Audit-proven Carbon Accounting software for ASRS / CRD compliance
Trusted over hundreds of assurance grade, big 4 led audits with leading businesses. BraveGen’s smart carbon accounting software turns mandatory climate reporting from an administrative nightmare to a smooth process that leaves sustainability managers relaxed and auditors happy.
Developed, built and supported exclusively for New Zealand and Australia
LOVED BY AUDITORS
Move from admin and audit stress to confidence and carbon action with BraveGen
Built for regulated entities in New Zealand and Australia. Trusted by sustainability teams. Loved by auditors.
Automate data collection
Ultra flexible, automated data collection.
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Human centric software that is easy to use.
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Move from Climate Admin to Climate Action
Explore our four key steps to see how BraveGen turns complex climate administration into clear, decisive action.
Automate emission data capture to a single Source of Truth
Automate the capture and consolidation of disparate and diverse sustainability data across Scope 1, 2 and 3 into a single authoritative system of record
Automate
Utilise a breadth of data ingestion tools to digitise PDFs and process data files including file mapping and scheduled or ad hoc email-to-upload
Validate
Use built-in approval workflows and audit trails to ensure data integrity and traceability
Engage
Proactively gather Scope 3 data from suppliers throughout your value chain
Transform and map data to meet organisational hierarchies and categories
Align your data with organisational needs and CRD and ASRS frameworks
Categorise
Using guided tools tailored for CRD and ASRS requirements
Normalise
Take invoice-level data in native units and standardise it through calendar, unit, and currency mapping at location, group, and organization levels
Map hierarchies
Map hierarchies to your data across locations, portfolios, cost centers and more to meet stakeholder needs and internal and external reporting requirements
Enhance data
Enhance data quality, identify and replace missing data with validation rules, alerts and review processes
1 Click reporting with Big 4 Proven Compliance
Translate operational data to emissions for easy reporting with proven assurance grade audit systems
Apply
Apply over 40,000 emissions factors via a guided process for precise calculations
Deliver
Instantly generate regulator-ready reports for CRD, ASRS, GRI, XRB, NGERS, and more
Visualise and query
Visualise and query emissions, progress, and reduction opportunities at any level
Audit-proven
Providing the full history for data changes, traceability source files and data, transparency of factors and calculation, and audit reports to facilitate analysis for audit purposes
Take climate action with expert support for continuous improvement
Take Climate Action with tracking and analytical tools
Plan and track
Plan and track your path to achieving your targets whether they are Net Zero or science-based targets
Reduce
Reduce using BraveGen’s utility management and metering products to understand energy and other costs and consumption, identify anomalies with AI Alerts and improve performance
Automate emission data capture to a single Source of Truth
Automate the capture and consolidation of disparate and diverse sustainability data across Scope 1, 2 and 3 into a single authoritative system of record
Automate
Utilise a breadth of data ingestion tools to digitise PDFs and process data files including file mapping and scheduled or ad hoc email-to-upload
Validate
Use built-in approval workflows and audit trails to ensure data integrity and traceability
Engage
Proactively gather Scope 3 data from suppliers throughout your value chain
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TRANSFORM
Transform and map data to meet organisational hierarchies and categories
Align your data with organisational needs and CRD and ASRS frameworks
Categorise
Using guided tools tailored for CRD and ASRS requirements
Normalise
Take invoice-level data in native units and standardise it through calendar, unit, and currency mapping at location, group, and organization levels
Map hierarchies
Map hierarchies to your data across locations, portfolios, cost centers and more to meet stakeholder needs and internal and external reporting requirements
Enhance data
Enhance data quality, identify and replace missing data with validation rules, alerts and review processes
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REPORT
1 Click reporting with Big 4 Proven Compliance
Translate operational data to emissions for easy reporting with proven assurance grade audit systems
Apply
Apply over 40,000 emissions factors via a guided process for precise calculations
Deliver
Instantly generate regulator-ready reports for CRD, ASRS, GRI, XRB, NGERS, and more
Visualise and query
Visualise and query emissions, progress, and reduction opportunities at any level
Audit-proven
Providing the full history for data changes, traceability source files and data, transparency of factors and calculation, and audit reports to facilitate analysis for audit purposes
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ACT
Take climate action with expert support for continuous improvement
Take Climate Action with tracking and analytical tools
Plan and track
Plan and track your path to achieving your targets whether they are Net Zero or science-based targets
Reduce
Reduce using BraveGen’s utility management and metering products to understand energy and other costs and consumption, identify anomalies with AI Alerts and improve performance
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Over two decades of success with
New Zealand and Australian businesses
Built to support CRD and ASRS compliance with comprehensive Scope 1, 2, and 3 data capture, audit-proven reporting , and actionable carbon reduction planning for Australian and New Zealand businesses.
