Overview
The Targets page lets you set emission reduction goals and track your progress over time. Targets give your sustainability efforts direction and help communicate your commitment to stakeholders.
Target Details
Field | Description |
Target Name | A descriptive name for the target (e.g., "50% reduction by 2030") |
Scope | Which emission scopes the target covers (Scope 1, 2, 3, or a combination) |
Base Year | The reference year against which reductions are measured |
Target Year | The year by which you aim to achieve the reduction |
Reduction % | The percentage reduction you are targeting relative to the base year |
Target Type | Absolute (total emissions) or Intensity (emissions per unit of activity) |
Creating a Target
To create a new target:
Navigate to Targets from the left sidebar
Click "Add Target"
Fill in the target details including name, scope coverage, base year, target year, and reduction percentage
Choose between an absolute target (reduce total emissions) or an intensity target (reduce emissions per unit)
Click Save
Tracking Progress
Once a target is set, CarbonHound automatically tracks your progress by comparing current emissions against your base year. The Targets page displays:
Current progress — How much you have reduced so far as a percentage
On-track indicator — Whether you are on pace to meet your target by the target year
Year-over-year trend — A visual chart showing your emission trajectory
Targets integrate with the Dashboard and Reports, so your reduction progress is always visible across the platform.
Custom intensity targets can be used to enter any metric you would like and measure monthly reductions against it.
Create Custom Intensity Target
Select "Intensity" as your target type
Select your Target Year
Select "Custom" as your intensity metric
Select if your metric is an Average or a Total metric
An average metric example would be total employees. For example we will not add all of your monthly total employees together as the annual total, we will take the average of those months.
A total metric example would be total recycling waste. For this example we will add all of your monthly total recycling together to get your annual total.
Enter the title of your Custom Target
In order to avoid duplicate targets you cannot create multiple targets with the same name. So please use a unique name.
Enter the description of your custom target
Enter your data
Enter the values for each month
You will be required to enter your data for the baseline year you have selected for your targets.
Select what percentage you want to reduce your custom metric by
Add as many custom metrics as your team would like by repeating the previous steps
View your targets on the Report builder