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What is EKOTRACE?
EKOTRACE is Ekobon's carbon and ESG accounting platform. It captures activity data from bills, meters, ERP systems and suppliers, checks and approves it, calculates Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with versioned emission factors, and produces dashboards, GHG inventories, CBAM data, ESG disclosures and verifier packs from one verified ledger.
What is EKOFIN?
EKOFIN is Ekobon's platform for financed emissions. Banks, asset managers and insurers add companies, funds and other assets, and EKOFIN calculates financed emissions under the PCAF Standard, scores data quality, sends data requests to counterparties and tracks intensity against sector pathways for IFRS S2 and TCFD reporting.
What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?
Scope 1 covers direct emissions from sources you own or control, such as fuel combustion, company vehicles and refrigerant leaks. Scope 2 covers purchased electricity, heat, steam and cooling. Scope 3 covers the rest of your value chain, across 15 categories from purchased goods to investments. EKOTRACE assigns the scope automatically when you enter an activity.
Which standards and frameworks does EKOTRACE support?
EKOTRACE follows the GHG Protocol Corporate, Scope 2 and Scope 3 Standards and ISO 14064-1, supports ISO 14067 product footprints, and helps prepare for ISO 14064-3 verification. ESG reporting covers ESRS, GRI, IFRS S1 and S2, SASB, VSME, CDP and regional exchange guidance. EKOFIN follows the PCAF Standard.
What is BRSR Core, and who needs assessment or assurance?
BRSR Core is a set of key ESG indicators within SEBI's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report, covering nine attributes such as GHG, energy, water and waste. Under SEBI's glide path, the top 1,000 listed entities by market capitalisation need a third-party assessment or assurance of BRSR Core from FY 2026-27. EKOTRACE keeps these figures with evidence and approvals, ready for the provider.
Does EKOTRACE support CBAM?
Yes. Producers and exporters can model installations, production routes and precursors, calculate direct and indirect embedded emissions per product and share them with EU customers. EU importers can collect installation data from suppliers and compare actual values with default values, ready for verification and the annual CBAM declaration.
How does the supplier portal work?
You invite suppliers by hand or from a list. They sign in with their e-mail and an access code, with no licence needed, and report emissions, targets or product footprints. You review each submission before it counts. Accepted figures become supplier-specific factors that replace spend-based estimates in your Scope 3 inventory.
How can we get data into the platform?
Teams can enter data by activity with guided forms, upload bills and meter readings with evidence, add flights from airport codes, use Excel or CSV templates, run scheduled batch imports from ERP and finance systems, use QR codes and surveys on site, and collect data from suppliers through the supplier portal.
Where is our data hosted, and can we use our own servers?
You can choose the region where your data is hosted, or deploy on your own infrastructure. Data is encrypted in transit and at rest, access uses MFA with optional SSO and SCIM, and each client's data is kept separate. At contract end, data is deleted and a destruction certificate is issued.
How do approvals and the audit trail work?
Every entry is checked against its recent history and approved by a different person from the one who entered it. Sensitive changes, such as base-year restatements and credit retirements, need a second approver. Every edit records who changed what, when and the before and after values, so any figure can be traced back to its source.
Is EKOTRACE ready for third-party verification?
EKOTRACE is designed for assurance. Each figure carries its evidence, emission factor version and approval trail. A verifier role gives read-only access with sampling, and a verifier pack exports the inventory, boundaries, methods, factor versions, entries with evidence and restatements in one place.
How long does implementation take?
It depends on the number of entities and sites, the data sources involved and any integrations. Many organisations can complete a first inventory within weeks using guided entry and templates, then add ERP batch runs and supplier engagement over time. We agree a plan with milestones during onboarding.
How is EKOTRACE priced?
EKOTRACE and EKOFIN are offered on subscription, priced by the modules you use and the number of entities and sites. Hosting options and integrations can affect the total. Request a demo and we will prepare a quote based on your scope.
Do you offer carbon offsetting?
Yes, after reduction. We help you choose high-quality, independently verified projects in renewable energy, nature-based solutions, clean cooking, community development, carbon removal and blue carbon. Purchases and retirements are tracked in EKOTRACE, with net emissions shown beside gross, never instead of it.
Do you provide advisory services?
Our sustainability team supports clients with GHG inventories, life cycle assessments and EPDs, CBAM, financed emissions, climate risk and TCFD reporting, EcoVadis readiness and target setting. Advisory work uses the same platform, so the data stays with you.
Can partners white-label EKOTRACE?
Yes. Consultancies and partners can offer EKOTRACE under their own brand, hosted in the region their clients need. Platform updates flow through while the partner's branding is kept. Contact us to discuss partnership terms.