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Carbon Compliance Built In
BraveGen is built to comply with Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) / AASB S2 and New Zealand’s Climate Reporting Disclosure Requirements
Accounting
- GHG Protocol
- ISO 14064-1
Disclosure New Zealand
- CRD – ISSB, TCFD
Disclosure Australia
- ASRS – (IFRS S1 & S2), TCFD, SASB, CDSB
- NGERS
Targets
- Science-based Targets
4M+ Daily Sustainability data rows processed for New Zealand and Australian businesses.
25 Years Delivering sustainability insights
and improvements.
18 Years Experience in Big 4 Tested, Assurance Grade Sustainability Audit Support.
4M+ Daily Sustainability data rows processed for New Zealand and Australian businesses.
25 Years Delivering sustainability insights
and improvements.
18 Years Experience in Big 4 Tested, Assurance Grade Sustainability Audit Support.
Powerful alone but even better with BraveGen Building Optimisation
Businesses with large owned and/ or tenanted property portfolios often struggle with sustainability data capture due to difficult utility systems and access issues with tenant data. BraveGen’s Building Optimisation product solves these problems and makes the data actionable.
Here’s what adding Building Optimisation offers our Carbon Accounting customers:
Comprehensive Building Data Capture: Seamlessly gather utility data from the BraveGen Connect logger, smart meters, APIs, utility PDF invoices and more.
Automate Fast: Speed set up with automated channel creation, load assignments, and file map ingestion.
Easy Tenant Utility Scope 3 Capture: BraveGen’s Connect logger enables capturing tenant data without tenant involvement.
Scaled and Audit-Proven: Supports large, diverse portfolios with transparent data validation workflows that is easily integrated into BraveGen Carbon.
Simple One-Click Reporting: Generate reports for key sustainability frameworks – from NABERS through to GRESB and Green Star.
Actionable Cost and Carbon Reduction: Identify inefficiencies and supports Net Zero goals with actionable AI insights giving you only the alerts that matter.
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BRAVEGEN SUPPORT
Get to Carbon Action Faster with BraveGen Consulting Support
BraveGen’s consulting services help you implement tailored strategies that accelerate your carbon management efforts, ensuring accuracy and actionable insights.
Our consulting team doesn’t just advise – they help you get the most from the BraveGen Carbon platform by working alongside your internal teams.
Scope 3 Materiality
Workshops and analysis to help you understand where to focus your efforts within your scope 3 value chain.
Audit Support
Hands-on support during your audit, working with you and your auditor to ensure an efficient, pain-free audit process.
Climate Literacy
Bring your leadership teams up to speed with the language of climate change in the corporate world.
Scenario Analysis
From basic preparation to complete facilitation of your first scenario analysis process, from start to climate report readiness.
Forecasting
Support for forecasting your GHG emissions; building BI charts to visualise the journey.
Science-aligned target setting
From explaining the ins and outs target setting, to facilitation of your first (or updated) GHG reduction targets, using the SBTi framework.
Climate Reporting Readiness
Expert support for CRD, ASRS compliance, and audit-ready GHG reporting.
Data Optimisation and Insights
Maximise the value of our analytical, reporting, and decision-making tools with expert support.
