Report your progress
The SME Reporting Tool enables committed SMEs to report on their emissions
The SME Reporting Tool enables committed SMEs to report on their emissions
The SME Reporting Tool helps small businesses create annual greenhouse gas emission reports and track their reduction efforts. Tailored for SMEs and originated from the SME Climate Disclosure Framework, the reported data can be used in your business reports, websites, or shared with stakeholders.
Reporting on key actions and initiatives a company is taking to reduce its emissions is important for understanding what the company is doing to meet its targets and the impact of its initiatives on the company’s emissions.
The SME Reporting Tool is provided as a free resource to enable SMEs to create a climate report summarizing their annual greenhouse gas emissions, including the actions they are taking and the impact of their emissions reduction effort.
The report and its data can be integrated into annual business reports, shared on company websites, or directly distributed to customers and funders.
What you can do today:
An important part of the SME Climate Commitment is to disclose progress on a yearly basis. To continue as SME Climate Hub committed companies and members of the United Nations Race to Zero campaign, SMEs are required to publicly report on progress against short-term and long-term targets as well as actions taken, through an annual climate report.
Businesses can use the free SME Reporting Tool, developed specifically for SMEs. The tool helps complete a report summary, which is submitted to the SME Climate Hub and can be shared with various stakeholders.
SMEs that joined from January 2022 onwards shall provide their first progress report within 12 months of making the SME Climate Commitment. If they need more time to complete their report, they can send an email to [email protected] to be granted an extension of up to 6 months. SMEs that joined the SME Climate Hub in 2020 or 2021 must provide their first report by July 2023.
SMEs who fail to provide their report will no longer be counted amongst SME Climate Hub committed businesses and will be removed from the SME Climate Hub website and the UN Race to Zero website. As highlighted above, the SME Climate Hub will provide committed SMEs with reasonable time to meet the reporting requirements.
The SME Reporting Tool contains mandatory questions, in line with SME Climate Hub requirements, which are anchored in the United Nations Race to Zero starting line criteria:
The SME Reporting Tool also includes highly recommended but non-mandatory questions, which provide an opportunity to report on the company’s overall climate strategy and progress. Non-mandatory questions include:
The data provided through the SME Reporting Tool will be made public through the SME Climate Hub website. Note that sensitive company information such as contact details will not be disclosed. Participating SMEs will be able to access their full report and data through their SME Climate Hub dashboard.
The SME Climate Hub will automatically check that the mandatory data has been provided if the company reports through the SME Reporting Tool.
SMEs are responsible for the quality of their own data. The SME Climate Hub does not take responsibility for reviewing the content in the reports but will select sample reports to review at a high level, including reports produced through the SME Reporting Tool and other public reports submitted. These reviews are for internal quality control only and will not constitute external review or verification.
The quality of the data is the responsibility of the business completing the report. If an SME identifies significant errors or missing data after completing their report through the SME Climate Hub, they will be able to send an email to [email protected] and request a change-out of the previous report to a corrected version.
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