Greenly launches AI-powered EcoPilot carbon accounting tool

Business carbon accounting services provider Greenly recently unveiled EcoPilot, its new platform acting as a copilot at every stage in climate policy, from data collection to action plan formulation.

Taking advantage of the latest advances in AI and language models, EcoPilot can help teams amplify their impact and act more quickly.

With an interface allowing for interactive conversational exchange, Ecopilot accelerates analysis, increasing corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance up to tenfold. This helps CSR policy go further, by helping implement specific initiatives, along with simplifying budgeting and rollout

EcoPilot is already available for Greenly Enterprise clients, with a rollout for the Pro and Plus versions in the coming weeks. The update will take place automatically.

AI, LLMs rapidly structure emissions data

Traditional carbon accounting methods are not letting companies focus on action. Rather, a lot of time is lost on producing reports, collating information from multiple cumbersome sources, which is particularly evident when reporting emissions. Supplier data is often incomplete or missing, and often based on industry averages. Incomplete data can make it impossible to identify the best suppliers, hindering concrete action to reduce carbon footprint.

Taking advantage of recent advances in AI and LLMs, Ecopilot automates the complex task of collecting, structuring, and processing carbon data. The platform allows users to automatically import physical inventory, accounting, and logistics data. Using proprietary algorithms, Greenly said Ecopilot structures data in seconds and assigns emissions factors with a high level of accuracy.

All ESG reports generated are compliant with European corporate sustainability reporting directive (CSRD), environmental product declaration (EPD), voluntary sustainability reporting standard for micro-enterprises and SMEs (VSME) and international financial reporting standards (IFRS).

The platform can help prepare these reports more quickly, at lower cost, and with enhanced traceability from one report to another.

Generative AI performs live visualization of simulations

EcoPilot models all indirect greenhouse gas emission (Scope 3) reductions based on supplier commitments, using the same conversational mode as current generative AI. The software reliably, accurately reconciles and cross-references data, and also provides aids to data interpretation such as the meaning of ESG indicators and comparisons with other companies in the same sector.

The platform guides users step by step, suggesting which data to download, which suppliers to contact, and which key performance indicators to track. Files, even if disorganized, are cleaned and sorted to make them intelligible and usable. The ‘What If’ feature allows for dynamic, live visualization of different simulations by creating interactive trajectories.

“EcoPilot marks the shift from carbon accounting to carbon intelligence,” said Alexis Normand, Greenly CEO & co-founder. “The company's context is fully analyzed, and the platform helps adapt data collection and climate strategy accordingly. By removing barriers to entry, EcoPilot empowers all users to find and implement intelligent solutions to combat climate change effectively.”

Local language models reduce EcoPilot’s own energy use

EcoPilot leverages AI to improve performance, without neglecting its responsibility to the environment, taking care to minimize its digital footprint from the outset. Greenly uses local language models deployed on its own servers, rather than external cloud servers, reducing data transfers and energy consumption associated with large-scale processing.

Based on BERT, a model known for its sophisticated understanding of natural language, EcoPilot was hosted and trained in-house to specifically adapt it to the categorization and analysis of financial data. Greenly said this single-use approach, without superfluous image or text generation features, helps to ensure precise tracking of the resources used without compromising on quality.

EcoPilot is hosted on Google Cloud's Paris datacenter (europe-west-9), which is primarily powered by green electricity. This choice keeps data processing as close as possible to European users, while limiting energy consumption.

The algorithms are being continuously optimized to further model compression, memory rationalization and dynamic adjustment of resources according to load - all efforts to reduce the carbon footprint of calculations without compromising on the accuracy and reliability of results.

Greenly aims to track one billion tons of CO2

Having hit new milestones this year, Greenly said it continues to ally growth and innovation with climate ambition. With more than 3,500 customers in 29 countries, Greenly manages a portfolio of more than 250 million tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) and has already produced several hundred life cycle assessment (LCA) reports.

Positioning itself as the one-stop shop for managing all opportunities related to the low-carbon transition, Greenly now aims to track one billion tons of CO2e in the coming years.

Its B Corp certification has been renewed, and the company was included in Sifted's ranking of the 100 fastest-growing European startups. Greenly said these signs confirm ecological and social resilience is a strategic asset for the future.

With the launch of its new optimized platform, Greenly plans to reach 5,000 assessments by the end of the year. With growth exceeding 50%, annual recurring revenue is expected to exceed $26.75 million (£20 million) in 2025.