Carbon Accounting & Reduction

Carbon accounting is the process of measuring and reporting your organization’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It’s the first essential step in understanding your climate impact—and the starting point for setting credible reduction targets and tracking progress over time.

Whether you're responding to CSRD, SBTi, EcoVadis, or internal climate goals, reliable carbon data is no longer optional. Buyers, investors, and regulators increasingly expect transparent and auditable emissions reporting.

What does carbon accounting involve?
Your footprint is typically calculated across three scopes, following the GHG Protocol:

1. Scope 1 – Direct emissions (e.g. fuel combustion, company vehicles)
2. Scope 2 – Indirect emissions from purchased energy
3. Scope 3 – Value chain emissions (e.g. suppliers, logistics, business travel)

What about reduction?
Accounting without action leads nowhere. Once your emissions baseline is clear, the focus shifts to identifying hotspots and high-impact opportunities to reduce emissions – across operations, supply chain, and products. This might include:

• energy efficiency upgrades
• renewable energy sourcing
• process redesign
• supplier engagement
• product innovation

Ambitious but science-aligned targets (like those set through SBTi) are becoming the norm, and companies are increasingly expected to show not just intent, but evidence of implementation and results.