Case Study: a leading e-commerce platform builds an in-house carbon management solution with Climatiq

Building a carbon management solution for a global E-commerce platform

A leading e-commerce platform based in Berlin faced significant challenges with its manual, spreadsheet-based approach to carbon accounting. This opaque and slow process was insufficient for its ambitious 2025 climate targets. The company needed to bring this capability in-house to automate continuous calculation of Scope 1-3 emissions across its complex, global operations and provide tailored insights to teams like logistics and procurement, requiring a robust and scalable solution. They turned to Climatiq for its carbon calculation API and data services.

The solution involved embedding the Climatiq API into a new, centralized sustainability data hub built on Databricks. This setup automated the carbon emission calculations with minimal human input, providing teams with self-service access to reliable, auditable emissions data based on the GHG Protocol. The results included strong data governance, as no sensitive transactional data was stored outside the company's own systems, and significant cost and time savings from automating previously manual tasks.