We don't calculate carbon.
We engineer it out.
Helvetra Carbon Intelligence helps manufacturers understand, reduce and strategically manage emissions — using chemical and process engineering expertise, not spreadsheets and compliance checklists.
Every industrial business is feeling the same six pressures.
Whether or not you're legally required to report today, the demands are converging fast — and most existing carbon standards weren't written with a factory floor in mind.
to reduce emissions.
Four engineering phases. One trajectory — from data to transformation.
Most consultancies stop at reporting. We use the same audit to find which lines, machines and processes are actually worth fixing first.
Measure
- Scope 1 & 2 inventories
- Scope 3 screening
- Energy and emissions baselines
- Carbon hotspot analysis
Optimise
- Highest-emitting production lines
- Equipment wasting the most energy
- Fastest financial-return reductions
Analyse
- Root-cause & process engineering analysis
- Technical feasibility studies
- Engineering options appraisal
- ROI & payback modelling per intervention
Transform
- Digital twins & manufacturing simulation
- Process optimisation & CFD analysis
- AI-based energy optimisation
- Continuous emissions monitoring
Most carbon consultancies are accountants. Helvetra is built by engineers.
Typical carbon consultancy
“What are your emissions?”
- Reports the number
- Stops at compliance
- Explains the footprint
- Generic reduction targets
Helvetra Carbon Intelligence
“Why is it occurring, what is it costing you, and how can engineering solve it?”
- Traces emissions to process & equipment
- Prioritises by financial return
- Reduces the footprint
- Manufacturing-specific interventions
Our team understands manufacturing, process engineering, industrial operations, chemical processes, equipment performance and energy systems — meaning we don't just explain emissions, we reduce them.
Engineered decarbonisation isn't a cost centre. It's a return.
A carbon audit only earns its place on the balance sheet if it changes the numbers elsewhere. Here's where that value actually shows up.
Lower energy spend
Structured, instrumented energy audits routinely uncover 10–30% in identifiable, fundable savings across compressed air, motors, process heat and HVAC — money that drops straight to the bottom line, not just the sustainability report.
Reduced carbon-cost exposure
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme already raises billions a year from industrial and power-sector participants, and a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism arrives in January 2027. Engineering emissions out now reduces exposure before allowance and import costs bite.
Protected and won contracts
More than a third of UK mid-sized businesses — and over 60% of exporters — have already been asked by a customer for carbon data. Audit-ready suppliers keep the accounts that ask, and can bid for the tenders that require it.
Access to grants & schemes
New industrial energy schemes, capital allowances and grant programmes reward businesses that can demonstrate a credible emissions baseline and a costed reduction plan — support that's hard to unlock without the numbers behind it.
The pressures are measurable, verifiable, and accelerating.
None of this is theoretical. These are the published figures shaping the environment your business already competes in — at home and globally.
United Kingdom
UK industrial electricity prices sit roughly 46% above the average across International Energy Agency member states — the highest of any G7 economy.
The price gap with comparable economies has cost UK industry an estimated extra £29bn over the past four years; PwC estimates closing it could unlock up to £250bn in additional economic output over the next decade.
The UK Emissions Trading Scheme raised an estimated £2.6bn from industrial and power-sector participants in a single year, with a UK Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism due on imported steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen from January 2027.
37% of UK businesses with 50–249 staff have been asked by a customer for carbon data in the past 12 months — rising to 62% among exporters.
Global
Carbon pricing schemes worldwide mobilised over $107bn for public budgets in 2025 alone, and now apply to roughly 28% of global greenhouse gas emissions — up from almost nothing two decades ago.
A typical company's Scope 3 (supply-chain) emissions average around 26 times its own direct operational footprint — the reason large buyers are pushing carbon-data requirements down onto SME suppliers.
Across UK and European industrial sites, leak audits consistently find that 20–30% of compressed air produced is lost before it ever does useful work — one of the highest-return fixes in any factory.
67% of SMEs that acted on sustainability and efficiency recommendations went on to report measurably lower operating costs, not just a lower carbon footprint.
Figures reflect published third-party research current as of 2026 and are illustrative of sector-wide trends rather than guarantees for any individual business — see cited sources for full methodology.
Industrial SMEs, roughly 20–250 employees.
Helvetra is built around the realities of a working factory floor — not a head-office sustainability function.
“What are your emissions?”
“Why are they occurring, what are they costing you, and how can engineering solve them?”
Work with us once, or build a long-term carbon intelligence function.
Five service lines, delivered as one-off projects or an annual contract. See exactly how each one is delivered →
One-off projects
Assessments & audits
- Carbon footprint assessments
- Carbon audits
- Manufacturing reviews
- Energy optimisation studies
Annual contracts
Ongoing carbon intelligence
- Annual carbon reporting
- ESG support
- Progress monitoring
- Carbon reduction tracking
Premium engineering
Advanced technical services
- Digital twins
- Process optimisation
- Industrial simulation
- Bespoke analytics
A subscription platform for monitoring emissions and benchmarking factories, in real time.
We're building far more than a carbon consultancy — an engineering intelligence partner for industrial decarbonisation.
Carbon footprint assessments, delivered by engineers who understand the factory floor.
Industrial digital twins, AI-powered manufacturing optimisation, and engineering intelligence software.
Find out where your emissions are actually coming from.
Start with a Manufacturing Carbon Audit and get an Executive Carbon Intelligence Report — engineered findings, not a compliance checklist.