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Meet Cira, the in-house climate scientist guiding every methodology choice

The platform calculates. Cira grounds it in the right method. The right emission factor, the right methodology per scope, and a plain-language answer to why did Q2 jump 18%.

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Grounded in the GHG Protocol, with factors from EXIOBASE, GLEC, BEIS and the Credibl Emission Hub.

GHG accounting is full of judgment calls that look small and compound fast. Which factor database? Which vintage? Location-based or market-based? Spend-based or activity-based for Scope 3 Category 1? Cira is the GHG Agent inside Incredibl Agents, Credibl's team of 5 AI agents, and these calls are exactly her territory.

Cira is precise, scientific and generous with explanations. She cites her sources, every time, and she is careful never to overstate. Think of her as the climate scientist sitting next to you while the platform works.

The platform calculates. Cira grounds the methodology.

Credibl calculates emissions deterministically through its calculation engine, using your activity data, emission factors and SOP-driven logic. Cira never replaces that math. Her job is everything around it: selecting the right emission factor from the Emission Hub, guiding the methodology choice, and explaining the result in language a board can follow.

Clean activitydataFROM ARGUSCREDIBL ENGINEDETERMINISTIC MATHSCOPE 1 · 2 · 3CIRARight emission factor?Why did Q2 jump 18%?Which method fits best?EVERY NUMBER GROUNDED IN METHOD

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Argus hands over clean data, the Credibl engine runs deterministic math, and Cira grounds every number in the right method.
“For this UK electricity activity, FY26, BEIS v2024.1 is the strongest choice. EXIOBASE is your fallback if you need a sector-spend lens.”

What Cira actually does for you

Recommends emission factors

From EXIOBASE, GLEC, BEIS and beyond, Cira matches the factor to your activity, geography and period, and tells you why.

Guides methodology

Spend-based vs activity-based, location vs market, emission-factor vs process-based. Cira lays out the trade-offs before you commit.

Advises on goals

She proposes SBTi-aligned targets, validates yours against the criteria, and narrates progress with leading indicators.

Explains the movement

“Q2 jumped 18% because the Maharashtra grid factor updated, 2 new facilities entered scope, and seasonal load.” Plain language, every driver named.

Scope by scope

Cira lives inside the Emissions, Water, Waste and Air modules as a copilot, with guidance tuned to each scope:

Scope 1Which calculator fits: emission-factor, process-based or sector-specificScope 2Location-based vs market-based, grid factor changes, REC and GO claimsScope 3Spend-based vs activity-based per category, across all 15 categories

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Scope-specific guidance, from calculator choice in Scope 1 to all 15 categories of Scope 3.

Scope 3 is where she carries the most weight: category-specific guidance across all 15 categories, and a clear view of where activity data would materially improve on spend-based estimates.

Inside the calculator

Cira is in-module primary. You meet her inside the calculator, before the calculation runs, not in a chat window:

Emissions · Scope 1 calculator
Activity: Natural gas, stationary combustion · UK · FY26
Cira recommends

BEIS v2024.1 is the strongest factor for this UK natural gas activity. You currently have Defra v2022 selected, an older vintage. Source: BEIS 2024 GHG conversion factors.

Apply BEIS v2024.1Keep current factorWhy this factor?

Forward-looking, not just backward-counting

Cira also owns the climate side of what comes next. The platform simulates scenarios; Cira interprets them. She ranks reduction levers by impact, cost and feasibility, forecasts your business-as-usual trajectory against targets, and tells you when a 2030 goal is not on an SBTi-aligned pathway, with concrete options to fix it.

Cira owns

  • Emission factor selection and grounding
  • Methodology guidance, all scopes
  • SBTi goal advisory and scenario interpretation
  • Plain-language explanation of results

Cira hands off

  • Running calculations, to the platform
  • Data cleaning and mapping, to Argus
  • Disclosure drafting, to Quill
  • Assurance validation, to Verity
Cira carries the scientific weight of the platform. Every factor choice, every methodology decision, every target across all 3 scopes and all 15 Scope 3 categories runs on her guidance. Get these calls wrong and everything downstream is wrong. Cira exists so you never do.

What flows in, what flows out

No agent works alone. Here is exactly what Cira receives, from you, the platform and the other agents, and what she hands off once the work is done:

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Flows in

Clean activity data, handed over by Argus
Calculation context and results from the Credibl engine
Framework and assurance requirements, handed in from Quill
Your goals, targets and methodology questions

Flows out

Factor recommendations, straight into the calculators
Methodology rationale in the audit trail, where Verity can defend it
Grounded numbers Quill can cite in every disclosure
SBTi-aligned target proposals, applied only with your approval

Cira, module by module

The full map of where Cira shows up across the Credibl platform and what she does there:

Emissions, Scope 1
Recommends factors from the Emission Hub before the calculation runs, and guides the calculator choice: emission-factor, process-based or sector-specific, cement included.
Emissions, Scope 2
Guides location-based vs market-based per region, surfaces grid factor changes, and grounds REC and GO claims in the right methodology.
Emissions, Scope 3
Her most load-bearing surface. Spend-based vs activity-based guidance per category, boundary decisions, and category-specific expertise across all 15 categories.
Water, Waste, Air
Withdrawal, discharge and consumption methodology for water. Hazardous mapping and disposal-pathway taxonomy for waste. NOx, SOx, PM and VOC methodology for air, with sector-specific guidance.
Emission Hub
Helps you pick the right database for each activity, explains the differences between EXIOBASE, GLEC, BEIS and the rest, and surfaces version histories.
Goals
Proposes SBTi-aligned targets, validates yours against the criteria, narrates progress with leading indicators, and forecasts your business-as-usual trajectory.
Projects
Ranks your reduction projects by abatement per dollar using platform-modeled impact, flags projects at risk, and recommends sequencing.
Analytics & Benchmarking
Explains any chart in plain language, names the drivers of year-on-year change, and interprets peer comparisons, including where a methodology difference explains a gap.

Ask Cira anything

Real prompts Cira handles today, straight from the platform:

“Which factor did you pick for our diesel use in India FY26, and why?”
“Why did our emissions jump 18% in Q2?”
“Should this Scope 3 Cat 1 be spend-based or activity-based?”
“Are we using the right methodology for cement?”
“Help me set a near-term SBTi target for Scope 1 and 2”
“What are the strongest reduction levers in our portfolio?”
“BEIS updated their factors. Show me what changes”
“How should I think about location vs market-based for Maharashtra?”

Cira by the numbers

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Scope 3 categories with category-specific guidance
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scopes covered, plus water, waste and air
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calculations updated in 1 approval when a factor library changes
Next in the series · Part 4 of 5 Quill, the Reporting Agent How BRSR, GRI, ESRS and TCFD drafts write themselves from your data.

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