Your first carbon report. No consultancy needed. No prior expertise required.
Regulatory obligation, key account pressure, first reporting cycle: Kabaun automates your carbon footprint from day one via FEC import and Klem AI, no ESG team, no training, no consultancy budget.
Carbon reporting is mandatory. But resources are limited.
No in-house ESG expert
SMEs don't have a sustainability manager or dedicated consultant. Carbon accounting remains opaque for the CFO, office manager or founder who inherits the task, with no training, no benchmarks, no time.
Limited budget vs consultancies at €15–30k
A carbon report commissioned from a specialist consultancy costs between €8,000 and €30,000 for an SME. An investment out of reach for most, with no guarantee of annual updates or a format usable by your clients or the authorities.
Carbon obligation but no adapted tool
SMEs with over 50 employees in certain sectors are subject to mandatory carbon reporting. Market tools are designed for ESG teams : too complex, too slow, ill-suited to your standard accounting data.
Kabaun for SMEs
Three features that change everything.
FEC import → report from day one
Import your accounting journal file, the same file you hand to your accountant. Kabaun automatically maps your accounting entries to emission categories and produces your first carbon report from day one, with no manual input.
Klem AI picks your emission factors for you
No need to know the ADEME Carbon Base or choose from 200 emission factors. Klem, Kabaun's AI, automatically selects the most relevant factors for your sector, size and identified accounting entries.
One-click carbon report, ready for submission
The report generated by Kabaun follows the regulatory format expected by authorities. Download, submit, archive. No formatting, no accounting review, no intermediary.
How it works
From zero to compliant report in 3 steps.
1
Upload your accounting file
Export your accounting journal from your management software and import it into Kabaun. 2 minutes, no prior configuration.
2
Klem does the rest
Klem AI analyses your data, selects appropriate emission factors and calculates your simplified Scope 1, 2 and 3 footprint. No action required on your part.
3
Download your report
Your carbon report is generated in the regulatory format. Ready to submit to authorities, your clients or your board in one click.
An SME that completed its carbon report on its own.
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We received a formal notice from the regulator in November. We had two months to produce our carbon report and no in-house ESG expert. Our CFO imported the accounting file on a Monday morning, the report was ready on Wednesday. We submitted it without any changes. The regulator accepted it without comment.
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Thomas G.
CFO · Food distribution, 210 employees
Frequently asked questions
What SMEs ask us most.
The mandatory carbon report applies to private legal entities with over 500 employees in mainland France (250 in overseas territories). However, many SMEs anticipate this obligation under pressure from their key account clients subject to CSRD, who must declare their suppliers' Scope 3. If your main client has over 1,000 employees, they will ask you for it.
The first time, allow 2 to 3 hours in total: the accounting file import takes 5 minutes, Klem analyses and calculates from day one, and the final review takes about 1 hour. No training, no documentation reading. The second year takes under an hour, your settings are saved.
Yes. Kabaun is designed to be used by anyone with access to your accounting : CFO, office manager, accountant or founder. No knowledge of GHG Protocol, ADEME Carbon Base or regulations is required. Klem handles all technical choices on your behalf.
No minimum commitment period. You can generate your report and cancel whenever you like, at no cost. For comparison, a specialist consultancy charges between €8,000 and €30,000 for an SME carbon report, with a 2–6 month lead time and a static report that won't be updated. Kabaun at €190/month is under €2,300/year, with annual updates included.
Your carbon report from day one. €190/month.
No consultancy. No ESG expert. No commitment. Just your accounting file and Klem.