Carbon GPT
User Guide

DQS Library

Written by Danial Hanif (Product Engineer)
Published Sep 24, 2026 Updated Sep 23, 2026

Reported emissions of companies, taken from their annual or sustainability reports. Upload a report PDF and AI extracts the Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with page citations, and gives the entry a PCAF data quality score (DQS).

DQS Library screen in CarbonGPT
DQS Library screen in CarbonGPT

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What you can do

  • Browse every entry with its company, year, Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions (tCO₂e), status and DQS, and search by company name.
  • Upload PDF Report adds a new entry from a company's annual or sustainability report.
  • Open an entry to check each number against the report page it came from, next to the source PDF.
  • Re-run extraction reads an entry's report again.

How to add a company report

1. Open the upload form

Click Upload PDF Report, then start typing the company name. Listed companies appear with their stock code and market; you can also type a company that is not listed.

Step 1: Open the upload form
Step 1: Open the upload form

2. Choose the year and the PDF

Pick the Reporting Year, then drop the report PDF into the box or click to select it. Each company can have only one entry per year; a duplicate is rejected.

Step 2: Choose the year and the PDF
Step 2: Choose the year and the PDF

3. Submit and wait

Click Submit for AI Extraction and keep the window open — large PDFs can take a minute or two. When it shows Submission Successful, click Close. The new entry is at the top of the list with the status Completed.

Step 3: Submit and wait
Step 3: Submit and wait

4. Check the extracted numbers

Click the entry to open it. Each scope card shows the value, the report page, a confidence level and the quoted text it came from, and the header shows the PCAF DQS. If a number looks wrong, check it against the Source PDF.

Step 4: Check the extracted numbers
Step 4: Check the extracted numbers