GHG inventory locations

You might have more than one location that your organization owns, controls, or operates in. For example, an office, a warehouse, and/or a store.

Note: It’s important to add every location to Climate Smart separately so you get the most accurate results.

On this page:

• Prepare location data
• Add new locations
• Update locations

Prepare location data

You need to enter certain information about your location in Climate Smart. Have the following data about your locations ready.

Location name

Every location name in Climate Smart must be unique. This includes capitalization. For example, “Head Office – Calgary” and “Calgary head office” are different location names in Climate Smart.

To avoid confusion, try to name each location based on geography and building type. For example:

• Manufacturing Plant – Rochester, NY
• Head Office – Toronto
• Distribution Centre – West Coast

Full-time employees (FTEs)

You’ll need to enter the number of employees that work at each location. Remember to update this amount every year.

Climate Smart tracks the number of full-time equivalent employees, or FTEs, that work at each location. This is an intensity metric, meaning we can calculate your emissions based on the number of people who work there.  

Enter 1 for each FTE that works at a location. Enter 0.5 for each part-time employee that works at a location. For example, if 20 FTEs and 1 part-time employee work at a location, you’ll enter 20.5 into Climate Smart.

To update the number of employees while your inventory is in progress, you'll need to update your location information. Learn how to update locations. 

Address

Be prepared to enter your location’s address, including:

• Street address
• City
• Country
• Region (such as province or state)
• Postal code

Size

You might want to enter the size of your location in square meters. This information is optional.

Add new locations

To add new locations to your inventory:

1. On your Climate Smart dashboard, scroll to Emissions Manager and click MANAGE next to your inventory.
2. Next to GHG inventory, click MANAGE LOCATIONS.
3. Click ADD LOCATION.
4. Enter details about your new location. Check prepare location data to review the information you’ll need to enter in Climate Smart. When you’re done, click CREATE LOCATION.

Watch a video to see how this process works.

If you want to add multiple locations to your inventory at once, try importing location data instead.

Update locations

You might need to update information about a location while your inventory is in progress, such as its address or the number of employees who work there.

To update a location:

1. On your Climate Smart dashboard, scroll to Emissions Manager and click MANAGE next to your inventory.
2. Next to GHG inventory, click MANAGE LOCATIONS.
3. In the location’s row, click EDIT.
4. Update the information you need to change, then click UPDATE LOCATION.

Watch a video to see how this process works.