name: Altruistiq Vocabulary
description: >-
  Operational and capability vocabulary for the Altruistiq climate intelligence
  platform — terms used in the public Datasource and PACT APIs and across the
  product surface for corporate carbon footprint, product carbon footprint, and
  supplier decarbonisation.
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
sources:
  - https://docs.altruistiq.com
  - https://www.altruistiq.com/data-capabilities
  - https://www.carbon-transparency.org
  - https://ghgprotocol.org
domains:
  - name: Carbon Accounting
    terms:
      - term: Corporate Carbon Footprint (CCF)
        definition: Enterprise-wide GHG inventory across Scope 1, 2, and 3.
      - term: Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
        definition: Cradle-to-gate (or cradle-to-grave) GHG impact of a single product per functional unit.
      - term: Scope 1
        definition: Direct GHG emissions from owned or controlled sources.
      - term: Scope 2
        definition: Indirect GHG emissions from purchased electricity, steam, heat, or cooling.
      - term: Scope 3
        definition: All other indirect emissions across the value chain (15 categories per GHG Protocol).
      - term: Emission Factor
        definition: Coefficient converting activity data into CO2-equivalent emissions.
      - term: Activity Data
        definition: Quantitative measurement of an activity that drives emissions (kWh, tonnes, km).
      - term: Calculation Method
        definition: Approach used to derive emissions (spend-based, activity-based, supplier-specific, hybrid).
  - name: Altruistiq Platform
    terms:
      - term: Datasource
        definition: Named container into which activity data files are uploaded.
      - term: Dataset
        definition: A logical collection of activity records within a Datasource.
      - term: Export
        definition: An asynchronous job that produces a filtered, downloadable emissions dataset.
      - term: Product Structure
        definition: A versioned bill of materials for a Product used in PCF calculation.
      - term: Product Structure Input
        definition: A single ingredient, packaging item, energy use, or process step in a Product Structure.
      - term: Facility
        definition: A site (manufacturing, warehouse, office) with persistent properties and time-bound Versions.
      - term: Facility Version
        definition: A point-in-time state of a Facility used to attribute activity data.
      - term: Business Unit
        definition: An entity within the Organization hierarchy used to scope reporting.
      - term: Evie AI
        definition: Altruistiq's AI agent for climate data automation, analysis, and advisory.
  - name: Interoperability
    terms:
      - term: PACT
        definition: WBCSD Partnership for Carbon Transparency.
      - term: Pathfinder Framework
        definition: PACT's methodology and data model for sharing PCFs across the value chain.
      - term: PACT API
        definition: Altruistiq's data exchange endpoint conforming to PACT for sharing PCFs with customers and partners.
  - name: Reporting Standards
    terms:
      - term: GHG Protocol
        definition: Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Accounting and Reporting Standard.
      - term: ISO 14064-1
        definition: Specification with guidance for quantification and reporting of GHG emissions at the organization level.
      - term: SBTi
        definition: Science Based Targets initiative.
      - term: CDP
        definition: Carbon Disclosure Project.
      - term: CSRD
        definition: EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive.
  - name: API Mechanics
    terms:
      - term: OAuth 2.0 Client Credentials
        definition: Authentication flow used by the Altruistiq public API.
      - term: Multipart Upload
        definition: Three-step file upload (start, upload parts, complete) used by the Datasource API.
      - term: Bulk Endpoint
        definition: Endpoints accepting multiple records in a single request (create/update/delete Products, Inputs, Facilities).