Breathe Zero

Core Features

Breathe Zero’s methodology centres on activity-based emissions accounting, where users gather and upload actual activity data for emissions calculation. The software supports repeatable workflows and scalability across reporting cycles, with an emphasis on Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions coverage and compliance preparation. With this foundation, some of its main features are:

• Streamlined Scope 3 Data Collection: Centralizes the gathering of activity data from multiple stakeholders through bulk uploads and API integrations, turning a traditionally cumbersome and collaborative headache into a seamless process.

• Customizable Calculation Methodologies: Allows teams to modify emission factors and calculation rules to match their specific data collection capabilities, ensuring accuracy improves alongside data quality over time.

• Automated Annual Calculations: Maximizes repeatability by letting users save data collection and calculation setups from one year to automatically apply them in subsequent years, drastically reducing the annual manual burden.

• Dynamic Emissions Dashboards: Provides granular visualization of the emissions profile, helping teams quickly identify hotspots across different sources and geographic locations to prioritize action.

• Science-Based Target Planning: Enables companies to set long-term decarbonization goals aligned with climate science and break them down into manageable annual targets to track progress and deviations.

• Implementation Vendor Marketplace: Offers access to a curated network of service providers for decarbonization projects, carbon offsetting, and green financing, directly connecting strategy with execution resources.

Closing Insights

Breathe Zero was founded by Karantaj Singh and Shayak Chatterjee with the mission to make the sustainability transition "affordable, accessible, and efficient". Its development, supported by pre-seed funding in 2023, responds to growing regulatory pressure on companies to demonstrate credible net-zero pathways.

Distinct from basic carbon calculators, Breathe Zero’s integrated, full-stack approach connects emissions measurement and reporting directly to actionable planning tools and a curated network of implementation partners. This addresses the critical gap between setting ambitious climate goals and achieving them.

The platform is designed for enterprises aiming to move beyond awareness to operational execution. It systematizes the complex journey from data collection—especially for Scope 3 emissions—to compliance with frameworks like GRI, CSRD, and regulations like California's SB 253. By automating reporting and connecting strategy to vetted implementation services, it helps organizations transform mandatory disclosures into a foundation for strategic decarbonization and credible climate action.