What are Dashboards in Sumday?

In the Sumday product there is a section called “Dashboards” which are initially filled with dummy data to illustrate what the final outcome of an assessment will look like. After completing an assessment these dashboards are replaced with actual data from the assessment to allow a deep dive into how the overall emissions total is arrived at.

Summary

This dashboard shows us:

• The Assessment Period which is similar to a financial reporting period for standard accounting purposes. All of the transactions and all of the emissions come from just this period of time.
• The Total Estimated Tonnes of Emissions which is the combination of Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions in tonnes of CO2 equivalent units (CO2e). These are still only ‘Estimated’ after completing the assessment, because it’s based on a calculation, no direct measurement has been undertaken. This is great to know in the same way it’s great to know the total revenue of the business, but it doesn’t tell you anything about what resources it took to achieve that revenue, the size of the business or anything about the activities of the business.
• The Estimated Tonnes of Scope 1 Emissions which are the emissions released directly into the atmosphere by the business, usually from sources like fuel and gas, in tonnes of CO2e.
• The Estimated Tonnes of Scope 2 Emissions which are the emissions released indirectly into the atmosphere, typically by electricity generating organisations that power the business, in tonnes of CO2e.
• The Estimated Tonnes of Scope 3 Emissions which are the emissions released indirectly into the atmosphere by the businesses in the organisation’s supply chain, in tonnes of CO2e.
• The Combined Emissions graph in the bottom left shows what percentage each scope contributes the overall total emissions. Usually this is 10% from Scope 1, 10% from Scope 2 and 80% from Scope 3, however this can vary significantly depending on the type of organisation.
• You Emissions Factor Sources graph shows what portion of the Scope 3 emissions come from industry average calculations compared to emissions from primary sources. For example, an industry average emissions factor in kg of CO2e per AUD for Food and Beverages would come from an average for the entire food and beverage industry, whereas the primary emissions factor would come from actual food and beverage organisations calculating their total emissions per AUD.

Scope 1 and Scope 2

This dashboard shows us:

• The Emission Intensity Factors in the 3 boxes along the top which are the total emissions in Kg of CO2e divided by some activity driver, to provide better comparative measures. If the emissions of the organisation grew in total 30% compared to last year, you might be concerned that this is not trending down over time. However, if the organisation grew 50% from last year in terms of business activity, your emissions per activity could still have decreased, and this is the important thing to be tracking. Kg of CO2e per dollar of revenue is a relatively good way to gauge this, particularly because almost every organisation earns revenue, so it can be used to benchmark against others. Also as the business grows in activity the revenue would likely grow at a similar pace. However the best metrics to use are the activities themselves as the revenue they each generate can be different, so the most informative metrics you can create are Kg of CO2e per activity or Kg of CO2e per product.
• The Scope 1 Emissions graph shows the percentage each source of direct emissions contributes to the overall total Scope 1 emissions.
• The Scope 2 Emissions graph shows the percentage each source of indirect emissions contributes to the overall total Scope 1 emissions. In this particular case an additional box has been added to show the emissions avoided by using solar electricity rather than grid electricity

Scope 3 Breakdown

This dashboard shows us:

• The full breakdown of supply chain emissions, starting from the total on the left and then breaking down into various categories as you move to the right.
• The first category is the Scope 3 Category which aligns with the GHG Protocol.
• The second, third and fourth categories are simply grouping of similar activities, as you can see Waste Management is made up of both General Waste and Recycling, and the General Waste is made up of both General Waste management and General Waste - Water.
• The final column shows a list of suppliers and their contribution to emissions under the combination of categories that have been selected from left to right.

Scope 3 Suppliers

This dashboard shows us:

• The Scope 3 Emissions Sources graph which gives a visual representation of the total Scope 3 emissions broken down by the the Emissions Category, which is the first column of breakdown after the Scope 3 Category on the Scope 3 Breakdown dashboard.
• The table below provides a way of sorting and filtering through the Scope 3 emissions, showing the highest contributing supplier of any category at the top.

Sitemap

This dashboard shows us:

• The Scope 3 - Source of Emissions graph which gives a visual representation of the total Scope 3 emissions broken down by the the Emissions Sub-Category, which is the second column of breakdown after the Scope 3 Category on the Scope 3 Breakdown dashboard.
• The Emissions by Location shows how the total emissions of the organisation are spread across the world based on the location of their facilities.

Supplier Engagement

This dashboard shows us:

• The Summary of Responses graph shows the total number of businesses engaged through supplier engagement and the percentage split of the result from their engagement.
• The Reason if Not Interested graph shows the various reasons businesses gave for not being interested in providing the data on their primary emissions.
• The Industry Type and Response graph shows both the combination of responses obtained by industry, and the combination of industries that provided each type of response.
• The tables on the right shows the status of each businesses response, the percentage of the organisation’s payments to suppliers (as this is an indicator of contribution to total emissions, however the supplier engagement is completed before emissions are determined), and the industry that supplier is in.

Supplier Site Map

This dashboard shows us:

The map along the top shows the primary location of the businesses that make up the organisations supply chain.

The table in the bottom left shows the country of the businesses in the organisations supply chain, as well as the percentage of the organisation’s payments to suppliers.

The graph in the bottom right shows the split by country of the businesses in the organisation’s supply chain.