1. Spend Management in Gen3 Carbon
We’re excited to share the newest capabilities now available in our third-generation Carbon platform. These developments represent significant advances in automated carbon accounting, designed to streamline your processes while maintaining the flexibility and reliability you expect from BraveGen.
Code Free Automated Supplier Data Management
The new Spend management features mean that you can automate data loading without complex API integrations. Simply map supplier data files for seamless automated loading and categorisation via an email process, available for both on-demand and through scheduled processes.
Key features include:
- Unique supplier email addresses for automated file processing
- Support for complex, multi-format data feeds including multi-sheet Excel files and CSV formats
- Built-in aliasing and lookup capabilities
- Full task visibility and progress tracking
- Direct integration with your CSR environment
This automation significantly reduces manual data entry while eliminating the risk of data loss, giving you more time to focus on strategic carbon management decisions.
New Built in Transformation capabilities
The Gen3 Carbon Spend Module allows you to apply emission factors in the tool with key ANZ and global libraries available including:
- EXIOBASE – Over 25,000 emission factors for spend-based calculations across diverse sectors and geographies
- Motu – New Zealand-specific factors for local accuracy
- Auckland Council – Regional emission factors
- Thinkstep – Industry-standard factors
- MfE – Ministry for the Environment factors
This expansion ensures organisations operating in the ANZ region have access to locally relevant emission factors while maintaining comprehensive global coverage for international operations.
Accessible for Carbon CSR Gen2 users
These improvements create a seamless workflow from financial data through to emissions calculations, with all results flowing directly into your existing CSR system.
2. Advanced PDF Processing
Our intelligent PDF ingestion technology is now available to all CSR clients. This feature delivers:
- Automated data capture from utility invoices
- Intelligent identification of missing data
- Seamless integration into emissions reporting workflows
- Significant reduction in manual data entry for utility management
3. Continuous Development Commitment
The Gen3 platform represents our commitment to staying ahead of the evolving carbon accounting landscape. With regular updates and improvements that respond to real-world challenges and customer feedback, you’re always working with cutting-edge capabilities.
Next Steps
Current customers: Contact your account manager about joining the Early Access Program to start using these advanced features and help shape their continued development.
Prospective customers: These capabilities can be discussed and requested as part of your solution evaluation. We’d be happy to demonstrate how Gen3’s continuous development approach ensures you’re always equipped with the latest carbon accounting capabilities.
Ready to explore these new capabilities? Contact your BraveGen account manager or reach out to our team to learn more about how these updates can streamline your carbon accounting processes.