The BeCause platform makes the process of requesting and reporting on sustainability data easy directly in the platform. The portfolio owner, hotel chain or corporate office has the ability to send out a request to you as a hotel and you have full overview of what has been assigned to you, the deadline for the request and the ability to complete the assigned request.
Overview of assigned frameworks/requests
In the "My data collection" area in the platform, you have full visibility into any framework that you have either started yourself OR have been "Assigned" to you by your portfolio owner, hotel chain or corporate office. On the page there are a tab for your "Current frameworks" and one for your "Completed frameworks" so you always have full visibility of where you are at.
In this specific example below, you can see that a framework (GBTA Sustainable Procurement Standards for Hotels) has been assigned to your hotel profile:
Completing a requested/assigned framework
In order to complete an assigned or requested data framework, you will start by clicking "Open" on the card in your "My data collection" page.
Once inside the framework, you can dig into the topics, sub-topics and questions that you are asked to input data for.
Sorting through the questions
You can open up the different topics to answer. You can always go back to your topics overview by clicking "All topics".
Topic level (Grid view)
My clicking on the topic, you will dive deeper into the sub-topics of that specific topic. In below example you see that by clicking on the "PEOPLE" topic, it will show the sub-topic it contains.
By expanding the sub-topic (e.g. "Destination & Community"), you will see the questions contained in that specific sub-topic.
Sub-topic level (List view)
If you would rather prefer to see all questions in one go, you can toggle on the the "List view"
Responding to a question/data point
Under each sub-topic you will see the questions connected. In order to complete the question, you fill out the input field (e.g. Yes/No, Number, Text). When you have answered questions, please remember to click "Save ( ) changes" in the bottom right corner.
How to upload a file, omit a question and see the changelog
How to upload a file to a question
1. You can easily add a document or a picture to a question in your framework. Under the question, please click "Upload files".
2. Choose a file or drag it to drop it into the upload. When the file is marked green, you can upload the file(s) to the question.
How to omit a question
1. If there is a question in your selected framework that is not applicable, please select "Omit question".
2. When you have clicked "Omit question", then please explain why you are omitting the question and remember to click "Save".
How to check the changelog of the question
If you are revisiting your framework in between days or you have different colleagues to answer the questions, you can always open up the "Changelog" to check who has answered and/or edited the question.
2. When you open up the "Changelog" on a question, you can see the history.