Frequently Asked Questions
How is BraveGen different?
We are not new to carbon accounting. Our carbon software and expertise results from over two decades of experience helping companies reduce the cost of their reporting and compliance and take more effective climate action. We focus on the needs of mid-market and enterprise clients, especially those with large property portfolios that can leverage our Building Optimisation software. Using the full suite multiplies our impact.
Here’s what you get with BraveGen Carbon Accounting.
- Proven with Big 4 assurance grade audits
BraveGen’s founding product manager was an auditor so transparency, traceability and easy audit processes are a given.
- Designed to make sustainability easy
Code free data integrations, easy rollbacks, quarantine tools and more. Get the unique, practical features that no one else has.
- Built and scaled for Australia and New Zealand
Local support with over 20 years of ANZ sustainability software experience and 4M sustainability data rows processed every day.
Our New Zealand experience in carbon accounting makes us uniquely valuable to Australian companies. We are not just audit ready but audit proven with long history assurance grade audits.
Our team has deep experience with carbon accounting software. We initiated the category in New Zealand 17 years ago. Using our software shows the benefit of this experience. From being able to easily reverse batch uploads to quarantine functionality with a simple on / off toggle, our customers tell us that we have created a system that just works.
Our focus is on the needs of mid-market to large enterprise customers, who normally have more complex data and governance requirements. Our Sustainability Suite with Building Optimisation makes us particularly valuable to businesses with large property portfolios.
We are proudly built in New Zealand and focused on delivering sustainability results for the Australia and New Zealand market better than anyone else.
What is CRD?
New Zealand’s Climate-related Disclosures (CRD) regime requires certain large organisations to publicly report on climate-related risks and opportunities, following recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The mandatory reporting applies to large companies, listed issuers, banks, non-bank deposit takers, licensed insurers, and investment managers, requiring them to disclose their governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics around climate change impacts on their business.
CRD reporting focuses on both the risks climate change poses to the organisation (physical and transition risks) and the organisation’s impact on climate change, with the first mandatory disclosures beginning for the 2023 financial year and reported in 2024.
What is ASRS?
Australia’s ASRS applies to large entities including listed companies, large proprietary companies with consolidated revenue exceeding $500 million, and certain registered schemes such as managed investment schemes that meet specified size criteria. These requirements capture most significant Australian businesses and investment vehicles.
The standards align with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) framework and require covered entities to disclose how climate-related risks and opportunities affect their business strategy, financial performance, and operations. This includes reporting on governance structures for climate oversight, strategic responses to both physical risks (such as extreme weather events) and transition risks (including regulatory changes and market shifts), risk management processes, and relevant metrics and targets.
Mandatory reporting under ASRS begins for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2025, meaning many Australian organisations are currently implementing systems and processes to meet these disclosure requirements. The regime positions Australia alongside other jurisdictions implementing similar climate disclosure frameworks, providing investors and stakeholders with standardised, decision-useful information about climate-related business impacts.
What do you mean by audit proven?
Audit-proven means BraveGen’s systems have been successfully verified by independent auditors across complex property portfolios and carbon reporting requirements. Our platforms consistently pass rigorous third-party verification processes, demonstrating that the data, calculations, and reporting outputs meet professional auditing standards.
This reliability addresses a critical pain point for our sustainability customers who need confidence that their systems will withstand scrutiny during audit processes with minimal effort and delays. Being auditor-friendly is embedded in the DNA of BraveGen’s software – our first product manager was an auditor, ensuring our systems are designed from the ground up for seamless verification.
Our audit-proven status is demonstrated through our extensive track record of successful third-party verifications and clients achieving certification targets with streamlined audit processes. No other ANZ-focused provider has successfully completed as many assurance-level audits as BraveGen, establishing us as the right choice for sustainability professionals who want to reduce the stress and time involved with audits so they can focus on climate action.
Do I need carbon accounting software?
