Northmore Gordon and Pangolin Associates form a Strategic Partnership to Support Large Energy Users with ASRS Compliance

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May 21, 2025
Northmore Gordon

We’re excited to announce that we, Northmore Gordon a leading energy consultancy, and Pangolin Associates, a premier climate change and sustainability consulting firm, have formed a strategic partnership to help Australian businesses navigate the new Australian Sustainability Reporting Standards (ASRS) coming into effect in 2025.

The partnership brings together Northmore Gordon’s deep expertise in energy management and carbon reduction with Pangolin Associates’ proven capabilities in climate risk assessment and sustainability reporting. This powerful combination offers large energy users a comprehensive solution to meet their ASRS compliance needs while driving meaningful progress on their decarbonization journeys.

“Large energy users face significant challenges in meeting the new ASRS framework,” said Hamish McGovern, Managing Director at Northmore Gordon. “By partnering with Pangolin Associates, we can offer clients an unmatched combination of energy expertise and climate reporting capabilities, ensuring they not only comply with regulations but identify valuable opportunities to reduce costs and emissions, and maximise funding sources for the transition.”

Iain Smale, Managing Director at Pangolin Associates, added: “This partnership represents a perfect alignment of complementary strengths. Together, we provide clients with the strategic climate risk assessment and practical energy solutions needed for ASRS compliance and long-term sustainability. Our combined approach helps organizations turn regulatory requirements into business advantages.

The partnership will offer end-to-end ASRS compliance services, including emissions measurement, climate risk assessment, scenario analysis, transition planning, and comprehensive reporting. Clients will benefit from Northmore Gordon’s proven methodologies for energy optimization, grant & certificate funding expertise, alongside Pangolin’s expertise in climate strategy and disclosure frameworks.

This collaboration comes at a critical time as Australian organizations prepare for the first ASRS reporting period beginning January 2025. Group 1 entities, including the country’s largest companies and energy users, must produce their first sustainability reports in 2026, with additional organizations phasing in over subsequent years.

Who we are

Northmore Gordon is a specialist energy consultancy helping industrial and commercial businesses decarbonize and reduce energy costs. With offices across Australia and Singapore, the firm provides energy audits, efficiency engineering, carbon strategy development, and environmental certificate services. Northmore Gordon has been highly successful in leverage grant and certificate funding for customers’ transition projects, and is committed to helping large energy users achieve meaningful emissions reductions while improving financial performance.

Pangolin Associates is an Australian-owned climate change and sustainability consulting firm. Pangolin helps organizations meet their climate change goals through comprehensive greenhouse gas assessments, carbon neutralThe act of offsetting all scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions associated with a product or service. certification, net zero strategic implementation, and compliance with government reporting schemes. As a certified B Corp and Climate ActiveClimate Active is an accreditation program for Australian companies to certify their organisations, products, services, events, buildings or precincts as carbon neutral. The program is backed and administered by the Australian government. Companies have to measure their scope 1, 2 and material scope 3 emissions, reduce where possible and offset the remainder by purchasing and retiring offsets. Allowed offsets are LGCs for scope 2 and ACCUs, CERs, RMUs, VCUs or VERs for scope 1 or 3 emissions. Annual reporting is required and published on the Climate Active website. More organization, Pangolin leads by example in sustainability practices.

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