Australian businesses can calculate their organisational carbon footprint by using a comprehensive Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions calculator aligned with Australian and international standards. SDM-X offers a process that quantifies your total operational emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3) in line with ISO 14064 and the GHG Protocol, giving you a credible baseline for compliance, certifications, or net zero planning.

To calculate a product’s carbon footprint, you perform a cradle-to-gate assessment of the emissions for that product line. SDM-X helps businesses measure the full lifecycle impact of their products by delivering a tailored Product Carbon Footprint Calculator aligned with your specific supply chain and processes. This ensures you can meet customer transparency demands, support ecolabels, or provide compliant product emissions data for Australian and international regulations.

Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions are the three categories of greenhouse gas emissions that businesses measure under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Scope 1 means direct emissions from a company’s own operations, Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased electricity, and Scope 3 includes all other indirect emissions across the value chain (for example, from your supply chain and logistics). Together, these scopes provide a complete view of an organisation’s carbon footprint and are all important for credible reporting.

Australia is phasing in mandatory climate-related reporting for certain companies, beginning in the financial year 2026–27. Under the new ASIC climate disclosure standards, companies meeting two of the Group 3 thresholds (e.g. over $50 million revenue, $25 million in assets, or 100+ employees) will be required to publicly disclose their Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions, along with climate-related risks, governance, and progress. This means affected businesses must start collecting FY26 emissions data to be ready for these reporting obligations.

Climate Active is Australia’s official carbon neutral certification program, backed by the government to recognise organisations or products that achieve net zero emissions. It certifies that a business has measured its carbon footprint, reduced emissions where possible, and offset the remainder to become carbon neutral. SDM-X enables this process by aligning our carbon calculations with Climate Active requirements and providing data in the format needed for certification bodies. If you choose to pursue Climate Active certification, we even facilitate the process for you as part of the same service.

Yes – SDM-X is designed to eliminate repetitive work by letting you repurpose one set of verified sustainability data across many different reporting frameworks. You can prepare your carbon footprint once and then automatically format and submit the data to various regulators, customers, or certification bodies as needed. This approach saves time, ensures consistency, and dramatically reduces the effort in year 2 when you need to update your Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 numbers.

A Digital Product Passport (DPP) is a digital record of a product’s sustainability credentials that travels with the product throughout its lifecycle. It contains verified data on the product’s carbon footprint and other environmental information, and is used to meet emerging global requirements (like the EU’s new Ecodesign regulations) by providing the transparency that major buyers and regulators expect. SDM-X helps create DPPs once your product’s carbon footprint is calculated, ensuring your product data is formatted for global compliance and easier market access.