Measure, analyse and report on 100% of your operational and financed emissions.
Financed emissions are central to your footprint.
Like all businesses, venture capital and private equity investors generate emissions from their own operations (e.g. office energy, travel, procurement), but they're also responsible for some emissions from their portfolio companies, known as "financed emissions" (scope 3, category 15 in a GHG Protocol compliant footprint).
Accounting for financed emissions is central to a comprehensive and compliant footprint that:
iCI Greenhouse Gas Accounting
and Reporting Guide (2022)
All of your emissions, in one place. Designed for venture capital and private equity, seedlingInvest ensures complete coverage of operational and financed emissions.
Identify emission hotspots and track decarbonisation at the company, fund and portfolio level using our detailed analytics dashboard.
In a click, generate an integrated, iCI-compliant emissions report, including sustainability benchmarking KPIs required by the SFDR and TCFD.
Input your operational data (e.g. office energy, business travel) into our intuitive, software-based survey. Our business carbon accounting engine calculates your GHG-compliant internal footprint.
Invite your portfolio companies to complete a carbon assessment with Seedling. Our platform is designed for SMEs - flexible pricing and intuitive carbon accounting software that's accurate but low-burden for growing teams. If the business already calculates their footprint, simply add their data to the platform.
Not every business is ready to complete a full carbon footprint. Instead, use our multi-factor tool to estimate the emissions of any business in your portfolio, whilst staying compliant with industry carbon accounting standards.
In a click, our portfolio carbon accounting engine calculates your financed emissions in full compliance with the PCAF and iCI reporting standards. View detailed analytics at the company, fund and portfolio levels.
Share a comprehensive, integrated emissions report with LPs and other key stakeholders. Our carbon accounting engine calculates KPIs to report against the SFDR and TCFD sustainability benchmarking schemes. Download as a PDF or share via your dedicated public dashboard, accessible via link or QR code.
Differentiate by providing rich reporting to current and potential LPs.
Use our estimate tool to screen potential investments for environmental impact.
Decarbonise your investments and embed best practice to add value for exit.
Neutralise your financed emissions.
Operate a Carbon Neutral Fund by offsetting the fund's Scope 1 and 2 financed footprint, alongside your internal emissions. Invest directly as a firm to offset financed emissions, or encourage portfolio companies to become Carbon Neutral businesses.
Share your climate impact with current and potential LPs using the Seedling-certified Carbon Neutral Fund badge in your fund communications.
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