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Carbonova connects store and distribution centre energy, refrigeration service records, fleet and transport data and merchandise purchases from the ERP to CarbonOS, a platform of AI agents. CarbonOS calculates emissions per store, channel and SKU, flags stores with unusual energy use or refrigerant top-ups and ranks measures by cost and CO₂ avoided, while the supply chain agent works on Scope 3 with suppliers.

Most of them sit outside the stores, in the goods bought from suppliers and in transport, which make up Scope 3. On average, the supply chain emissions of companies reporting to CDP are 26 times their emissions from direct operations (CDP, 2024). In stores and distribution centres, the main sources are electricity for refrigeration, air conditioning and lighting, in Scope 2, and refrigerant leaks, in Scope 1.

Large companies report under AASB S2, which requires Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions; Group 2 entities started with reporting periods beginning on or after 1 July 2026, and for a retailer Scope 3, from purchased goods to transport, is usually the largest part. Corporate groups that emit 50,000 tCO₂e or more, or consume 200 TJ or more of energy a year, also report under NGER by 31 October each year.

For conduct from 28 March 2026, a company that makes a false or misleading representation under the Australian Consumer Law, such as an unsupported environmental claim, faces a maximum penalty per breach of at least $100 million, and more where the benefit gained or the turnover involved is large (ACCC, 2026). Carbonova keeps every emissions figure behind a product or store claim traceable to its source data and emission factor, so claims can be checked before they go out.

The supply chain agent collects emissions data from suppliers and rates them with risk scorecards, so procurement and sustainability teams can focus on the categories that weigh most. Only four in ten companies engage their suppliers on climate issues (CDP, 2024), and that is where a retailer’s biggest lever sits. The lineage of every figure shows whether it comes from the supplier’s own data or from an average factor, which tells the team where to ask for primary data.

CarbonOS reads ERP systems such as SAP or Oracle, invoices, energy meters and IoT data from stores and the cold chain, plus TMS and WMS data from logistics, then normalises and versions everything. Each value keeps its lineage back to the source invoice or meter, a versioned emission factor and a change history, in line with the ISO 14064-3 verification standard, which supports both disclosures and environmental claims.