Guides for the slow parts
Step-by-step walkthroughs of the tasks that take time, where a clear method saves days. Written for smaller businesses doing this for the first time.
UK reporting6 min readSECR: who has to report and how to prepare the disclosureStreamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting puts energy use and emissions in the annual report of larger UK companies. This guide covers the size tests that apply from April 2025, what the disclosure must contain and how to build it from your bills.
UK reporting6 min readHow to write a Carbon Reduction Plan under PPN 006Central government buyers ask bidders on contracts worth more than £5 million a year for a Carbon Reduction Plan in a set format. This guide covers what goes in it, the data you need and how to build it.
Carbon accounting6 min readHow to measure your carbon footprint as a small manufacturerA step-by-step walkthrough for UK manufacturers without a sustainability team: what to include, where the figures sit in your records, and how to turn them into tonnes of CO₂e you can defend.
Supply chain6 min readHow to collect emissions data from your suppliersA step-by-step method for manufacturers building Scope 3 from supplier figures: map your purchases, choose who to ask first, send one short request and check what comes back.
Net zero7 min readHow to build a net zero plan for a manufacturing SMEA step-by-step route for smaller manufacturers, from a year of bills to a baseline, a target and an action plan with owners and dates.
Energy7 min readHow to map a factory's energy use and find the savingsWhere the energy goes, how to track it against output each month, where the published savings sit (motors and drives included), and how to show a saving is real.
India6 min readBRSR and BRSR Core: a step-by-step guide for listed companies and their suppliersWhat SEBI's Business Responsibility and Sustainability Report asks for and how BRSR Core assurance is phasing in, with seven steps to an answer you can show the evidence for.
India6 min readEnergy efficiency for Indian manufacturing MSMEs: where to startMost of an MSME's fuel goes to heat. Start with boilers, furnaces, motors and compressed air, see what published studies found, then record the saving so buyers and lenders can check it.
Product footprint7 min readHow to calculate a product carbon footprintA step-by-step walkthrough for manufacturers asked for the carbon footprint of one product: the rules, the boundary, the data, the arithmetic and the quality measures your customer will expect.More on each topic
Each of these opens the page where we cover the subject in full.
FoundationsOpens: Carbon accounting basicsGetting started with carbon accountingScopes, activity data, factors and tCO₂e: the groundwork.
Scope 3Opens: Suppliers engagementImproving Scope 3 with supplier dataHow to collect primary data from the suppliers that matter most.
CSRDOpens: CSRDUnderstanding double materialityImpact and financial materiality, and how a topic becomes reportable.
CSRDOpens: CSRDPreparing for CSRD and ESRSDatapoint mapping, evidence and the assurance conversation.
DataOpens: ESG reportingBuilding an ESG data workspaceStructure data once, then report to each framework that asks.
ReadinessOpens: ESG reportingReporting readiness overviewFramework mapping and a plain gap assessment.
SECROpens: SECRSECR after the 2025 threshold changeWho is now inside and outside SECR, and what the directors' report must include.
BRSROpens: BRSRBRSR and BRSR Core in practiceThe nine principles, the Core indicators and the evidence behind them.
RegulationsOpens: Regulations mapWhich rules apply, by countryUK, EU, India and global frameworks in one place, with who each one affects.Want the method applied to your own data?
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