Introducing Report with AI – Streamlining Sustainability Reporting with Ease
We’re excited to announce the release of the Report with AI on the Open Sustainability Index! With this feature, anyone can now add, verify, and submit key sustainability data for companies with ease and efficiency, helping to bridge the gap in publicly available sustainability data; starting with carbon emissions & revenue.
By enabling a simplified crowd-sourced sustainability data reporting, we’re furthering our mission to foster transparency and accountability in corporate sustainability practices.
Here’s a step-by-step guide of how to make the most of this powerful reporting tool:
How to Use the Report with AI
1. Search or Add the Company Name
Start by searching for the company you’d like to contribute data for. If the company isn’t in our database yet, you can easily add it by typing the name manually.
2. Upload Relevant Data Screenshots
To help populate the company’s sustainability data, simply upload a screenshot on an Emissions or Revenue table from a published sustainability-, carbon- or annual report. This feature allows AI to process the information and automatically fill in relevant data fields, saving you time and reducing manual entry.
If there are specific data nuances, you can include special instructions to the AI in the field [Optional AI Instructions] e.g. “Emissions are reported in millions of metric tons and need to be converted” to ensure accurate data interpretation.
3. Verify and Adjust Data Fields
The AI will pre-fill tables based on the uploaded screenshot. However, you have full control to verify, adjust, or add additional data, including:
- Revenue: Net revenue, local currency
- Emissions: Detailed breakdown by scope, including Scope 1, Scope 2 (market-based, location-based, or unspecified if you don’t know), and Scope 3 emissions, disaggregated by categories.
- Source: the source of information reporterd, e.g. a URL to a published annual- or sustainability report.
4. Provide Optional Contact Information
While completely optional, you may add your name and email to facilitate any follow-up questions. This helps our team ensure high data quality and transparency for everyone using the platform. Your name and email will not be published.
5. Submit for Review
When ready, hit the Submit Data button. The data will then go through our review process, and within 48 hours, it will be added to the Open Sustainability Index for public access.
Benefits of the Report Function
This feature empowers everyone – individuals and organizations – to contribute to a transparent, collective understanding of corporate sustainability. With added AI assistance, manual data input is significantly reduced, allowing users to focus on verifying and adjusting data rather than starting from scratch.
The result? Accurate, timely, and accessible sustainability data for companies around the globe. Join us in supporting a more sustainable future by trying out the new Report with AI today!
Your contributions make a meaningful impact by making corporate sustainability data accessible to all.