The Environmental Account Card Fields
Continia Sustainability offers a feature that enables you to input information about emissions from various activities such as facilities, vehicles, and waste. You can add these activities as environmental accounts, each with unique fields that specify the type of emissions. This article describes the fields on the environmental account cards and how you can use them. For more information on how to add cards for a specific environmental account, refer to the Environmental Account overview article or find the card of your choice in the table of contents on the left.
For example, on the environmental account card of employees commuting, on the General FastTab, you can enter information for the following fields:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| No. | Define the number linked to this employee commuting emission activity. |
| Name | Provide a name describing the source of the emission. For example, Car travel for a vehicle card or Food & Beverage for a purchased goods and services card. |
| Account type | This field lets you determine how to book costs and emissions related to this item. The options are:
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| Balance (kg CO2e) | The system reports emissions linked to the environmental account card, including the total accumulated carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions balance, once users begin reporting on it through the journals. |
| Blocked | If enabled, it prevents the user from making further postings to this environmental account. |
| Last date modified | Date of the last modification or update to the balance. Automatically generated. |
| Data source table | Specify the table that contains the relevant data used as the primary source. |
| Data source table filter | Defines any filters necessary to extract the data. |
| Emission factor set | Indicates the Emission factors database that is used for calculations. For example, Defra. |
| Emission category | Category under which emissions are classified. |
| Emission item code | Code identifying a specific emission factor. |
| No. of emission factors | The system will automatically display the number of emission factors related to the choice made earlier. Depending on the Emission Factor Set selected, the same emission factor may be provided in different units of measure. Additionally, it may combine multiple emission factors from upstream emissions, combustion emissions, and other sources. |