Getting started with Diligent ESG

To get your Diligent ESG account up and running, first you must first setup the organization and the emissions or sustainability activities before you load any data into the system. A well planned organization structure which adequately matches the format of existing data sources and existing reporting structures will be an easier structure to manage going forward.

Signing into Diligent ESG

As a user of the Diligent One Platform, you can access Diligent ESG by signing in using the steps outlined in Signing in to the Diligent One Platform.

Diligent ESG workflow

  1. Create a facility with at least one building or asset. For further information, go to Managing facilities, buildings, and assets.

  2. Create an activity for that building or asset. For further information, go to Uploading activities and activity data.

    3. Note

    Ensure that you configure the correct emissions factor source for the new activity.

  3. Add activity data into that activity. For further information, go to Uploading activities and activity data.

  4. Place that building or asset in the desired position in the organizational structure. For further information, go to Managing facilities, buildings, and assets.

Note

Currently, the system is only available in English, however through the use of Google Translate users can help to translate the system as they require.

Terminology

Diligent ESG’s naming conventions follow international standards:

  • Activity Refers to an emission generating business activity such as business travel or electricity consumption. Each activity or meter must be associated with a building.

  • Activity data Refers to quantities of consumption for a given activity such as 1000 miles’ business travel flight or 1000 kWh electricity consumption. Each activity data record is associated with an activity or meter.

  • Facility Each building has a facility and can be assigned a parent entity in the organizational structure.

  • Scopes Structure used to categorize the different kinds of emissions a company creates during its operations and wider supply chain.

  • Location-based Refers to what emissions your company physically consumes at your operation facilities, based on the power grid’s average emission intensity. This is valid only for Scope 2 emissions reporting.

  • Market-based Refers to what emissions are associated with the energy that your company purchases, taking into account the emission intensity of different energy sources. This is valid only for Scope 2 emissions reporting.