How Matthew Phillips used CarbonInvoice's Xero integration to avoid manual calculations

07/2025

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Abraxas Labs is a technology consultancy delivering mission-critical applications for some of the world's largest companies. The team is focused on tackling complex challenges, which doesn't leave them any spare time to measure the business' carbon footprint.

Matthew, CEO and co-founder, measured his business' carbon footprint manually in the past. Those attempts at manual carbon footprint calculations and purchasing carbon credits had been labour-intensive and frustrating. Managing an entire team doesn't leave a lot of spare time for manual carbon accounting.

At this point, Matthew knew he needed a solution that did everything for him. After researching some options, he came across CarbonInvoice's automated Xero integration. The solution promised to measure his entire carbon footprint in minutes without any manual data entry or spreadsheets, so he went for it.

Big time savings

Running a busy tech consultancy means Matthew values efficiency above all else. Once connected, it took the software three minutes. Matthew had complete visibility into Abraxas Labs' carbon footprint and automated native tree funding set up - transforming years of procrastination into immediate carbon action.

The speed of CarbonInvoice's carbon measurement caught him completely off guard - what used to take hours now happened automatically through his existing accounting system.

  • No more hours gathering invoices and calculating emissions factors manually
  • Automated carbon footprint measurement that updates as his business grows
  • Three-minute setup that eliminated all the administrative burden
"I was blown away with how easy this was. I hooked CarbonInvoice up to Xero and in less than three minutes I had an assessment of the carbon footprint of my business and a monthly payment plan to offset those emissions."

Real native trees, visitable impact

Matthew appreciated CarbonInvoice's transparent approach. Instead of abstract carbon credits in remote locations he'd never visit, his business now funds native trees he can actually see growing in his local community.

"I also like the fact it's local - the best traceability is that I can actually visit the trees! I've manually calculated a carbon footprint and purchased carbon credits before and it was a fair amount of work, so this has definitely saved me a lot of time!"

Automated ongoing action

Matthew's days of carbon procrastination are over.

Abraxas Labs now automatically measures its environmental impact and funds native trees monthly, proving that even the busiest tech CEOs can take meaningful climate action when the right solution eliminates complexity. Matthew and his team at Abraxas Labs can now fully focus on growing the business without having to worry about measuring the carbon footprint manually.

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