Provide Emission Data
Providing emissions data for the products you supply helps your EU customers meet their regulatory obligations while demonstrating your commitment to transparency and climate responsibility. By sharing accurate data, you help your customer avoid estimated emissions values, ensuring your products are represented correctly and competitively in the EU market. kolum makes it straightforward for you to provide this data in a way that fits your workflow, whether you already track emissions, calculate them yourself, or are just beginning to collect this information.
Reporting Timeframe
kolum gives you a dedicated Emission Data page that brings together the requests from all of your EU buyers in one place. Choose the Reporting Timeframe the data applies to, and the page shows every outstanding request for that period across all buyers in a single, decluttered view — so you no longer work through buyers one at a time. Your Emission Data per CN Code table is scoped to the selected timeframe, and the currently running forecast timeframe is selectable and selected by default.
Why Providing Emission Data Matters
Your EU customers are required to report the embedded emissions in the goods they import. If emissions data is missing, your products may be reported with conservative, higher default values that do not reflect your actual footprint. When you provide emissions data:
- Your customer can complete reporting accurately and efficiently.
- Your products are not assigned unnecessarily high emissions values.
- Your relationship with your customer is strengthened through transparency.
- You actively contribute to climate responsibility within your supply chain.
How You Can Provide Emission Data
kolum offers several flexible options to match how you work. When you enter data on the platform, the Provide Emission Data form is organized around per-product emission data entries, so each product you supply has its own clearly separated entry and values are not copied between products.
Share Your Existing Excel Files — Many suppliers already track emissions data in Excel files or internal systems. You can send your existing emissions files directly to your EU customer, who will transfer this information into kolum's structured upload template and handle the upload, ensuring your data is connected to your products correctly. To ensure a smooth process:
- Include clear product names and reference numbers.
- Double-check your data for accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure the data covers the relevant reporting period and production methods.
Enter Emissions Data Directly on kolum — If you prefer entering data directly, you can log into kolum and input emissions data for each product. This ensures your emissions are immediately linked to your articles within kolum and visible to your customer. This is ideal if you manage a smaller number of products or if you prefer a straightforward, structured entry process.
Calculate and Provide Emissions Data with kolum — If you do not yet have emissions data calculated, kolum's emissions calculator can guide you step-by-step. You will add your production facility, reporting period, and production processes before kolum leads you through a clear calculation process, ensuring your emissions data aligns with your actual operations.
If You Act as a Trader — If you purchase goods from upstream suppliers and resell them to your EU customers, you can collect emissions data from those suppliers and share it via kolum. You can invite your suppliers to provide data directly in kolum, or you can gather the data externally and enter it yourself to maintain accurate tracking and transparency.
What Happens After You Provide Data
Once your emissions data is provided:
- Your EU customer will see your data connected to your products within kolum.
- Your data will be ready for their reporting without additional manual work.
- You remain in control of your data while supporting your customer's compliance processes.
Providing accurate, organized data reduces delays, avoids unnecessary manual clarification, and ensures your products are represented fairly in your customer's reporting.
Key Points to Keep in Mind
- Providing emissions data helps avoid default or estimated values being reported for your products.
- Choose the method that fits your current workflow and data readiness.
- Share accurate, clear, and complete data with your customer to reduce back-and-forth.
- You can update or adjust data in the future if your emissions values change or are refined.
What's new
kolum now provides a dedicated supplier Emission Data page that consolidates every buyer's requests for a selected Reporting Timeframe in one decluttered view, and the Provide Emission Data form now captures per-product emission data entries.