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Understand the emissions in your value chain
How long it will take, and how much it will cost
Know your pathway to Net Zero
Build a rock solid decarbonisation pathway for 2024-2025 to demonstrate commitment, retain customers and win more business.
Large customers, the public and stakeholders expect action; A Net Zero Roadmap is achievable for both small and large businesses and doesn’t have to cost the earth. In fact, with good planning you will be saving money and emissions at the same time.
With more options today ever you need help to get to Net Zero; there are so many options; new technology, embedded renewables, market-based solutions such as Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreements, and unbundled Environmental Certificates
There are four main levers for achieving Net Zero:
- Direct investment in demand-side initiatives
- On-site Renewable Energy (e.g. solar PVSolar Photovoltaic, batteries, thermal storage)
- Market based procurement options such as PPAs
- Carbon Offsets and unbundled RECsI-RECs, GOs, TIGRs, LGCs, ZNECs, J-Credits
The challenge is to know who’s advice is right, what solutions to use, how much will it cost, and how long will it take? Which of the levers is right for your business?
Answering these questions requires a mix of technical analysis and strategic thinking. It needs scenario mapping so you can make an informed decision.
If you are just starting out, you could consider a Carbon Health Check – a way to assess how progressed you are in managing your carbon emissions. If you are further along, you may want to put all of your opportunities into a Marginal Abatement Cost Curve and develop a detailed 5 or 10 year or longer plan with costings.
There is no right answer – let us help you start your journey and get moving.
How can we help?
Northmore Gordon helps you at all steps in the journey.Â
After executive education a great place to start is your baseline Scope 1 & 2 emissions.
A full Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon footprint provides a foundation for making decisions about your Net Zero Roadmap. Whilst it can be relatively straightforward to calculate Scope 1+2, scope 3 is more challenging.
The process should be completed in line with the GHGGreenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere. They all have different global warming potentials (GWP) over different time frames, the higher the number, the worse the impact. For simplicity of accounting everything is referenced back to carbon dioxide which has a global warming potential of 1. There are over 200 GHGs listed in the IPCC fifth assessment report, a sample are below. Note that in current carbon accounting standards the 100 year GWP is used. Greenhouse gas 20 year GWP100 year GWPCarbon dioxide CO211Methane CH48428Hydrofluorocarbon HFC-134a37101300Chlorofluorocarbon CFC-1169004660Nitrous Oxide N2O264265Sulfur hexafluoride SF617,50023,500 Protocol.
Scope 3 emissions include emissions that occur upstream and downstream of a company’s operations, such as emissions from suppliers of goods and services, and customer product use.
The diagram provided below visually represents the various emission categories within the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard for Scope 1 and 2 and the Corporate Value Chain Standard for Scope 3, along with their respective considerations within various recognized schemes.
Scope 3 emissions inventory development is a journey – we recommend the approach below.
Knowing your carbon abatement opportunities is central to meeting your net zero emissions targets. Northmore Gordon is an expert in evaluating physical and contractual carbon abatement opportunities for your business, including:
- Energy Efficiency Opportunities
- On-site renewable energy (e.g., biogas, solar)
- Renewable electricity and renewable bio-methane procurement options
- Greenhouse Gas Marginal Abatement Cost Curves
- Environmental certificates to quantify emissions or fund projects
Prioritising these opportunities in terms of their abatement potential and abatement cost creates a ‘Marginal Abatement Cost (MAC) Curve. This helps guide you on what to do first and informs your capital plan!
Marginal Abatement Cost Curve – ranking projects
Most pathways to Net Zero are not linear, and there are multiple routes to the end goal. Once you understand your carbon footprint, the challenges are:
- Setting a realistic carbon target – how much reduction and by when?
- Stakeholder engagement – getting people behind the vision and driving action
- Creating a realistic plan – what resources will you need (money, time, people)?
- Implementation – how am I going to communicate this and deliver?
To develop the plan Northmore Gordon can help you to
- Develop costed projects that will help to eliminate your emissions
- Develop your Marginal Abatement Cost Curve.
- Develop a number of scenarios that take into account total cost, benefits, risk, and technology readiness.
- Engage your Executive and Management Teams to decide on what scenario best suits your business
- Help you set a carbon target
- Engage Stakeholders
- Create a realistic plan
- Implement
Responding to the challenges in the 21st Century requires a business strategy that draws on market leading knowledge of sustainability practices, recognized certification schemes, competitor commitments, and engages with key stakeholders. Northmore Gordon will work with you to develop a strategy which addresses:
- Net Zero Pathways
- Carbon offsets and renewable energy procurement
- Stakeholder engagement
- Setting emissions reduction targets
- Action Plans
- Risk mapping
Assess your Business now with our Carbon Health Check!​
Do a quick carbon health check to assess how well your organisation is managing carbon. Time to complete the survey is approximately 5-10 minutes.
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