# Automate ESG carbon monitoring and strategy execution: n8n workflow

> Started by a clock, and works across Email, Google Sheets, Postgres and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/workflow/automate-esg-carbon-monitoring-and-strategy-execution-2 (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Automate ESG carbon monitoring and strategy execution

Started by a clock, and works across Email, Google Sheets, Postgres and Slack. It hands the judgement calls to OpenAI. 30 steps, 2 branches: large, and worth reading before you trust it with anything live.

Large Calls a model: OpenAI

[Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-esg-carbon-monitoring-and-strategy-execution-2)

**30 steps** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live

**2** Branches: places the flow splits

**0** Loops or waits

**4** Services it connects to

## The flow

Starts it 1 Model 13 Logic 4 Service 12

The steps in the order they run, from what starts it.

- 1 **Scheduled Carbon Data Collection** Schedule trigger *Starts it*
- 2 **Supervisor Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 3 **Supervisor Output Parser** Output Parser Structured *Model*
- 4 **Monitoring Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 5 **Optimization Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 6 **Policy Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 7 **ESG Model** Lm Chat Open Ai *Model*
- 8 **Carbon Calculations Tool** Tool Code *Model*
- 9 **KPI Calculator** Tool Calculator *Model*
- 10 **Carbon Database Tool** Postgres Tool *Service*
- 11 **Policy Sheets Tool** Google Sheets Tool *Service*
- 12 **Carbon Supervisor Agent** Agent *Model*
- 13 **Carbon Monitoring Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 14 **Carbon Optimization Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 15 **Policy Enforcement Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 16 **ESG Reporting Agent** Agent Tool *Model*
- 17 **Approval Workflow Tool** Slack Hitl Tool *Service*
- 18 **Route by Action Type** Switch *Logic*
- 19 **Store Carbon Metrics** Postgres *Service*
- 20 **Prepare Optimization Data** Set *Logic*
- 21 **Send Policy Alert** Slack *Service*
- 22 **Update ESG Report** Google Sheets *Service*
- 23 **Consolidate All Actions** Merge *Logic*
- 24 **Check Approval Required** If *Logic*
- 25 **Send ESG Report Email** Email Send *Service*
- 26 **Send Summary Notification** Slack *Service*
- 27 **Request Strategy Approval** Slack *Service*
- 28 **Auto-Execute Strategy** Postgres *Service*
- 29 **Update KPI Dashboard** Postgres *Service*
- 30 **Log Approved Strategy** Postgres *Service*

## How it's built

- **Starts on:** A clock
- **Steps:** 30, with 2 branches
- **Size:** Large: read it before trusting it with anything live
- **Connects to:** Email, Google Sheets, Postgres, Slack
- **Model:** OpenAI

## Questions

What does it need to run?

An n8n account, plus your own Email, Google Sheets, Postgres and Slack accounts, and a key for OpenAI. You connect your own accounts after importing it; none are included.

What starts it?

It starts on a clock.

Does it use AI?

Yes. It calls OpenAI. Model calls are billed by the provider, not by n8n.

How long does it take to set up?

Take your time. At 30 steps it is large: read it before trusting it with anything live.

How do I import it?

Copy the workflow, open a new workflow in n8n and paste. The steps appear on the canvas, ready for your own accounts.

**Before you run it**

Nothing here has been tested by us. It is somebody's working automation, read and described from its own steps. Treat the connections it wants as a list of accounts it will touch, and read the 30 steps before you point it at anything that matters.

## Run it in n8n

- **Create your n8n account** Free to start. n8n is where the workflow runs. [Create an n8n account ↗](https://millionrounds.com/n8n)
- **Download the workflow** Free with a Millionrounds account. [Download free](https://millionrounds.com/login?next=%2Fapp%2Fworkflow%2Fautomate-esg-carbon-monitoring-and-strategy-execution-2)
- **Paste it into n8n** Open a new workflow in n8n and paste. Then connect your own accounts.

Stored with the author's traces removed: canvas notes, instance identifiers, saved credential names and any live document they had left behind.

## Connects to

Each opens the other workflows that use it.

[Email](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Email#library)[Google Sheets](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Google+Sheets#library)[Postgres](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Postgres#library)[Slack](https://millionrounds.com/workflows?service=Slack#library)

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