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Unlock Precision Carbon Modeling: Custom Properties for Every Metric, Every Team, Every Regulation

In today’s climate-driven economy, sustainability isn’t a side project—it’s a core business function. And yet, nearly half of all sustainability decision-makers (47%, according to the carbmee Sustainability Intelligence Report) identify data availability as their single greatest challenge. That’s why we're proud to launch Custom Properties: the industry’s most powerful new tool to make carbon data as dynamic, detailed, and adaptable as your business.

With Custom Properties, carbmee becomes the first carbon management platform to let you data model to your exact operational, regulatory, and reporting needs—without workarounds, without compromise. That’s what we call carbontology.

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From One-Size-Fits-All to Fit-for-You

Most carbon accounting platforms take a rigid approach: pre-set fields, fixed templates, and a universal model that struggles to capture the complexity of real-world operations, especially for companies with complex supply chains. But carbon management is not one-size-fits-all.

Whether you’re tracking the share of renewable energy at specific manufacturing sites or mapping the repairability score of every product in your portfolio, your business needs ESG data that mirrors your operations—not the other way around.

Custom Properties is a major leap forward for our customers. It gives them the power to adapt their carbon models to the exact realities of their operations—no compromises, no workarounds. This feature was born directly from the needs of our users, who told us they needed more flexibility to stay ahead of regulations, integrate internal systems, and track the metrics that matter most. With Custom Properties, we’re delivering a capability that can solve virtually any ESG data challenge—especially the complex, dynamic demands of managing supply chain emissions and performance. Carbontology starts now

 — Robin Spickers, Co-Founder of carbmee

Unlock key use cases

  • Track Recycled Content Percentage to support circular economy metrics and demonstrate material reuse in products.
  • Measure Waste Recovery Rate and Product End-of-Life Treatment to fulfill CSRD & ESRS reporting requirements and align with regulatory sustainability disclosures.
  • Assess Supplier Carbon Scores to manage Scope 3 emissions and drive decarbonization efforts across the value chain.

    Integrate ERP Material Codes to directly link product-level carbon data with enterprise systems for streamlined reporting and traceability.
  • Analyze Share of Renewable Energy by site, region, or product line to evaluate decarbonization progress and inform energy procurement strategies.

    Implement a Repairability Score to enhance product lifecycle analysis and improve circularity and customer value.
  • Apply Carbon Pricing Models to evaluate emissions cost exposure, improve risk management, and gain a competitive edge through carbon efficiency.
  • Embed Ecodesign Principles into product development to reduce environmental impact, comply with regulations, and unlock sustainable innovation.
  • Use Marginal Cost Abatement Curves to identify and prioritize low-cost emissions reduction opportunities with maximum return on investment.

Why Customization Matters: The Strategic Value of Data

Organizations that excel at ESG data management don’t just report more—they act faster, reduce costs, and outperform peers. McKinsey reports that companies with strong ESG credentials cut costs by 5–10%, largely through operational efficiency, better resource use, and waste reduction. The key enabler? Deep, accurate data.

Meanwhile, a World Economic Council report shows that over 70% of companies cite data fragmentation as a major barrier to ESG progress. It’s not that the data isn’t there—it’s that businesses can’t consolidate or contextualize it effectively. This is where Custom Properties delivers unmatched strategic value.

By allowing teams to map internal KPIs and external requirements directly into carbmee’s platform, companies gain a unified, coherent data model that grows with them. This not only saves hours—sometimes days—of manual work per reporting cycle but also unlocks cross-functional clarity between sustainability, procurement, finance, and operations.

 Real-Time Flexibility Meets Future-Proof Reporting

The sustainability reporting landscape is shifting rapidly. The EU’s CSRD and ESRS regulations alone introduce dozens of new mandatory disclosure points. Add to that voluntary frameworks like TCFD, ISSB, or sector-specific guidelines, and suddenly a fixed reporting model simply can’t keep up.

With Custom Properties, carbmee equips your team to respond in real time. Need to add a new field to align with an emerging regulation? Done. Want to track a unique decarbonization metric for internal dashboards? Add it in seconds. The system adapts as your needs evolve.

 A Smarter Data Model = A Smarter Organization

Here’s what’s possible when you build your data model around your business:

  • Faster, smoother ESG reporting: Save significant time by auto-populating carbon models with exactly the data you need—no cleaning, no duplication, no guesswork.
  • Better collaboration: With shared, customized data fields, teams across departments speak the same language—accelerating workflows and reducing friction.
  • Clearer insights: By capturing the nuances of your operations, your sustainability reports become more than compliance checklists—they become strategic tools for decision-making.
  • Reduced risk: Flexible data fields allow you to respond quickly to regulatory changes, ensuring you stay ahead of ESG disclosure requirements.

According to Gartner, by 2026, 70% of organizations will use ESG reporting software as part of their digital strategy. But only those with customizable, scalable platforms will be positioned to derive real strategic value.

Customization Without Complexity

At carbmee, we believe flexibility should empower—not overwhelm. That’s why Custom Properties are intuitive by design. Add new fields from a simple interface, assign them to any object in the system (like sites, suppliers, products, or materials), and instantly make them available for calculations, dashboards, or exports.

Whether you're a sustainability lead embedding climate metrics across your business or an IT manager integrating with internal systems, Custom Properties offer a smarter, more scalable way to manage ESG data.

Available Now. Free for All carbmee EIS Users.

Custom Properties are available today—at no additional cost—for all users of the carbmee Environmental Intelligence System (EIS). No hidden fees. No limits. Just the freedom to make your carbon model reflect the full complexity of your business.

Because no two businesses are alike, and your carbon software should know that.