Turn everyday bills into a carbon footprint report in minutes.
Net Zero Works guides SMEs through Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon accounting by reading utility bills, gas invoices and fuel receipts, applying reference-backed emission factors, identifying missing data, and generating a shareable report.
Reference-backedFactors are retrieved, not invented
Scope 1 + 2Electricity, gas, fuel and refrigerants
Missing data flaggedGaps stay visible in the report
SME-friendlyGuided questions, no carbon expertise needed
Problem statement
The data already exists. The expertise often does not.
Small F&B businesses may already have most of the activity data needed for carbon reporting, but it is scattered across bills, invoices and receipts. Turning those records into Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions usually requires time, technical knowledge and manual factor lookups.
Without Net Zero Works
Utility, gas and fuel records are stored as separate PDFs, receipts or images.
Business owners may not know which sources belong to Scope 1 or Scope 2.
Emission factors must be found, matched to the right unit and calculated manually.
Missing data can be overlooked, creating false confidence in the result.
With Net Zero Works
Upload the records the business already has.
AI extracts activity data such as kWh, litres and kilograms.
n8n retrieves reference factors and calculates emissions.
The Co-pilot asks about missing sources before generating a report.
How it works
A guided journey from document to report
The experience is designed for users who may have no carbon-accounting background.
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Tell us about the business
The Co-pilot asks one question at a time: company name, number of outlets, then outlet names.
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Upload bills and receipts
Utility bills, LPG receipts, fuel records and servicing documents are read and converted into usable activity data.
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Receive a shareable report
The workflow calculates Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions, flags gaps and generates a downloadable PDF report.
Technical execution
Business recordsBills, receipts, images and PDFs
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Gemini extractionReads unstructured documents
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n8n orchestrationGuides the conversation and workflow
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Reference lookupsEmission factors and sector context
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PDF reportCalculated output with limitations
Trusted impact
Ethics and governance are part of the workflow, not an afterthought.
Because Ethics & Governance is central to trustworthy AI, Net Zero Works deliberately separates document interpretation from the numerical reference data used for calculation.
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Reference-backed calculations
The AI is instructed to use factors returned by controlled lookup tools rather than recalling numerical factors from memory.
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No invented data
If a suitable factor, bill or record is unavailable, the workflow does not fabricate a number to complete the report.
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Missing data stays visible
Unavailable electricity or refrigerant information is explicitly disclosed so an incomplete total is not presented as complete.
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Human verification remains important
The report is an estimate intended to help SMEs begin carbon accounting, not a replacement for independent verification or a certified audit.
User-tested and iterated
Student testing identified practical friction points such as asking too many onboarding questions at once, requiring text when uploading attachments, and making report links difficult to access. The prototype was iterated to use one-question-at-a-time onboarding, clearer upload guidance and a clickable report link.
Originality & impact
Built around the reality of an SME, not a sustainability department.
The innovation is not simply a chatbot. It is an end-to-end workflow that turns ordinary operational records into an explainable carbon-accounting starting point for businesses that may not have specialist staff.
ProblemCarbon-relevant data is fragmented and difficult for SMEs to interpret.
AI valueGemini extracts structured activity data from unstructured business documents.
GovernanceControlled factors, visible uncertainty and no fabricated benchmarks.
ImpactLowers the knowledge barrier to beginning Scope 1 and Scope 2 reporting.
OutputA shareable PDF that turns calculations into something the business can act on.
Try the prototype
Ready to turn your records into a carbon footprint estimate?
The Co-pilot will guide you through the process one question at a time.
AI Carbon Co-pilot
Let’s calculate your carbon footprint.
Follow the questions below one step at a time.
📎 Attaching files? Type Done, then Send.
Sample report
What the business receives
Illustrative GreenPlate Kitchen example showing the same structure produced by the live prototype. Missing data is intentionally disclosed rather than silently treated as zero.
Missing-data disclosure: Novena electricity and refrigerant emissions were not quantified in this example because the records were unavailable. The total is therefore based on available data and may understate actual emissions.
Methodology: activity data is extracted from uploaded records, emission factors are retrieved through controlled reference lookups, and calculations follow the Scope 1 and Scope 2 structure of the GHG Protocol. No directly comparable official Singapore F&B carbon-intensity benchmark is currently presented as a numerical comparison.