Carbon accounting has evolved from a voluntary sustainability initiative to a mandatory compliance requirement with Australia’s ASRS and New Zealand’s CRD. Just as no organisation would manage their financial accounts using spreadsheets alone, carbon accounting requires specialised software to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
The Cost of Manual Approaches
Many companies still manage their carbon footprint with spreadsheet tools, but this approach creates significant risks:
- Error-prone processes: Up to 86% of spreadsheets contain errors that can undermine entire emissions inventories
- Data silos: Metrics scattered across different sources make consolidated reporting nearly impossible
- Time-intensive workflows: Manual data collection requires extensive human labor to chase records and input data
- Scope 3 challenges: 85% of companies report “access to data” as their top barrier, yet Scope 3 represents ~90% of most organisations’ carbon footprint
- Audit vulnerabilities: Manual processes break audit trails and lack the transparency required for compliance
BraveGen Carbon Accounting
BraveGen’s carbon accounting software transforms these challenges into competitive advantages:
Automated Data Management
- Single source of truth for all emissions data across Scope 1, 2, and 3
- Code free automated supplier data processing with BraveGen’s Building Optimisation software offering advanced PDF processing for utility invoices and bills as well as AI-powered alerts for building optimisation driving cost and carbon reduction.
Audit-Proven Accuracy
- Tested across hundreds of Big 4 assurance-grade audits
- Built-in approval workflows and complete audit trails
- Over 40,000 emission factors with guided application processes
Dramatic Efficiency Gains
- Companies see as much as a 95% reduction in time required for carbon accounting processes
- Instant generation of regulator-ready reports for ASRS, CRD, GRI, and other frameworks
- 24/7 access to real-time carbon performance data
- Expert Support Included
- ANZ-based sustainability experts and client success managers
- Specialised consulting from Scope 3 materiality to audit support
- Hands-on guidance through complex reporting scenarios
The Bottom Line
Manual carbon accounting becomes a compliance risk that gets more expensive as your organisation grows. BraveGen’s carbon accounting software transforms carbon accounting from an administrative burden into a strategic tool for climate action.
We are not new to carbon accounting. Our carbon software and expertise results from over two decades of experience helping companies reduce the cost of their reporting and compliance and take more effective climate action. We focus on the needs of mid-market and enterprise clients, especially those with large property portfolios that can leverage our Building Optimisation software. Using the full suite multiplies our impact.
Here’s what you get with BraveGen Carbon Accounting.
- Proven with Big 4 assurance grade audits
BraveGen’s founding product manager was an auditor so transparency, traceability and easy audit processes are a given.
- Designed to make sustainability easy
Code free data integrations, easy rollbacks, quarantine tools and more. Get the unique, practical features that no one else has.
- Built and scaled for Australia and New Zealand
Local support with over 20 years of ANZ sustainability software experience and 4M sustainability data rows processed every day.
Our New Zealand experience in carbon accounting makes us uniquely valuable to Australian companies. We are not just audit ready but audit proven with long history assurance grade audits.
Our team has deep experience with carbon accounting software. We initiated the category in New Zealand 17 years ago. Using our software shows the benefit of this experience. From being able to easily reverse batch uploads to quarantine functionality with a simple on / off toggle, our customers tell us that we have created a system that just works.
Our focus is on the needs of mid-market to large enterprise customers, who normally have more complex data and governance requirements. Our Sustainability Suite with Building Optimisation makes us particularly valuable to businesses with large property portfolios.
We are proudly built in New Zealand and focused on delivering sustainability results for the Australia and New Zealand market better than anyone else.
New Zealand’s Climate-related Disclosures (CRD) regime requires certain large organisations to publicly report on climate-related risks and opportunities, following recommendations from the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). The mandatory reporting applies to large companies, listed issuers, banks, non-bank deposit takers, licensed insurers, and investment managers, requiring them to disclose their governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics around climate change impacts on their business.
