Automating office-level emissions data collection

Manual Overhead

Whitfield & Cross LLP was spending significant staff time each quarter compiling office-level emissions data by hand. Office administrators emailed spreadsheets to a central coordinator, who manually merged them and chased missing entries across eight locations.

Automation Without Losing Oversight

The firm has since automated much of that process through Ordinant Carbon Solutions:

• Each office submits data through shared templates with built-in validation
• Missing fields trigger automatic reminders to local administrators
• Partners review consolidated figures before external disclosure

“Our people are lawyers, not spreadsheet managers. We needed a system that respected that.” — Bartholomew Nkemdi

Key Improvements

1. Reduced manual merging across eight office locations
2. Clearer ownership for utility and travel data at each site
3. Faster quarter-close with fewer last-minute corrections

Reporting overhead has dropped substantially, freeing operations staff to focus on client service rather than data reconciliation.