Carbon management software that turns net zero commitments into reality

Frequently asked questions

• What methodology does Avarni use?

  
  Avarni is built on the GHG Protocol, the global standard for carbon accounting which is compliant with all reporting frameworks, including CDP, GRI and TCFD.
• What Scope 3 categories does Avarni cover?

  
  Avarni covers all 15 Scope 3 categories, with specialised features to aid in the automatic calculation of Purchased Goods & Services, Capital Goods, Business Travel, Employee Commuting, Investments (Financed Emissions) and Upstream & Downstream Transportation & Distribution.
• Where does Avarni source its emission factors from?

  
  Avarni sources its emission factors from government agencies such as EPA, NGER, DEFRA, and others from the GHG Protocol. For Scope 3, factors are also sourced from third parties such as EXIOBASE.
• How does Avarni handle categorisation if it has never seen a category before? Is manual mapping required?

  
  There is no manual mapping required — Avarni's AI can automatically recognise which emission factor a category should map to, since it has been trained on millions of lines of real procurement data.
• What details are available in Avarni's company database?

  
  Avarni’s company database includes information on 7 million public and private companies, from SMEs of 10 employees all the way up to enterprises. The dataset includes industries, employee sizes, headquarter locations, as well as any public statements that the company has made regarding their emissions reduction initiatives, as well as net zero targets they have disclosed.
• In addition to Scope 1-3, does Avarni offer product LCAs?

  
  LCAs (Life Cycle Assessments) can be performed on the platform, since Avarni has over 16,000 emissions factors available for all different types of products & services, including weight-based factors.
• How does data integration with Avarni work?

  
  Avarni integrates with over 1,000 SaaS apps, databases, AI services, and APIs – including Coupa, Microsoft Power BI, NetSuite, Oracle, Salesforce, SAP, ServiceNow, Xero, and more. So you can easily import your procurement spend data into Avarni, and get started on your carbon management plan.
  
  In addition, data integration can be done using APIs that hook into Avarni’s platform on one end, and your platforms on the other end. The level of automation that can be done will depend on how flexible the APIs provided by your systems are — this can be more easily scoped out once we understand all the systems you'd like Avarni to interact with.
• Is Avarni's data audited or 3rd party accredited?

  
  Avarni’s AI methodology aligns with TCFD, GRI and GHG Protocol standards. The methodology has been tried and tested by multiple leading consulting firms such as Schneider Electric and KPMG. They have compared its results against their manual calculation processes in order to verify its accuracy.
• Can data be extracted from the Avarni platform?

  
  Yes, all data can be exported out of the platform for use in reporting & other programs.
• How does Avarni handle data security?

  
  All of Avarni's data is hosted and secured in the ISO 27001 and SOC 2 certified platform of AWS. Most of the security and infrastructure handling is managed by AWS, but there is still responsibility on Avarni in managing information security. We are happy to go into further detail on a call.
• What support does Avarni provide?

  
  Avarni provides platform support, as well as implementation support, as part of the subscription. If you require support with coming up with a carbon reduction strategy, or with the initial data collection process, we have a partner network of consultants that we can refer you to.