Available Carbon Accounting Features
Missing Carbon Accounting Features
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Deployment Options
- Web Browser (Cloud - Based)
Good Option For
- Small Business (11-50 people)
- Medium Business (51-250 people)
- Large Business (250+ people)
Deep dive
Core Features
The CCF Engine brings emissions data, calculations and reporting into one system, while DFGE support can be added where companies encounter data gaps or methodological questions. Its key capabilities include:
Scope 1–3 Carbon Accounting: The Engine covers emissions from company operations, energy consumption and the supply chain. DFGE highlights Scope 3 as an area where data availability and complex value chains can make corporate footprinting difficult.
Data Import & Enterprise-System Connections: Automated processes and data imports support faster implementation, while interfaces can connect the Engine with ERP, energy and purchasing systems. DFGE says projects can get started within a few days.
Emissions Dashboards & Reporting: Visual dashboards break down footprint results for analysis, while report data is retained digitally and can be prepared for reporting.
Scenario & Variant Modelling: Enterprise users can calculate different scenarios and variants, enabling ESG teams to test changes to the footprint rather than treating the annual emissions calculation as a static result.
Data-Gap & Emission-Factor Support: Where complete activity data are unavailable, DFGE experts can support top-down estimates for data gaps and help users choose appropriate emission factors. This is particularly relevant to difficult Scope 3 calculations.
Validation & Audit Readiness: DFGE emphasizes transparent system boundaries and traceable calculations. Professional includes the DFGE Validated Carbon Footprint Seal, while Enterprise customers can have internally calculated results optionally reviewed by DFGE for the seal.
Closing Insights
A more useful way to evaluate the CCF Engine is to look at who performs the carbon accounting. Under the Professional model, the customer uses the cloud platform for data collection, but DFGE experts calculate the Corporate Carbon Footprint and provide the dashboard, reporting data and validated-footprint seal. Under Enterprise, the customer's ESG team controls both data collection and calculation, with DFGE available for coaching, data gaps, emission-factor selection and optional verification.
That structure addresses one of the harder problems in corporate carbon accounting: software can automate calculations, but it cannot by itself guarantee that organizational boundaries, missing data, emission factors and Scope 3 assumptions are methodologically appropriate. DFGE brings more than 25 years of sustainability and carbon-accounting experience to the CCF Engine, combining the software with methodological support to address these challenges.