The Carbon Data
Sprint Challenge
Welcome to The Carbon Data
Sprint Challenge
Well done! You’ve taken an important step towards becoming a more conscious business by opting to get footprint-ready.
Over the next four weeks, we’re going to guide you step-by-step through gathering the data you need to calculate your business’s carbon footprint. And we’ll be helping you work out your next steps, too, so you can make 2025 the year your business gets on top of sustainability.
Watch the video below to see what’s coming up over the next four weeks. And we’ll see you back here for more challenge content starting Monday 17th February, with more videos released each week. Keep your eyes on your emails for instructions!
And don’t forget you can find us on LinkedIn and via the Contact Us page if you have any questions. We’re here to help!
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Click on the drop-down headings below to access each week’s content, released at the beginning of each week.
Week one
Understanding the data you need
Content unlocked on Week 1
What you’ll cover:
- What is a carbon footprint and why do you need one?
- Why collecting accurate data is the first essential step for calculating or improving your carbon footprint
- The key data points you’ll need: energy, travel, office operations, and more
- How to get started using our easy-to-follow data collection templates
- Optional advanced lesson: Diving into compliance requirements and when you should move from assumptions to primary data
Lesson one: Why do I need a carbon footprint?
What’s in this video:
- What is a carbon footprint?
- What’s the business case for calculating your carbon footprint?
- How will the Carbon Data Sprint help me?
Lesson two: An introduction to gathering your carbon footprint data
What’s in this video:
- Why collecting accurate data is the first essential step for calculating or improving your carbon footprint
- The key data points you’ll need: energy, travel, office operations, and more
- How to get started using our easy-to-follow data collection template
Optional advanced lesson: Compliance requirements
What’s in this video:
- An optional advanced lesson for bigger companies, or those looking to push themselves
- What are the different compliance requirements for reporting your carbon footprint data?
- Do they apply to your business?
Optional advanced lesson: Moving beyond assumptions to primary data
What’s in this video:
- An optional advanced lesson for bigger companies, or those looking to push themselves
- When should you move from assumptions towards using primary data?
- How do you find and gather this primary data?
Week two
Gathering office data
Content unlocked on Week 2
What you’ll cover:
- Collecting your office data: gas, electricity, water, waste, etc..
- Where to find this data and how to make reasonable assumptions when necessary
- Using our templates to help organise and simplify the process
- Optional advanced lesson: How to engage with landlords and how using renewables affects data
Welcome to week two
What’s in this video:
- An introduction to week two of the Carbon Data Sprint: gathering your office data
Lesson one: What data do you need and where do you find it?
What’s in this video:
- The key data you need to measure your business’s carbon footprint, from energy to waste
- Where to find data on gas, electricity, waste, and refrigerant gases in your business
- Who to ask for data, including finance teams, procurement, and landlords
- Why checking data units is crucial to ensure accurate carbon footprint calculations
Lesson two: How to use our data collection template
What’s in this video:
- A tour through our simple, structured tool, designed to make carbon footprint data collection easy and stress-free
- How to organise key data for any carbon footprint project, step by step
- Why recording company details helps track progress and meet compliance needs
- How the data summary tab keeps everything clear, so you know exactly what to include
Bonus walk through: Utility bills
What’s in this video:
- Struggling to find the right data from your bills? Don’t worry, in this video, we’ll walk you step-by-step through some example utility bills, showing you exactly what figures to extract into your data collection template
Optional advanced lesson: Getting data from your landlord
What’s in this video:
- A simple template to request energy, waste, and emissions data from your landlord
- How to use building size, desk space, or sub-metering to estimate your footprint
- Key questions to ask about energy sources, renewables, waste, and water use
- Why gathering this data makes your carbon footprint more accurate and actionable
Week three
Gathering people data
Content unlocked on Week Three
What you’ll cover:
- Collecting data on business travel, commuting, and homeworking
- Tips for finding and tracking hard-to-get data
- How to use simple surveys and make assumptions using our tools when data is unavailable
- Optional advanced lesson: How to use staff surveys, and digging deeper into business travel data
Welcome to week three
What’s in this video:
- An introduction to week three of the Carbon Data Sprint: Gathering your travel data
Lesson one: Business travel data
What’s in this video:
- A simple breakdown of the business travel data you need for your carbon footprint
- How to collect data on company vehicles, employee mileage, public transport and flights
- Where to find travel data – expense claims, fuel cards, corporate travel accounts and more
- Why even rough estimates make a big difference in tracking and reducing emissions
Lesson two: Commuting and homeworking
What’s in this video:
- A simple way to include commuting and home working in your carbon footprint
- How to estimate staff travel emissions using easy-to-collect data
- Why small surveys or management knowledge can give you useful insights
- A quick method to calculate home working emissions – no complex data required
Optional advanced lesson: Using detailed staff surveys
What’s in this video:
- How detailed commuting and home working surveys can improve your carbon footprint accuracy
- Why asking the right questions matters – avoid data overload and focus on what’s useful
- How surveys can uncover insights on travel choices, lift-sharing and energy use at home
- Ways to turn surveys into engagement tools, helping employees reduce their carbon impact
Week four
Final footprint data
Content unlocked on week four
What you’ll cover:
- Gathering data on purchases, couriers, transportation, and more
- Simple ways to collate and organise this information
- An introduction to carbon footprint calculation tools
- Bonus content: What’s next? How you can maintain momentum and use your results for meaningful impact
Welcome to week four
What’s in this video:
- An introduction to week four of the Carbon Data Sprint: Gathering your final data
Lesson one: Gathering your final data
What’s in this video:
- How to expand your carbon footprint beyond energy use for a fuller picture
- Simple ways to track procurement, deliveries and other key Scope 3 emissions
- Why focusing on big-impact areas makes data collection easier and more effective
- Tips to organise your data so it’s clear, manageable and useful for decision-making
Lesson two: Using the Consciam Footprint Tool
What’s in this video:
- A step-by-step tour of the Consciam Carbon Footprint Tool and how it works
- How to add, organise and manage your footprint data quickly and easily
- Ways to filter, analyse and compare your emissions across different years and locations
- How to generate clear reports and insights to help track and reduce your impact
Final bonus: What to do next?
What’s in this video:
- Why your carbon footprint results matter – and how to turn them into action
- The benefits of tracking data regularly instead of waiting until year-end
- How spotting trends early can help you reduce emissions in real time
- Ways to integrate carbon data into business reporting to keep momentum going