Carbon and ESG governance for real estate portfolios

Carbon data that survives the audit.

Sustainify AI is a carbon accounting and ESG governance platform for UK real estate portfolios. Factor sets versioned and pinned per reporting period. Calculation runs stored with unique run IDs. Closed periods locked against silent restatements. Built for estates operating under SECR, CSRD and investor scrutiny.

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Governed factors
Assurance ready
ISO 14064 compatible

Portfolio overview

Example Estates LLP

All buildings · 2024/25

All buildings2024/25

Total emissions

10,998.0tCO2e

4.2%vs previous

11 buildings in scope

Emissions intensity

88.3kgCO2e/m²

6.1%vs previous

Based on 124,600 m² GIA

Data coverage

82%

Complete82%

Partial18%

No data0%

11 of 11 buildings reportingImprove coverage

Target progressOn track

18.4% reduction achieved

Net zero pathway 203044% of the way

Performance at a glance

Share of 10,998.0 tCO2e gross

Scope 1 · Direct

1,482.6tCO2e

Scope 2 · Energy

5,600.9tCO2e

Scope 3 · Value chain

3,914.5tCO2e

13.5%50.9%35.6%

Total energy

27.05mkWh

Consumption behind Scope 2

Flora’s read on this periodAI summary

2024/25

Footprint is 10,998.0 tCO2e, down 4.2% on the previous period, led by Scope 2.

Scope 3 sits at 35.6% of total and is still climbing. Bankside is the one to watch at 96.1 kgCO2e/m².

Total footprint

10,998.0tCO2e

▼ 4.2% vs previous

Scope 2 change

-7.9%

biggest mover

Scope 3 share

35.6%

▲ 2.6% vs previous

Targets

1 of 2

on track

Data gap: Fitzrovia is missing 5 months, so comparisons may be affected.Ask Flora

Building pulse1 alert · 2 watch

BanksideLeak signal on the incoming main · Comfort drift in zone 3Alert

FitzroviaOverheating hours above thresholdWatch

Savile RowFlood exposure raised to mediumWatch

BishopsgateNo flags this periodOn track

water · safety · comfort · climateAll buildings

Emissions trend & reduction pathway

Year-over-year footprint by scope, against the required glidepath

AbsoluteIntensity

15k t10k t5k t0

2021202220232024

Scope 1Scope 2Scope 3Total emissionsReduction pathway

Building performance leaderboard

#BuildingEmissionsIntensityCoverageStatus

1Bishopsgate2,894.4 tCO2e93100%Good

2Bankside2,151.8 tCO2e9675%Partial

3Savile Row1,486.2 tCO2e83100%Good

4Fitzrovia1,109.7 tCO2e8058%Partial

View all buildings

Requires attention5

FitzroviaOnly 7/12 months of data

BanksideOnly 9/12 months of data

3 submissions awaiting reviewSupplier and tenant data pending approval

Portfolio coverageOnly 82% of buildings fully reporting

Validate outlier performanceBankside, highest intensity at 96 kgCO2e/m²

Data quality snapshot

Complete data9 · 82%

Partial data2 · 18%

No data0 · 0%

Total buildings11

Target progress

TargetAchievedProgressStatus

Net zero pathway 203042% reduction target18.4%44%On track

SBTi near-term 202825% reduction target8.9%36%Behind

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Fig. 1Portfolio dashboard.

You already know this

You can produce the number. You cannot prove how you produced it.

The auditor asks how a figure was arrived at, and the answer is in a spreadsheet somebody has edited since.
The GHG conversion factors updated, and last year's baseline quietly changed. Nobody told you.
Your GRESB score is capped by how much of your data is estimated, and nobody can tell you exactly how much.
A tenant disputes their recharge, and your allocation methodology is a tab in a workbook.

Reported · FY 2024/25

board pack, p.12

3,094.4

tCO2e. Produced on time, signed off, sent out.

Now show your working. The auditor walks it downwards.

RPT-08 / line 14
The report line the board saw
Scope 1, 2 and 3, one figure
entry 4471
A ledger entry underneath it
27,050,972 kWh × 0.01830 kgCO2e/kWh, ties out to 495.03 tCO2e
imp_8841
An import batch behind that
3,910 rows accepted. The factor version in force that day was never written down.
Sheet3!D42
workbook_final_v7.xlsx
A typed cell. The comment on it reads "as agreed with FM".
And then nothing.
no source document · no factor version · no owner · no timestamp

Depth you can actually evidence under questioning

2 of 5 steps

The number is auditable. The provenance behind it is not.

