. Our dedicated climate research team follows the latest developments in literature and public resources to identify and incorporate the latest data sets. This ensures that our assessments are optimized to capture specific nuances, thereby offering our clients the most comprehensive emission measurements available.