Measured vs self-declared: source tags, gaps and evidence
Every answer in the Buyer Pack carries a source tag, and buyers read the difference. The four tags:
- Measured (data) — computed by the SOLANIQ engine from your electricity bills, fuel purchases and production records. These cannot be typed over by hand.
- Company profile — facts you declare: products, headcount, certifications, sites.
- Policy — yes/no governance statements (environmental policy, code of conduct, anti-corruption…).
- To complete (manual) — not known yet. These make up the gap list.
How do I close the gap list?
- Fill in the Company profile card and save — signed in, it persists to your account and prefills every framework from then on.
- Answer each policy Yes or No — “unknown” counts as a gap.
- Add your annual turnover to unlock the GHG intensity per turnover figure VSME asks for. Turnover and headcount are optional, stay in your buyer pack and are never used in anonymised benchmarking.
- Some social metrics (workplace incidents, collective-bargaining coverage) need HR records — enter them when you have them.
Can I attach evidence?
Yes — next to each suggested document (ONEE invoices, ISO certificates, policy PDFs). In this version the files are not uploaded to SOLANIQ: only the filename is kept for your session, shown next to the answers it supports and listed in the JSON export manifest. Keep the actual files ready to send when the buyer asks for them.
Why buyers care
A measured number backed by an invoice beats a declaration. The tags let a buyer see at a glance which answers come from data and which are self-declared — that transparency is what makes the pack credible.
Open the Buyer Pack to see your own gap list.