## Inspiration

What if you could carbon-neutral with 1-click?

With the abundance of carbon offsets and credits available in recent years, the potential for individuals and businesses to lower their carbon footprint to net-zero has never been higher.

But the biggest hurdle for many is the commitment to measure and offset their emissions on a regular basis.

## What it does

Pascal is a tool for you to offset your carbon emissions to net-zero in 1-click.

Pascal works with three simple steps:

1. Connect your bank account via Plaid
2. Measure your carbon footprint
3. Automatically offset your carbon emissions

As new transactions come in, Pascal will update your carbon footprint and offsets accordingly.

## How we built it

1. We take your daily transaction data and convert it to CO2e data. For example, converting a $30 Uber ride to kg CO2e\*
2. For non-public vendors or merchants, we apply ML models using scientifically determined benchmark factors
3. After aggregating your carbon contribution, we’ll enable you to either a) purchase individual carbon offsets from a broad selection of offset providers, b) enroll in automatic payments to offset a set percentage of your carbon emissions, or c) view recommendations for lower carbon intensive products/services to substitute your top emitting merchants.

\*To compute CO2e data conversions, we utilize a variety of data sources including emissions disclosures and financial SEC filings.

## Challenges and Accomplishments

A core challenge was automating the process of sourcing carbon offsets, which requires integrating with the APIs of several marketplaces. Another challenge was utilizing Plaid to integrate live with the user’s bank transaction data.

## What's next for Pascal

In the future, we will launch Pascal by partnering with banks to integrate Pascal’s APIs and UI into enterprise and commercial banking applications (e.g. Chase Mobile App).
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## Authors

Alankrit Verma

Borys Łangowicz

Adibvafa Fallahpour
On the surface, our application is very focused on individual consumers, as it is a way for environmentally conscious online shoppers to contribute towards creating a more sustainable world. However, at the core, it provides a way for large financial institutions and payment providers to take advantage of the increased number of transactions made in online marketplaces.

Not only that, but this is just one example of how we can use the explosion of new information that have been made accessible to both individuals and organizations, to enrich existing payment information, and to develop quickly, new and previously improbable products.

Specifically, our application, through prompting users to make payments on top of their online purchases to offset the carbon footprint of shipping their purchases and by providing this opportunity even after their purchase has been made, creates new opportunities to not only contribute to sustainability, but also increase the number of potential credit card transactions per individual product bought online to fund more banking products, such as reward programs.

Moving forward with our product, we have three thngs in mind:

First is developing our own API enhancing the existing ecosystem of both financial and environmental intelligence

Second is creative ways to use the money collected from this application. For example, we could start a micro-fund to loan to small businesses, who are focused on sustainability, or who may have been hurt by the rapid closing of in-person stores as a result of the pandemic

Third, is to convert our web application, which is already focused specifically for mobile users, into a progressive web app which includes a highly accessible mobile widget.