Data Entry and Management
TRACE makes data entry and management simple. Each module is linked to a flexible date range, helping your team keep information accurate, organised and ready for reporting.

Meter Readings and Utilities
- Source: Utility bills or information from your landlord
- Who: Finance team or office administrator
- When: Enter yearly or monthly, whenever the bill arrives.
Business Travel
Log it as it happens, or when you reimburse expenses. Add your whole team so everyone records their own journeys.
- Source: Booking records, expense claims and transport invoices
- Who: Employees, a travel coordinator or the finance team
- When: When travel is booked, completed or reimbursed
Commuting and Homeworking
- Source: Information provided by employees. Use the Google Form provided (instructions here) for easy data capture.
- Who: Employees directly, or a team administrator
- When: Monthly or at another regular interval
Transport and Logistics
- Source: Transport bookings and supplier invoices
- Who: Logistics coordinator, office administrator or finance team
- When: When transport is booked or invoiced, or as part of a monthly update
Purchased Goods, Services and Capital Goods
Spend-based activity from your business operations.
- Source: Invoices and accounting records
- Who: Finance team
- When: Monthly, quarterly or annually when the accounts are finalised
Need help choosing a spend-based category? View Capital Goods, Purchased Goods and Services.
Our tip:
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Stay on top of entries across the year and align data input to when invoices arrive or you close your accounts, build carbon into processes that already exist.
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Keep track of data sources, who owns it, and the assumptions behind each number, so your footprint stays accurate, repeatable and easy to explain year on year.
Intuitive by design
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Each line autosaves as you go, so nothing is ever lost.
Prefer to work offline?
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Use our Excel or Google Sheets templates, then copy and paste each module into the platform when you're ready.
Checklist for your first Business Operations measurement.
To learn more about measuring Business Operations: