Platform

Tools you can use before you buy anything

DitchCarbon links three self-serve tools from the profile area: a product carbon footprint evaluator, a decarbonisation plan builder and a carbon accounting tool finder.

Is there anything I can use before committing to a platform?

Three tools sit beside your profile, each usable on its own. A product carbon footprint evaluator for checking supplier PCFs and EPDs, a decarbonisation plan builder that produces a sector-specific action list in under a minute, and a tool finder for comparing carbon accounting software.

Most emissions software asks for a procurement cycle before it shows you anything. These three do the opposite: each answers one question on its own, and none of them needs a platform decision first.

PCF Evaluator. Paste in a supplier product carbon footprint or an EPD and it checks the data quality, whether it aligns to PACT, and whether the emissions figure is plausible for what is being described. It exports structured JSON, so a result can go straight into your own systems rather than being retyped. Useful the moment a supplier sends a PCF and somebody has to decide whether to trust it.

Decarbonisation Plan Builder. Answers six questions about your organisation and returns a decarbonisation roadmap built from a library of real-world reduction case studies, with sector-specific levers and a concrete action list rather than generic advice. It runs in under a minute, downloads as a PDF, needs no registration, and works in nine languages. It is free and currently in beta.

Tool Finder. A directory for comparing carbon accounting tools, for teams still working out which category of software they actually need.

The survey responder sits in the same part of the app and has a page of its own, because it is a workflow rather than a one-off calculation.

Old way

A procurement cycle before you can see whether any of it works.

new way

Three tools that answer one question each, today.