How to add activities

To calculate the CO2 emissions of your actions as a company, you or the managers of the respective entities in your organization must enter or upload your activities on our platform. Daato then automatically multiplies these by emission factors to calculate the emissions of the activity.

To add activities, click on "Add activity". There are then three options:

1. Smart search

If you select "Add with smart search", a pop-up window will open. Using our "Smart Search" you can then search for exactly the activity that is relevant to you and further filter the search results using the advanced search options. Daato then suggests relevant emission factors.

This is how it works:

Click on Add activity:

Describe activity (in German or English):

Option to use the advanced search options, e.g. sector, category, region, unit:

Select the activity:

Enter consumption/value, scope and unit (e.g. 25km journey by car):

You will then receive the calculated emissions in kg CO2 eq:

2. Add your own activity

If you want to enter activities for which you already have an emission factor, for example from an electricity bill with a specified emission factor, proceed as follows:

Click on "Add your own activity".

Describe activity, select measurement type, enter value, select unit, enter emission factor:

Enter date, document tag and comments if necessary:

This is what it looks like when an activity has been entered:

3. Import data

In addition to the options mentioned, you can also upload activities directly to Daato, with or without an emission factor. To do this, first click on "Import file":

You can now download a template in which you can enter data and then upload the document again.

The document works as follows:

There is only one mandatory entry, namely the name of the activity; the remaining activities can, but do not have to, be entered in order to make the upload possible.

If you already have activities, possibly with your own emission factors, you can fill them all in and upload them.

If, however, you do not have your own emission factors and want to use Daato's emission factor database, download the list of activities, search for the relevant activities, enter them in your list, add the relevant values and upload them again.