How were your clients' carbon footprints calculated before contacting Sami?

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Before turning to Sami we mainly used the Bilan Carbone+ tool from the Association for the Low-Carbon Transition (ABC), a software alternative to the traditional Excel file offering a few additional features.

In parallel, we developed our own Excel tools to complement it: employee questionnaires, result presentation charts, action plan tracking, etc.

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Why did you want to equip yourself with a tool?

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We observed that many specialized carbon accounting tools have emerged in recent years.

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The desire to try one was accelerated by two elements:

• client requests who, seeing the same trend, asked us to provide them with a dashboard to monitor their climate strategy in addition to the usual spreadsheets and slides.
• CorpoKarma's desire to support clients in a strong integration of environmental issues into their strategy and operations. Data is a strategic element for this, and using a tool makes it easier for teams to appropriate the Carbon issue.

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Our added value as a consulting firm is to support the client in data collection during the first times but above all subsequently, to facilitate the analysis of their results, the definition of an action plan for reduction and the support of their teams to implement it.

On all calculation steps, searching for emission factors or quantifying the reduction potential of actions, it seems obvious to us that tools will be useful and will even save us time to concentrate on our core business.

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What do you think of Sami?

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Once we have taken the tool in hand, we generally notice a significant difference in processing time to carry out carbon footprints.

Among the strengths of the tool, there is the “Employee Questionnaire”, directly integrated into the platform and adaptable to each client, which dispenses us from keeping up to date the one we initially did with our own tools.

In addition to collecting team data, it includes an awareness-raising component by giving the professional carbon footprint of each person who fills it out and advice on how to reduce it.

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Automated accounting data processing also saves time by avoiding manual collection of data related to certain purchases and assets.

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Sami's emission categories, which are finer than the usual scopes and posts, are very helpful for us and often more pedagogical for our clients.

The software interface is fluid and is compatible with all browsers, without having to install anything.

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For some clients with more complex carbon footprints, the tool is less practical to handle, requiring manual processing of the data before copying and pasting.

This is also because the Sami tool is still recent, the technical team is aware and reactive: we are convinced that the tool will continue to be enriched in the future.

The transparency of the customer relationship and the great listening of the team to our feedback are also very appreciable.

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What do your clients think of Sami?

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Our clients' feedback is positive.

They have their own space where they can collect the data necessary for the calculations, consult their carbon footprint results, complete and monitor their action plan.

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For some, it's a real plus for carbon footprint tracking.

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The tool's pedagogy and the building blocks for raising awareness among teams about climate issues are also highly appreciated, with the famous “Employee Questionnaire” leading the way.

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