NeoEco for Net Zero: A tool for accountants to deliver scientifically robust environmental impact measurement, forecasting, and mitigation

会计师是中小企业获取财务数据的渠道。超过90%的会计师同意他们希望在可持续发展行动中做更多的工作（ACCA 2021），中小企业也占全球企业的90%左右，是实现净零排放的关键参与者（ACCA 2021）。对于中小企业来说，供应链排放比运营排放（CDP 2021）高出11.4倍，而且他们往往没有办法衡量或减轻这些影响。- NeoEco工具允许会计数据与（科学可靠的）环境影响计算方法相结合，产生环境见解（气候变化，水相关影响，生物多样性影响），预测未来影响，并制定减少影响的策略。通过利用现有的会计方法（QA/QC，证据收集等）并将其与一流的环境影响方法相结合，NeoEco工具可以逐步提高影响计算的准确性，并为中小企业提供较低的进入门槛，使其了解需要采取哪些行动来符合并与净零和更广泛的环境影响减少保持一致。NeoEco将开发一个可扩展的、商业上可行的工具原型，在整个会计领域具有广泛的应用潜力。其“新。Eco'软件将使用现成的会计数据（通过api连接到Sage/Quickbooks/Xero等簿记软件），并以大型、专有的高分辨率生命周期评估（LCA）数据库/计算器为基础。

Accountants act as a conduit for financial data for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Over 90% of accountants agree they want to do more within sustainability action (ACCA 2021), SMEs also represent around 90% of businesses worldwide, and are key actors in the journey to net-zero (ACCA 2021). For SMEs, supply chain emissions are 11.4x higher than operational emissions (CDP 2021) and they often have no approach to measure or mitigate these impacts. _The NeoEco tool allows accounting data to be integrated with (scientifically robust) environmental impact calculation methodologies, to generate environmental insights (climate change, water related impacts, biodiversity impacts), forecast future impacts, and create strategies for impact reduction._By taking advantage of existing accounting approaches (QA/QC, evidence collection etc.) and integrating this with best-in class environmental impact methodologies, the NeoEco tool can deliver a step change to the accuracy of impact calculations, as well as providing a low barrier to entry for SMEs to understand what actions are required to conform and be aligned to net zero and broader environmental impact reduction.NeoEco will prototype a scalable, commercially viable tool with widespread potential application across the accounting sector. Its 'Neo.Eco' software will use readily available accounting data (via APIs connecting to book-keeping software like Sage/Quickbooks/Xero) underpinned by a large, proprietary high-resolution Life-Cycle-Assessment (LCA) database/calculator.