Driving Environmental Action Through Data

We exist to empower businesses and individuals to take genuine environmental action through accurate, transparent data. By seamlessly integrating environmental insights into financial workflows, we enable every transaction to drive positive environmental change.

What We Do

FootprintLab provides current, credible, and commercially ready data that can be integrated into environmental or financial accounting software, procurement, fintech, open banking, investment, and any other transactional processes. Our data works across sectors and countries, enabling global organisations to meet their sustainability goals with confidence.

Developed in collaboration with the University of Sydney and UNSW, our data is world-class, used by the Australian Government’s Climate Active program and referenced in a wide range of peer-reviewed scientific journals. The process of creating this data is rigorous—built on decades of research and powered by high-performance computing to ensure accuracy.

World-Class Environmental Data for Every Transaction

Our vision is to make the environmental footprint of every transaction transparent and credible. By revealing the hidden impacts behind consumption and production activities, we enable consumers, producers, and governments to make informed decisions that align with society’s sustainability goals. We’re building a world where every financial decision also drives environmental action.

Our API serves the…

Carbon

Water

Energy

Materials

Land

Biodiversity

Labour

footprint per dollar of:

EVERYTHING

6000+ products

EVERYWHERE

ALL AT ONCE

2009-2027

164 countries

Meet the Team

No matter the use case, our team brings decades of experience in producing and applying footprint data, ensuring that you have the right answers for your users.

Dr Tim Baynes

COFOUNDER

Director of General Knowledge, early-riser, award winning CSIRO Senior Scientist, Honorary Associate Professor at ANU Fenner School of Environment and Society.

Janet Salem

COFOUNDER

Ex-United Nations. PhD candidate in sustainability analysis integration in FinTech at the University of Sydney. 2022 Ada Lovelace Medal winner for Outstanding Engineering.

Bridging the Gap Between Research and Real-World Impact

At FootprintLab, we take the most advanced academic research and make it applicable for real-world use. We work closely with our clients to ensure our data is not only accessible but also actionable, helping you meet both regulatory and sustainability demands.

Why Choose FootprintLab?

Our data is grounded in decades of rigorous research and is trusted by leading institutions worldwide.
We provide comprehensive support for businesses in any sector, anywhere in the world.
Always access the most current data for informed decision-making.
Benefit from flexible access to customised carbon intensity data that meets your specific needs.
Our data is produced in-house, ensuring complete transparency and a systematic audit trail of data provenance, derivations, and uncertainties—without reliance on machine learning or AI.
Backed by over a decade of international peer-reviewed research, our data meets the same standards used by the United Nations to assess progress on the Sustainable Development Goals, demonstrating our unwavering commitment to accuracy.
We are obsessed with helping anyone who has a climate solution. We provide expert advice on the development of tools and workflows to integrate the data into products and services. We also offer tech support to ensure that you have the answer to questions that arise from within your teams or from your users.