Five services.
One engineered chain.
Each service stands alone, but they're designed to chain together: the inventory feeds the roadmap, the roadmap feeds the energy study, and the annual contract keeps all three current. No accreditation is required for anything on this list.
- 01Carbon Footprint AssessmentScope 1, 2 & 3 inventoryOne-off, then annual
- 02Decarbonisation RoadmapCosted, sequenced, scenario-modelledOne-off
- 03Energy Optimisation StudyRanked by return, not by tonnesOne-off
- 04ESG Reporting & Supply-Chain SupportWhatever they're actually asking forAnnual
- 05Ongoing Carbon IntelligenceA management function, not a reportAnnual
Carbon Footprint Assessment
A full greenhouse gas inventory for one financial year, expressed in tCO2e, broken down by scope, source, and site or process line.
Executive Carbon Intelligence Report — total footprint, scope breakdown chart, year-on-year trend for repeat clients, and a short “what this means” narrative. Not just a spreadsheet.
A legally assured or verified statement. We label it clearly as self-assessed — accurate, and sufficient for around 95% of SME use cases including voluntary and supply-chain reporting.
Exactly how we do it
- 01Data request & site walk
Utility bills (gas, electricity, water), fuel receipts, refrigerant top-up records, fleet mileage and, for larger accounts, production volumes.
- 02Boundary setting
Define the organisational boundary (typically operational control) and reporting year, following the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting Standard.
- 03Scope 1 calculation
Combustion (boilers, ovens, forklifts, company vehicles), fugitive emissions (refrigerant leakage) and process emissions where applicable, using UK Government (DEFRA/DESNZ) conversion factors.
- 04Scope 2 calculation
Purchased electricity and heat, calculated both location-based (grid average) and market-based (supplier-specific, if you hold a green tariff) per the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance.
- 05Scope 3 screening
A materiality screen across all 15 categories, then detailed calculation of the 3–4 that actually matter for you — typically purchased goods & services, upstream transport and waste. Almost nobody does this properly for SMEs, and it's usually where the biggest number lives.
- 06Quality-check & sense-check
Cross-referenced against energy spend, sector benchmarks and prior-year data where available.
The value to you
- Answers the question your biggest customer's procurement questionnaire is now asking.
- A defensible number for a tender response, CDP disclosure or EcoVadis submission.
- Surfaces the Scope 3 hotspot most SMEs don't know they have — often 5–10× Scope 1 + 2 combined.
- A fraction of the cost of a Big 4 or accredited verifier for the same underlying inventory.
Decarbonisation Roadmap
A costed, sequenced plan for reducing the footprint identified in your assessment, scenario-modelled over 3–5 years.
Roadmap document with the MACC chart, a year-by-year action plan, and a one-page board summary you can use to get capex approved.
Exactly how we do it
- 01Abatement identification
Walk the site (or review process data) against each emissions source and identify credible reduction levers: fuel switching, heat recovery, insulation, compressed air, motor/VFD upgrades, LED retrofits, EV fleet transition, on-site solar, supplier switching.
- 02Marginal Abatement Cost Curve (MACC)
Rank every lever by £ per tCO2e abated and by simple payback period — not just by tonnes saved. The single most useful engineering artefact in the engagement: it tells you what to do first.
- 03Scenario modelling
Two or three pathways — e.g. “no-cost measures only”, “moderate capex”, “net zero by 2035” — so you can choose against your actual capital cycle, not an aspirational one.
- 04Funding overlay
Flag which measures are eligible for UK grants (Industrial Energy Transformation Fund, local Net Zero Hub grants, enhanced capital allowances). This materially improves the payback maths and most SMEs never check it.
The value to you
- Turns “we should probably do something about emissions” into a prioritised, budgeted plan a finance director will approve.
- No-cost and low-cost measures usually pay for the entire engagement in year one.
- Puts you ahead of customers and lenders who are starting to ask “what's your plan”, not just “what's your number”.
Energy Optimisation Study
A technical review of energy use across the site, targeting the classic industrial waste points, with recommendations ranked by return.
