CDSA Carbon Footprint CalculatorCarbon Disclosure South Africa

Pricing

Start free. Pay for more detail when you need it, or for a person to check your numbers when you must defend them. Prices in rand, excluding VAT at 15%.

Light Report

R0

Free, instant, indicative

  • Total footprint and Scope 1, 2 and 3 split
  • Location-based and market-based Scope 2
  • Scope 3 screening across all 15 categories
  • Intensity per employee, per rand and per unit of output
  • Top hotspots and a data-quality band
  • Carbon fuel-levy exposure
  • Named factor sources and vintages (no factor values)
  • PDF you can keep; labelled indicative, not for external disclosure
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Self-Serve Report

R3,500

One price for every size. R4,025 including VAT.

Detailed, automatic, no human review

  • Everything in the light report
  • Every activity line with its tonnes, share, data quality and factor source
  • All 15 Scope 3 categories in one table: calculated, excluded or not answered
  • Emissions set out under the IFRS S2 metric headings (paragraph 29(a))
  • Location-based and market-based Scope 2, and the factor-set sensitivity
  • Every hotspot ranked, with a reduction step for each
  • Carbon-tax and fuel-levy exposure, and your science-based target summary
  • A branded PDF with the disclaimers printed on every page
  • Generated automatically from your answers as soon as payment is recorded; no person at CDSA reviews it

Ordered from your light report page, so your answers carry over. Paid by EFT against an invoice CDSA emails you; the report is released automatically as soon as the payment is recorded. It is an indicative estimate, not advice, assurance or verification, and CDSA's liability is limited to the fee.

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In-Depth IFRS S2-Aligned Analysis

R12,500 Micro: up to 20 employees, one site
R18,500 Small: 21 to 100 employees, or up to three sites
R28,000 Mid-size: 101 to 250 employees, or up to six sites
Quoted Larger than 250 employees or six sites: quoted

Analyst-checked, defensible, delivered in about ten working days

  • Every activity line checked by a CDSA analyst, with queries back to you
  • All 15 Scope 3 categories screened with a written materiality rationale
  • Activity-based calculation for your material Scope 3 categories where data exists
  • CDSA South Africa-specific factors with the full factor table and derivations disclosed to you
  • Line-by-line results with data-quality scoring under IFRS S2 paragraphs B38 to B57
  • An IFRS S2 metrics-and-targets section drafted to paragraphs 27 to 37, plus the IFRS S1 governance, strategy and risk skeleton
  • Hotspot analysis with three to five costed reduction options
  • Carbon-tax liability and allowance model
  • A buyer-questionnaire response pack (retailers, SIZA, IPW, CDP SME)
  • A 45-minute review call with Dr Marco Lotz

Ordered from your light report page, so your answers carry over. Card payment (secure checkout by Dodo Payments) or invoice.

Assurance-Ready, Consultant-Reviewed

From R45,000

Quoted per engagement

  • Everything in the in-depth analysis
  • PhD-level technical review and a signed review letter
  • Full activity-based Scope 3 for material categories, with supplier engagement
  • Boundary memo and base-year recalculation policy
  • ISAE 3410 / ISSA 5000-ready evidence pack indexed to every input
  • Target-setting support (SBTi-style or carbon-tax-linked)
  • IFRS S1 and S2 narrative skeleton and a one-hour board briefing
  • Coordination with your external assurance provider

Add-ons

Add-onRand, excl. VAT
Wine and fruit module aligned to CCC boundaries, with CCC data importR4,500
Product carbon footprint per SKU (first three; R4,500 thereafter)R7,500
Carbon-tax liability and allowance model (stand-alone)R6,500
Additional site beyond the bandR1,800
SBTi SME target submission and validation support (SBTi fee of USD 1,250 to 2,500 payable to the SBTi separately)R6,500
SBTi FLAG Call for Evidence submission drafted from your data (73 questions, in your words)R9,500

Why these prices: international self-serve carbon software starts at roughly R18,000 to R37,000 a year without a human looking at your numbers, and vendors charge R17,000 to R140,000 extra for expert review. CDSA's tiers sit above the free foreign estimators and the subsidised sector calculators, and below a bespoke consulting engagement at day rates, because the reviewed number is the product. Renewals in later years are discounted because your boundary and factors carry over.