Managing Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)

You can collect Volatile Organic Compound quantities within the Manage VOCs module within Manage Settings.

Note

To enable this VOC module within your account, contact the Support team.

Administrators can use the VOC module to create a list of products that the organisation uses that have a VOC percentage content. Data-entry users then input the amount of that product that they use within the year, for which the system in turns calculates the relevant amount of VOC's emitted.

The following information is required for each VOC related product:

  • VOC Product/Material Name
  • Volume to Mass conversion
  • VOC Percentage

Note

Only Administrators can create VOC names and edit the VOC percentage of each within the VOC Management screen.

In the Instant Reports page, you can use the related VOCs Trend Report to extract this VOC related data.

Adding a VOC

  1. Select Manage Settings and select the Manage VOCs tab.

  2. Select Add New VOC.

  3. In the Material Name field, enter a VOC product or material name.

  4. In the VOC Percentage field, enter a percentage amount for the VOC.

  5. In the From Unit and To Unit dropdowns, select the units to convert from and to.

  6. In the Conversion Number field, enter the numerical amount that you want to use for the conversion.

  7. Select Save.

Importing VOCs

  1. Select Manage Settings and select the Manage VOCs tab.

  2. Select Import VOCs.

  3. In the File Upload section, select Select and select the spreadsheet from your files to use.

  4. Select the First row has column names or the Specify row for column names checkbox to select the column headings. If you select the Specify row for column names checkbox, enter the row number that has the column names.

  5. (Optional) Select the Discard first number of data rows checkbox and enter the number of rows if you want to ignore certain rows in the spreadsheet.

  6. Select Next.

  7. In the dropdowns in the Choose Sheet and Columns section, select the sheet in the spreadsheet to extract the data from and select the columns in the spreadsheet that the system uses to find the data, and select Next.

  8. In the Review section, review the matched columns and replace or re-select them based on the error message and select Next.

  9. In the Status section, select Finish after the file uploads.

Updating the existing data with new VOCs

After you add or upload VOCs to the system, you can update the existing data on the Diligent ESG system with the new VOC values and names.

  • In the Manage VOC tab, select Update existing data and select OK if you want to update the existing data with the new VOC values and names.