CRD reporting focuses on both the risks climate change poses to the organisation (physical and transition risks) and the organisation’s impact on climate change, with the first mandatory disclosures beginning for the 2023 financial year and reported in 2024.
Australia’s ASRS applies to large entities including listed companies, large proprietary companies with consolidated revenue exceeding $500 million, and certain registered schemes such as managed investment schemes that meet specified size criteria. These requirements capture most significant Australian businesses and investment vehicles.
The standards align with the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) framework and require covered entities to disclose how climate-related risks and opportunities affect their business strategy, financial performance, and operations. This includes reporting on governance structures for climate oversight, strategic responses to both physical risks (such as extreme weather events) and transition risks (including regulatory changes and market shifts), risk management processes, and relevant metrics and targets.
Mandatory reporting under ASRS begins for annual reporting periods commencing on or after 1 January 2025, meaning many Australian organisations are currently implementing systems and processes to meet these disclosure requirements. The regime positions Australia alongside other jurisdictions implementing similar climate disclosure frameworks, providing investors and stakeholders with standardised, decision-useful information about climate-related business impacts.
Audit-proven means BraveGen’s systems have been successfully verified by independent auditors across complex property portfolios and carbon reporting requirements. Our platforms consistently pass rigorous third-party verification processes, demonstrating that the data, calculations, and reporting outputs meet professional auditing standards.
This reliability addresses a critical pain point for our sustainability customers who need confidence that their systems will withstand scrutiny during audit processes with minimal effort and delays. Being auditor-friendly is embedded in the DNA of BraveGen’s software – our first product manager was an auditor, ensuring our systems are designed from the ground up for seamless verification.
Our audit-proven status is demonstrated through our extensive track record of successful third-party verifications and clients achieving certification targets with streamlined audit processes. No other ANZ-focused provider has successfully completed as many assurance-level audits as BraveGen, establishing us as the right choice for sustainability professionals who want to reduce the stress and time involved with audits so they can focus on climate action.
Carbon accounting has evolved from a voluntary sustainability initiative to a mandatory compliance requirement with Australia’s ASRS and New Zealand’s CRD. Just as no organisation would manage their financial accounts using spreadsheets alone, carbon accounting requires specialised software to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
The Cost of Manual Approaches
Many companies still manage their carbon footprint with spreadsheet tools, but this approach creates significant risks:
- Error-prone processes: Up to 86% of spreadsheets contain errors that can undermine entire emissions inventories
- Data silos: Metrics scattered across different sources make consolidated reporting nearly impossible
- Time-intensive workflows: Manual data collection requires extensive human labor to chase records and input data
- Scope 3 challenges: 85% of companies report “access to data” as their top barrier, yet Scope 3 represents ~90% of most organisations’ carbon footprint
- Audit vulnerabilities: Manual processes break audit trails and lack the transparency required for compliance
BraveGen Carbon Accounting
BraveGen’s carbon accounting software transforms these challenges into competitive advantages:
Automated Data Management
- Single source of truth for all emissions data across Scope 1, 2, and 3
- Code free automated supplier data processing with BraveGen’s Building Optimisation software offering advanced PDF processing for utility invoices and bills as well as AI-powered alerts for building optimisation driving cost and carbon reduction.
Audit-Proven Accuracy
- Tested across hundreds of Big 4 assurance-grade audits
- Built-in approval workflows and complete audit trails
- Over 40,000 emission factors with guided application processes
Dramatic Efficiency Gains
- Companies see as much as a 95% reduction in time required for carbon accounting processes
- Instant generation of regulator-ready reports for ASRS, CRD, GRI, and other frameworks
- 24/7 access to real-time carbon performance data
- Expert Support Included
- ANZ-based sustainability experts and client success managers
- Specialised consulting from Scope 3 materiality to audit support
- Hands-on guidance through complex reporting scenarios
The Bottom Line
Manual carbon accounting becomes a compliance risk that gets more expensive as your organisation grows. BraveGen’s carbon accounting software transforms carbon accounting from an administrative burden into a strategic tool for climate action.