Welder working on a steel fabrication bench

Carbon reporting built for UK manufacturers

Customers, tenders and lenders now ask for carbon figures. ESGen measures your footprint from your own energy bills, keeps the bill behind every figure, and our team turns it into the plan or answer that was asked for.

See how it works Book a demo

Your customers now ask for carbon figures. Most smaller manufacturers do not have them yet.

Of 50 Birmingham manufacturers with 10 to 249 staff that we studied, none published a carbon footprint. Nationally, 37% of firms with 50 to 249 staff were asked for carbon data in the past year.

Source: ESGen research, 27 Sep 2026; British Business Bank, SMEs and Net Zero, Oct 2025

Questionnaires decide who gets the work

JLR requires every direct supplier to hold a Sustainability Assessment Questionnaire score before a sourcing decision is made, whatever the supplier's size.

Source: JLR Modern Slavery Statement, May 2026

Tenders ask for a Carbon Reduction Plan

Central government contracts above £5 million a year require one, and many tier 1 contractors ask subcontractors for the same format. NHS suppliers face wider Scope 3 reporting from April 2027.

Source: PPN 006, GOV.UK; NHS England Net Zero Supplier Roadmap

UK CBAM starts on 1 January 2027

Firms importing in-scope steel, aluminium and other goods worth £50,000 or more in 12 months must register with HMRC and keep records of the emissions in each consignment.

Source: GOV.UK CBAM guidance, updated 9 Sep 2026

Lenders ask about energy and emissions

New Bank of England rules for banks and insurers are why relationship managers now ask borrowers about energy use and emissions, and green lending terms depend on that data.

Source: Bank of England PRA Supervisory Statement 5/25, Dec 2025

Set up once, then answer each request from the same figures

Your energy data goes in once, with the bill attached. The same checked figures then feed every report, plan and questionnaire.

Scope 1 and 2 from your own bills

Add electricity, gas, diesel, petrol and staff-car miles for each site. We apply the UK government's conversion factors and add the upstream energy share of Scope 3 automatically.

Emissions by source

Apr 2025 to Mar 2026

Source	tCO₂e	Consumption	Share
Electricity: grid, Plant A	98.4	475,300 kWh	41%
Natural gas: heat treatment	71.2	389,600 kWh	30%
Diesel: forklifts and vans	32.6	12,700 L	14%
Upstream energy (added)	27.1		11%
Petrol: company cars	6.3	2,700 L	3%
Staff car miles	2.9	10,900 mi	1%

The bill behind every figure

Each reading keeps the document it came from. Data checks flag missing months and unusual jumps, every calculation is logged, and a reporting year locks once you sign it off.

Calculation log

Plant A electricity, August

Consumption48,210 kWh
UK government factor0.20705
Result9.98 tCO₂e
August bill.pdf

Data checks

2 items to review

Plant B gas, JuneNo reading enteredCheck
Warehouse, July62% above averageCheck
Plant A, all months
Period 2025/26Locked

The answer in the format they asked for

The platform builds SECR, Carbon Reduction Plan and VSME outputs from your signed-off figures. Our team writes the plan, answers the questionnaire and checks the wording of any claim before it goes out.

Outputs from period 2025/26

SECR disclosureEnergy, Scope 1 and 2, intensity ratioPlatform
Carbon Reduction PlanPPN 006 format, written with youPlatform and team
VSME reportThe EU standard for smaller firmsPlatform
Customer questionnaireSAQ, EcoVadis or CDP answersTeam
UK CBAM readinessScoped with youTeam

Why manufacturers work with ESGen

Book a demo

A team that does the writing
Our team prepares your Carbon Reduction Plan, SECR report and questionnaire answers from the figures in your workspace, so the work does not rest on one person.
Built for several sites
Add each site and its meters once. Every reading lands in the right place, and you see totals by site and for the business.
Figures you can defend
UK government conversion factors, a log of every calculation, and a lock on each reporting year once you sign it off.
We check what applies first
SECR reaches a firm with 10 to 249 staff only above £54 million turnover and £27 million balance sheet, or through a large group. We tell you where you stand before we quote.
Source: Companies Act 2006 s465, as amended by SI 2024/1303