Methods and systems for automating carbon footprinting

A system for determining the carbon footprint of an item, said system comprising:

• a data automation module for obtaining data related to predetermined resources associated with an item from predetermined data sources;
• an emission factor estimator module including a non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for calculating estimated emission factors for each of said resources, said instructions including:
• categorizing a resource in a predetermined cluster of similar resources;
• obtaining an average estimated emission factor (EFCluster,i) for each cluster;
• obtaining an estimated price (Pricei) of said resource;
• calculating said emission factor (EFi,estimated) according to the following:
• EFi,estimated=a+b·ln(EFCluster,i)+c·ln(Pricei)
• wherein a, b, and c are coefficients.
• a calculation module for utilizing data related to said resources and said estimated emission factors for said resources to determine a carbon footprint of said item.