A carbon account is the first step towards understanding and acting on your CO₂ emissions. It shows where your emissions come from – both directly and across your value chain – giving you a solid basis for prioritising actions and documenting your climate footprint.
We handle the technical side and ensure consistency in data collection, calculations, and documentation. If needed, we also set up digital systems so you can track your progress over time and streamline reporting.
We create climate accounts manually based on actual activities – not just accounting data. That means we can adjust emission calculations for major purchases so they reflect your real consumption instead of using generic averages. The result is a more accurate carbon account.
This also makes it easier to:
A climate account is the foundation of any climate strategy. Without knowing where your emissions come from, it’s impossible to set targets, prioritise actions, or track progress.
Once you understand your climate footprint, you can develop a strategy that reduces emissions and strengthens your business – for example through lower energy costs, better resource use, and a stronger market position.
We use the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHG Protocol) to quantify all your direct and indirect CO₂ emissions.
Reduction targets are set using the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), ensuring alignment with the goals of the Paris Agreement.
Our advice builds on more than 20 years of experience with climate data and includes technical calculation, digital setup, and communication. At Viegand Maagøe, we draw on a wide range of expertise – our climate accounting specialists collaborate with digital developers, communicators, engineers, and EU policy experts as needed, ensuring that the solution fits your specific needs.
We have extensive experience with climate accounts for Science Based Targets, ESG reporting, and climate communication.
Do you want to join SBTi, or let everybody know that you have already did so?
We teach you how the GHG Protocol works – and how to use your climate account in practice, including for communication and marketing.
Our goal is to make you independent from consultants like us, if that is what you prefer.
After the first carbon account, you can either:
Understand your CO2 emissions with a carbon account. We can help you with data, calculations, and systems – providing a strong foundation for action and business value.
At the beginning of the project, we decide together how to best approach the task. We can do everything for you in our Excel-based model and deliver a full climate account. You can also use Klimakompasset.dk – we will guide and validate, or we can handle the calculations, you report in Klimakompasset, and we check the results.
Introduction to data collection and review of scopes and categories.
Walkthrough of tools and process, plus ongoing support during data gathering.
We check that all relevant data is collected and identify what’s missing.
We calculate your carbon account based on the data you have collected.
Together we review the draft and identify ways to improve data quality.
We provide guidance on actions you can take to reduce emissions.
We present the results in a way that’s easy to understand, along with a high-level action plan and communication advice.