Many marketplace teams have a target to grow the share of their portfolio that holds an active sustainability certification, and most report on that progress to management on a monthly basis. The Establishment mapping page is built for that workflow: it gives you a snapshot of your certified supply today, and shows you how it has changed since your last reporting period.
You'll find it under Overview > Establishment mapping.
What the page shows
The page is split into three sections, each answering a question you'll likely need to answer in your monthly report:
Current state - "How much certified supply do we have right now?"
Certification coverage - "Which certifications are driving our supply?"
Changes over time - "How much has our certified supply grown (or shrunk) since last month?"
A Country filter at the top of the page lets you scope everything below to a single market, which is useful for regional or country-level reports.
Current state: your snapshot for this month's report
The Current state section gives you the headline numbers you'll likely cite when reporting on current certified supply.
Mapped establishments - the total number of certified establishments you have mapped on the platform (across both active and expired certifications)
With active certification - the headline number for current certified supply. This is usually what you'll report as your "actively certified" total.
Expiring within 120 days - certifications that will lapse soon. Useful for forecasting churn in your next reporting cycle.
With expired certification - establishments whose certifications have lapsed. Worth flagging if your team can re-engage with these properties.
Matches pending review - proposed matches in your mapping that still need approval before they count toward your supply.
A note on portfolio percentages: BeCause stores your certified supply, but not the non-certified portion of your portfolio. To report a "% of portfolio certified" figure, take With active certification and divide it by your own total portfolio size (which you'll know internally).
Certification coverage: where your supply comes from
The Certification coverage section breaks your supply down by certification, so you can see which programs are contributing the most.
Column | What it shows |
Certification name | The certification (e.g. GK Eco-label, Austrian Ecolabel) |
Certified globally | The total number of certified establishments worldwide |
Mapped | How many of those certified establishments you have mapped |
Unmapped | How many for that certification that you don't have mapped worldwide |
Use the search box to find a specific certification quickly.
This section is useful when management asks questions like "which certifications are we leaning on most?" or "where is the biggest gap between what's available globally and what we're capturing?"
Changes over time: growth since your last report
The Changes over time section is where you'll see how your certified supply has moved between reporting periods. This is usually the most important section for monthly reporting.
Step 1: Set your comparison point to your last report
Look for Comparing from mapping - [date] at the top right of the section. Click Edit to open the Show changes since modal, where you'll pick what to compare against. You have two options:
Option 1: My last mapping
Compare against one of your recent mapping files. The modal shows a table of your past mappings with the date, the number of establishments in the file, and how many matches were found. Select the mapping that aligns with your last report and click Apply.
Use this when your reporting cycle is mapping-to-mapping, for example, "what changed between the file I uploaded last month and the one I uploaded this month."
Option 2: A specific date
Compare against a date you choose. You can either:
Use a Quick select preset (e.g. 7 days ago) for common time windows
Enter a date manually using the date picker
Use this when you report on a fixed monthly cadence regardless of when your mapping was last refreshed.
Click Apply to update the section.
Step 2: Read the growth in your supply
Once your comparison point is set, the section shows five categories. For internal reporting, the certification changes are usually what management cares about most:
Certification changes (the supply story)
Newly certified - establishments that gained a certification since your reference point. This is your supply growth number.
Expired - certifications that lapsed in the period. This is your supply churn number.
Updated - certifications updated in some way (e.g. renewed expiration date, name change). Usually neutral for supply growth, but worth noting in detailed reports.
For most monthly reports, your headline metric is Newly certified minus Expired, your net growth in certified supply for the period.
Mapping changes (context, not supply growth)
Mapping added - establishments newly added to your mapping
Mapping removed - establishments removed from your mapping
These reflect changes you've made to your own mapping rather than changes in the certification landscape. Treat them as context for explaining swings in your numbers, not as growth.
Putting it to work: a monthly reporting workflow
A typical monthly reporting cycle on Establishment mapping:
Open the page on the first of the month, set the Country filter if you report by region.
Current state gives you your snapshot for the month: cite With active certification as your current certified supply, and Expiring within 120 days as a forward-looking risk indicator.
Changes over time: set your comparison point to your last report (either via My last mapping or A specific date).
Capture Newly certified, Expired, and the net difference for your "growth this month" line.
If management asks about specific certifications, use Certification coverage to drill in.
If you operate against a "% of portfolio certified" target, divide With active certification by your internal portfolio total to calculate the percentage.
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