Create Entities

Entities represent your organizational structure in Darwin. They form a hierarchy that allows you to allocate environmental data and track impacts across your organization.

Entity Types

Darwin supports three types of entities:

Create Your First Entity (Root)

Add Organizational Units

Org. Units help you structure your company hierarchy:

1. Click the + button on an existing entity in the Network View

2. Select Org. Unit

3. Enter:

   • Name: Division or product name

   • Scope: 1 (Direct operations) or 3 (Upstream/Downstream)

   • Revenue: Revenue allocation for this unit

   • Labels: Tags like "Business Unit", "Product", "Supplier"

Add Sites

Sites are physical locations with geographic coordinates:

1. Click the + button on a parent entity

2. Select Site

3. Enter:

   • Name: Site name

   • Site Type: Select from the list below

   • Location: Search for an address or click on the map

   • Revenue: Optional revenue allocation

Site Types

Darwin supports 18 site types for accurate impact modeling:

Manage Entities in Table View

For bulk operations, use the Org. Units table view:

1. Go to Collect > Org. Units

2. View all entities in a sortable table

3. Click any row to edit the entity

4. Use filters to find specific entities

Sites Table View

The Sites table shows:

• Site name and type

• Parent entity

• Geographic location

• Revenue allocation

Scope Assignments

Assign scopes to define the boundary of your assessment:

Import Entities

To bulk import entities:

1. Click Import in the Org. Units view

2. Download the template

3. Fill in your entity data

4. Upload the completed file

See Import Data for detailed instructions.

Next Steps

After creating your entity structure:

1. Add data points to each entity

2. Configure rules for data propagation

3. View your footprint in the assessment views