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    For corporate reporting teams

    Scope 2 reporting that starts at the utility bill.

    Build a reporting trail from utility source data to Scope 2 outputs in UMS, with the history and evidence finance and sustainability teams need throughout the year.

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    Illustrative UMS ESG reporting period, rolling emissions up by Scope 1 and Scope 2 (location and market based) across sites, with NGER, ASRS S2 and GHG Protocol reports in preparation.

    Illustrative data

    How does UMS support corporate emissions reporting?

    Where the ESG module is enabled, UMS turns validated utility data into emissions evidence, with NGER, NPI, ASRS S2 and GHG Protocol report preparation. Activity data, factors, calculations and quality review are built from the same invoices and meter reads your finance team relies on. Methodology, professional review and assurance stay with your team and advisers.

    • NGER, NPI, ASRS S2 and GHG Protocol report preparation, where the ESG module is enabled
    • Location-based and market-based Scope 2 workflows
    • One history of field edits, exceptions and manual entries, with a reason recorded for adjustments, exclusions and holds
    • Scheduled reports with the same definitions and boundaries each period
    • Validated invoices and interval data as the activity source

    The reporting problem

    Why Scope 2 numbers are hard to defend

    Emissions figures inherit every gap in the utility data underneath them.

    • Emissions data in spreadsheets

      Consumption, invoices, emission factors and reporting boundaries drift across workbooks. Every reporting cycle starts with a new reconciliation.

    • Gaps in the evidence trail

      A headline number is hard to defend when the source invoice, meter history, adjustment and approval are stored in different places.

    • Consolidating many entities

      Different entities, utilities and reporting periods make aggregation fragile when each business unit keeps its own data shape.

    • Late visibility into performance

      Sustainability and finance teams need trends and exceptions before the reporting deadline, while there's still time to investigate.

    How UMS helps

    From utility invoice to reported figure

    Keep the source, the calculation and the history together, so a figure can be explained when it's questioned.

    Emissions preparation (ESG module)

    Where the ESG module is enabled, work with activity data, factors, calculations, quality review, targets and disclosures, with NGER, NPI, ASRS S2 and GHG Protocol report preparation.

    Emissions preparation

    One history per invoice and account

    Field edits, exceptions and manual entries sit in one history for each invoice and account. Manual adjustments, payment exclusions and overrides, and holds each need a reason. Follow a figure back to its source document when it's questioned.

    History and access controls

    Validated source data

    Invoices are checked against the tariff each connection should be on before they feed a report, and missing bills are flagged from each account's billing cadence.

    Invoice validation

    Scheduled reports

    Give finance, sustainability and leadership recurring reports with the same definitions and boundaries each time, on a schedule or ad hoc.

    Reporting in UMS

    Further reading

    Guides for reporting and finance teams

    Questions

    Questions reporting teams ask about UMS

    Can UMS support Scope 2 reporting across multiple entities?

    Yes, where the ESG module is enabled. UMS uses one account, site and connection hierarchy across entities, so each entity's activity data comes from the same validated invoices and meter reads. Emissions calculations, quality review and portfolio rollups build on that data, with location-based and market-based Scope 2 workflows supported.

    How does UMS keep an evidence trail for reported data?

    Field edits, exceptions and manual entries sit in one history for each invoice and account, and manual adjustments, payment exclusions and holds each need a reason. Because emissions activity data is built from those same invoices and meter reads, a reported figure can be traced back to its source document when a reviewer asks how it was produced.

    Is UMS ready for Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards work?

    With the ESG module enabled, UMS supports activity data, emissions calculations, quality review and disclosure preparation, including ASRS S2 report preparation. Your reporting team remains responsible for methodology, professional review and compliance. Generated reports don't provide accredited assurance or guarantee regulatory acceptance.

    Can finance and sustainability teams receive recurring reports?

    Yes. Reports run on a schedule or ad hoc, including schedules that cover everything since the last successful run, with a field picker and a monthly spend accrual that includes unbilled periods. Each team gets the same definitions and boundaries every period, ahead of the formal reporting deadline.

    See the evidence trail

    Trace a reported figure back to its invoice

    We'll show the trail from a utility bill to emissions preparation on data shaped like yours.

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