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Carbon Accounting & Baseline

Measuring emissions; carbon factors (kgCO₂/kWh); historical baseline.

10 min read · Jacob Willis, Net Zero Lead


Net zero requires measuring emissions accurately - you cannot manage, target, or reduce what you have not quantified. Carbon accounting translates activities into emissions, establishing the baseline and tracking the progress on which everything else depends.