October 2024 product updates

See what's new in Watershed

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As always, we’re hard at work making Watershed more intuitive, powerful, and responsive to your feedback. New this month: CEDA 2024, methodology updates, enhancements to anomaly detection tools, and more.


Updated emissions factors in CEDA

We've updated our Comprehensive Environmental Data Archive (CEDA) to the latest available data. By incorporating progress made in clean power, we're seeing a median 15% decrease in early passes at footprint calculations using CEDA 2024 versus previous versions. Learn more.

CEDA covers 148 regions globally

Refreshed methodology for electricity, fuels, refrigerants, and commuting

Our core methodologies for electricity, fuels, refrigerants, and commuting have been updated to improve accuracy and reflect the latest available science. Additional updates for buildings, employees, and more are coming soon.

Enhanced data summaries in measurement tasks

Within measurement tasks, you can now drill into data summaries to find anomalies and query them to better understand what's behind the methodology. Plus, we’ve enhanced our data chart view to allow for easier grouping, filtering, and analyzing of metrics.

A screenshot of data summaries shows that the data is complete and highlights an anomaly

Assign report authors to data points

In the table view—and alongside questions in the report authoring view—you can now assign authors to a given data point. Assigned authors will be notified via email.

GIF showing process to assign authors in reports

Product and material columns in datasets

We've added new columns for product and material names and IDs for all datasets within the scope of a full product carbon footprint (PCF). You can now group consistently across product and material in drilldown, making it easier to compare materials and get a single source of truth about emissions related to things you buy and sell.


We hope you enjoy exploring these new capabilities! As always, Watershed customers can find more information and ongoing updates about our roadmap in the learning hub.


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