A carbon footprint is the total amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produced by your organisation, both directly through your operations and indirectly across your supply chain, purchased goods, and services. It is measured in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO₂e), providing a consistent way to assess your overall environmental impact.
Your carbon footprint includes all emission sources linked to your organisation, from energy use in buildings and fuel consumption to employee commuting, business travel, waste, and the goods and services you purchase.
Understanding your carbon footprint is the essential first step towards reducing emissions and building a more sustainable, resilient organisation. It provides a clear baseline, helping you identify where emissions arise and prioritise the actions that will deliver the greatest impact.
Understanding Scope 1, 2 and 3 Emissions
Not every organisation has the data, time, or resource to measure all emissions at once. Trying to do everything in one go can lead to poor data, unnecessary complexity, and unreliable results.
Instead, we build your carbon footprint in clear, manageable stages, aligned to the GHG Protocol:
Phase 1 – Scope 1 & 2
We establish a strong, reliable baseline by measuring direct emissions and energy use, including fuel, gas, electricity, and company vehicles.
Phase 1+ – Key upstream emissions
We expand into the most material indirect sources such as business travel, waste, water, and employee commuting.
Phase 2 – Supply chain (Scope 3 upstream)
We assess emissions from purchased goods, services, and capital items, improving visibility across your supply chain.
Phase 3 – Full value chain (Scope 3 downstream)
We capture broader lifecycle emissions, including product use, transportation, and other downstream impacts.
Our approach is designed to work with your organisation, not against it. We improve data quality over time, refine accuracy year on year, and help you move forward with confidence, without unnecessary complexity.
The result is a carbon footprint that is not only accurate, but useful, actionable, and commercially relevant.