Energy Optimisation Report, feeding directly into the Decarbonisation Roadmap's MACC.
This is a general energy review, not a statutory ESOS compliance audit, which legally requires a registered Lead Assessor. We deliver the same engineering value without that regulated label, and refer clients who specifically need ESOS compliance to a Lead Assessor.
Exactly how we do it
- 01Utility & meter review
12–24 months of half-hourly or monthly consumption data, degree-day normalised where relevant.
- 02Walk-round audit
Compressed air system (leak survey — typically 20–30% of generated air is lost to leaks), motor and drive inventory, heat recovery from ovens, compressors and refrigeration, building fabric and insulation, lighting.
- 03Benchmarking
Energy intensity (kWh per unit output, or per m²) compared against Carbon Trust and DESNZ industrial benchmarks, so you see exactly where you sit versus peers.
- 04Quantify and rank
Each recommendation costed with expected annual saving (£ and kWh), payback period and implementation complexity.
The value to you
- Compressed air, heat recovery and motor upgrades are consistently the highest-ROI industrial efficiency measures — often under two-year payback.
- Directly reduces energy cost, which lands on the P&L immediately — a far easier internal sell than “sustainability” framing.
ESG Reporting & Supply-Chain Support
Help producing whatever your customers, lenders or regulators are actually asking for — questionnaires, disclosures and narrative reports.
Completed questionnaire or submission, plus a short internal reference document so you can self-serve next year's version with less help.
Exactly how we do it
- 01Requirement mapping
Identify exactly which framework is being requested: SECR-style narrative, CDP Supply Chain questionnaire, EcoVadis scorecard, a specific customer's supplier sustainability form, or a bank's ESG lending questionnaire.
- 02Drafting
Using your footprint and roadmap data, we draft the actual submission in your voice. Most SMEs have the facts but no one internally with time to write it up properly.
- 03Gap-closing
Flag any question you can't currently answer well and turn it into a fast, targeted piece of work — a supplier engagement letter, a waste data pull — rather than a vague weakness.
The value to you
- Removes the single biggest blocker to landing or keeping contracts with larger customers: an unanswered or badly-answered sustainability questionnaire.
- Converts a compliance chore into a competitive differentiator versus SME suppliers who ignore the ask.
Ongoing Carbon Intelligence
The assessment, roadmap and reporting support above, refreshed annually, plus running progress tracking in between.
A live, evolving carbon intelligence file rather than a one-off report gathering dust — and the natural on-ramp to the Helvetra platform once it launches.
Exactly how we do it
- 01Annual re-assessment
Repeat the Scope 1/2/3 inventory each year on the same methodology so numbers are genuinely comparable — a common failure point when SMEs switch providers or methodology.
- 02Progress tracking against the roadmap
Check which MACC measures were implemented, quantify actual versus modelled savings, and re-prioritise the remaining list.
- 03Light-touch quarterly check-ins
Short calls to catch data or operational changes early — new equipment, closed sites, changed suppliers — so the year-end number isn't a surprise.
The value to you
- Turns a one-off audit into a genuine management function, without hiring an in-house sustainability person.
- Keeps you audit-ready every year for customer questionnaires, tenders and, eventually, mandatory reporting as thresholds tighten.
Two ways to buy, one method throughout.
Work with us on a single project, or put the whole chain on an annual contract so it stays current.
One-off projects
- Carbon Footprint Assessment
- Decarbonisation Roadmap
- Energy Optimisation Study
Annual contract
- Ongoing Carbon Intelligence
- ESG Reporting & Supply-Chain Support
- Progress tracking
Premium engineeringComing later
- Digital twins
- Process simulation
- Bespoke analytics
What we deliberately don't sell yet.
These stay off the list until the right credential is in place. Offering them without it is where liability actually lives — not in the analytical work itself.
Not sure which service you need first?
Almost everyone starts with the Carbon Footprint Assessment. Tell us what your customers are asking for and we'll point you at the right starting line.
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