Embassy of Innovators

Embassy of Innovators · Carbon accounting 2020–2024

From household footprints to supply-chain decarbonisation

Between 2020 and 2024 the Embassy of Innovators developed two carbon-accounting projects, vis.eco and the Universal Carbon Ledger. Their concept and methodology became the basis of Enoqi, spun off as a separate company in April 2024.

  1. vis.eco
  2. Universal Carbon Ledger
  3. Enoqi

Timeline

Milestones

  1. 4 Oct 2020 Program strategy outline v1.1
  2. 09/2023 vis.eco transformed into the Universal Carbon Ledger
  3. 04/2024 Enoqi spun off as a separate company

Stage 1 vis.eco

09/2020 – 08/2023 · Embassy of Innovators project

vis.eco was a concept and platform that gave households individual, quantitative feedback on the environmental footprint of their lifestyle. It calculated the household footprint from direct emissions (fuels for cars, heating and cooking) and indirect emissions (electricity, food, goods and services). Where user data was missing, community averages completed the picture. Users could compare their result with other users, national figures and sustainability targets.

Key features

  • Privacy by design: a MyData approach. The data belongs to the household, which decides what it shares.
  • Proof of concept: run with households in a municipality near Bratislava.
  • Methodology: built on the GHG Protocol.
Dates
September 2020 to August 2023
Run by
Embassy of Innovators
Role
Michal Ohrablo, author of the concept and project manager
Focus
Households

vis.eco showed that a footprint is only as good as the data behind it, and that the best data sits with the companies that make the products. In 2023 the work was transformed into the Universal Carbon Ledger.

Stage 2 Universal Carbon Ledger

09/2023 – 04/2024 · Embassy of Innovators project

The Universal Carbon Ledger is a concept and methodology for consistent and deterministic attribution of greenhouse gas emissions to concrete products and services. Instead of estimating the value-chain footprint from generic factors, emissions are recorded alongside business transactions and passed from supplier to buyer with each transaction. Every emission is fully allocated to an output, which closes the double-counting and the Scope 1 to Scope 3 loopholes of current practice.

The outline covered

  • the transaction data exchange process
  • imputation of missing input data and an index of completeness
  • KPI definitions and methodological blueprints for industries
  • verification and audit mechanisms, reflecting the expected CSRD requirements
Dates
September 2023 to April 2024
Run by
Embassy of Innovators
Role
Michal Ohrablo, author of the concept and project manager
Focus
Products and transactions

How it works

Supplier
Product or service, with its invoice
Emissions, recorded with the same transaction
Buyer
Diagram: with each sale, the supplier passes two things to the buyer — the product or service, and the emissions recorded with that transaction.

The outcome · a separate company, not an Embassy of Innovators project

Stage 3 Enoqi

since 04/2024 · Spin-off company

Enoqi (ENOQI j.s.a., Bratislava) was spun off in April 2024 and builds on the concept and methodology of the Universal Carbon Ledger. It is a decarbonisation intelligence network: every company measures its own direct emissions, and real data flows through the supply chain instead of industry averages and unanswered questionnaires. Companies share benchmarks, not data, so every company contributes and none is exposed.

Since
April 2024
Company
ENOQI j.s.a., Bratislava
Role
Michal Ohrablo, co-founder and CEO
Focus
Companies and supply chains

Enoqi works in three steps

  1. Trace it

    Real data from the supply chain, measured rather than estimated, with a verifiable chain of custody.

  2. Plan it

    SMART targets grounded in real industry benchmarks.

  3. Decarbonize it

    Real reduction, tracked and verified across every link in the network.

The SMART methodology

Targets are assessed on five axes. The result is a SMART score from F to A+, which applies one methodology to a small supplier and a large corporation alike.

  • Specific
  • Measurable
  • Achievable
  • Relevant
  • Time-bound
Visit enoqi.eu (external site, opens in a new tab)

What carried over

How four core ideas evolved from vis.eco through the Universal Carbon Ledger to Enoqi
Idea vis.eco Universal Carbon Ledger Enoqi
Real data over averages Household data, community averages only where data is missing Emissions recorded with each transaction; imputation and an index of completeness Measured emissions, no industry averages; AI reads utility bills
Data flows from suppliers Planned integration with sellers of fuel and energy Emissions passed from supplier to buyer Real data flows through the supply chain
Privacy and trust Privacy by design, MyData Verification and audit mechanisms Shared benchmarks, not shared data
Goals, not just numbers Household goals and comparison with targets KPI definitions SMART targets and a SMART score from F to A+

Contact

Embassy of Innovators

Vilová 19
851 01 Bratislava
Slovak Republic

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