Ungoverned carbon data is not a reporting inconvenience. It is an audit liability.

The platform

Three things, governed properly.

Governed calculations.
UK GHG Conversion Factors versioned and pinned per reporting period. Calculation runs stored with unique run IDs. Closed periods locked against silent restatements. Full Scope 1, 2 and 3 across the portfolio.
Governed cost recovery.
Tenant carbon allocation built into the platform. Time-bound rules across area, headcount, sub-meter and contractual agreements. Allocation feeds recharges, tariffs and carbon price models from the same dataset.
Governed intelligence.
The Living AI monitors the portfolio continuously, explains variance, identifies outliers and surfaces estimation exposure. Every answer traces back to the source activity record, the factor set and the run ID.

Data lineage · entry 4471

All entries

Data Lineage4471UK electricity · Bishopsgate

Scope 2 Scope 3 Chain verified · 14 Oct 2024

Source · Import file

edf-2024-q3.csv

Imported 12 Oct 2024 14:32 by A. Rehman · imp_8841

edf-invoice-q3-2024.pdfmpan-1200051234567-readings.csv

Activity recorded

27,050,972 kWh

UK electricity · Bishopsgate · 1 Jul 2024 to 30 Sep 2024

Factors applied · UK DEFRA GHG 2024 · view set

Scope 2 · Location-basedPRIMARY× 0.0183495,032.8 kg

published 0.01830 kgCO2e/kWhUK DEFRA GHG 2024 · 2024CO2 491,300.2 · CH4 1,240.6 · N2O 2,492.0

Scope 3 · Transmission & distribution× 0.0017146,257.2 kg

published 0.00171 kgCO2e/kWhUK DEFRA GHG 2024 · 2024CO2 45,908.1 · CH4 115.9 · N2O 233.2

Scope 3 · Well-to-tank× 0.00382103,334.7 kg

published 0.00382 kgCO2e/kWhUK DEFRA GHG 2024 · 2024CO2 95,882.4 · CH4 6,120.1 · N2O 1,332.2

Scope 2 · Market-basedreported separately× 00.0 kg

published 0.00000 kgCO2e/kWhREGO backed supply contract · 2024

MISSING_CASCADE Scope 3 (Well-to-tank, transmission and distribution) is not available in the factor set used, this entry’s total excludes it.

CV_BASIS_FALLBACK Net CV requested; the factor set provides Gross-basis values only, Gross was applied.

Read-time checks: MISSING_CASCADE · CV_BASIS_FALLBACK · STALE_PROVENANCE

Gross result

644.62 tCO2eScope 1 + 2 + 3 · 27,050,972 kWh energy

● Scope 2 · 495.03 t · 77%● Scope 3 · 149.59 t · 23%

History

Recalculated against UK DEFRA GHG 2024, 4 rows14 Oct 2024
Quantity corrected 27,050,792 to 27,050,972 kWh13 Oct 2024
Entry imported from edf-2024-q3.csv12 Oct 2024

Feeds

Dashboard
Emissions Summary
SECR / Reports

Calculation lineage view.

Living AI

It finds the problem, works out who needs to know, and tells them.

Most carbon software gives you a dashboard and waits for you to open it. Living AI does not wait. It detects the anomaly, assesses materiality against your reporting thresholds, identifies the right stakeholder for that asset and that scope, composes a precise, context-aware email, and sends it.

And when you do want to ask it something, you ask in plain English. It will also draft a SECR narrative, a GRESB commentary or a CSRD disclosure section from your governed data. Every answer traces back to the source record, the factor version and the run ID. If the data does not support an answer, it says so.

No human prompt. No manual review. No delay.

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Living AI · scheduled briefing

To: sustainability@example.co.uk

Scope 2 rose 14% at Bankside last month.

Bankside electricity is 14% above the trailing three-month mean.
Fitzrovia gas has no readings for March, so the period is incomplete.
Portfolio measured share improved from 79% to 82%.

Recommended: confirm the Bankside chiller schedule before the quarter closes.

An autonomous alert, alongside the anomaly that triggered it.

Included, not upsold

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