A business uses energy (electricity and fuel) to perform its operations and will likely produce some (or a lot!) of waste. This costs a business money in the form of monthly invoices from electricity, fuel, paper and waste companies. The use of these products also creates greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). Very simply, these emissions trap heat in the atmosphere. The increased emissions trapped in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels and landfills is a major cause of human induced climate change. 

You can read more about the Climate Emergency here

When a business implements a Sustainability Strategy it is important to know what the current and ongoing GHG emissions are, so you can determine whether your Sustainability Strategy is having a positive effect. This is also important because some of your actions for Sustainability will cost your business money, so you want to know it is working.

And lastly: You can't manage what you can't measure. 

GHG emissions reporting involves calculating emissions produced from resource use, such as electricity and fuel consumption and waste to landfill. These are called 'activities' and they can be converted to a carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2-e) using standard emission factors. This will help a business understand environmental impact of your operations, compare yourself to other similar organisations, set reduction goals and track progress.