Carbon Footprint Your Business
Freeing You From Ambiguity
It’s hard to know where to begin with so much vagueness in the carbon footprinting market. But many organisations are concerned about the risk of losing business in the future if they don’t get started now. We provide balanced solutions for your business’s carbon footprint so that your reduction achievements are undeniable. We guide businesses through Scopes 1, 2 & 3 and create a roadmap of decarbonisation solutions that help you realise your sustainability goals.
The Complete Package
Carbon footprinting should be made easy. That’s why we offer a complete package for decarbonisation that encompasses these 3 fundamental services:
Footprinting
Our consultants partner with you to understand all you need to know so you can develop a clear picture of your emissions and identify where to prioritise carbon reduction
Verification
We make sure you are aligned to the highest industry standards and can be certified by Natural Carbon Solutions
Software
The Vero platform is a central place to visualise your data, identify reduction opportunities and track your progress
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Carbon Footprint Consultancy
Our Experts Deep-Dive Into the Detail
Our hands-on approach means you’ll get expert carbon footprinting support that is tailored to your needs. We have specialists that meticulously dissect the data so you can rest assured your carbon footprint is credibly measured, reduced and mitigated. Our carbon footprint consultants closely partner with you to provide a decarbonisation roadmap that you can confidently showcase to your stakeholders.
And Navigate What's Important
Measure
We help establish your starting point by collecting and calculating the data and ensuring it is the best it can be. By diving into the detail our experts’ partner with you to cover everything, including your supply chain so you can identify emissions hotpots as soon as possible.
Reduce
Our carbon reduction plans guide you through the essential steps to help you deliver a positive environmental impact. The team walk you through the process at your own pace so that your reductions can be made confidently and credibly.
Mitigate
Once you have reduced as much as you can, we provide advice and support with reliable schemes that help mitigate your business’s carbon footprint.
Report
It is important to share your ambitions with key stakeholders, and so our experts deliver a full carbon footprint report for your business that includes all of your actionable steps as well as your long-term targets.
Carbon Footprint Software
Your Carbon Footprint All in One Place
We’ve designed a digital platform that helps you visualise, verify and track your decarbonisation efforts for years to come. This means no more errors and reliance on multiple spreadsheets to calculate your business’s carbon footprint. This tool provides complete data assurance so you can manage your data more easily and accurately, and monitor your year-on-year progress towards your reduction targets.
Carbon Footprint Verification
Verify to Certify
Credibility is paramount to us. Our methods are in-line with international standards such as PAS2060, ISO 14064, the Science Based Targets initiative, B Corp and GHG Protocol, and include all upstream and downstream emissions sources so that no stone is left unturned. To go above and beyond we also verify each of your steps in line with the Natural Carbon Solutions certification scheme. Natural Carbon Solutions certifies your business’s carbon footprint for key milestones along the way to your long-term targets. This helps you stay focused and on top of your decarbonisation pathway so you can be bold in your ambition. Once certified, you can showcase your achievements and clearly outline the next steps needed to reach your sustainability goals.
And Align with Industry Standards
Carbon Footprint FAQs
You might have questions about the carbon footprinting process for your business. Here we have addressed a few of the typical carbon footprinting questions we get asked:
The first step is to gather data on all Greenhouse Gas emissions related to your business activities in a chosen baseline year. This includes things like energy used for heating and lighting, transportation, and industrial and commercial processes. It is also essential to include supply chain emissions which is also known as Scope 3. Where data is not available, secondary data and proxy assumptions are made. However, the more this is used, the less reliable the business’s carbon footprint is.
Using the baseline carbon footprint data a business is able to identify the clear emissions hotspots to start making reductions. This will vary depending on the business and sector but incorporates finding efficient alternatives to everything within their control and influencing and making procurement decisions on their supply chain. When every effort has been made to decarbonise, businesses can start to look at mitigation strategies to offset the remaining emissions.
The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is a global standardised framework to measure and manage greenhouse gas emissions for businesses, countries and cities. This means that when managing your carbon emissions in line with such recognised standards you can be confident that your results and actions are credible. To find out more about the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, you can visit their website here.
There are 3 scopes incorporated in an business’s carbon footprint. Each scope is a way of categorising different kinds of emissions a business creates. This is established by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol to cover both direct and indirect emissions so that businesses gain a full picture of their carbon footprint. Scope 3 is the largest source of emissions and includes all emissions from across your supply chain. Scope 3 emissions are sub-categorised into 15 emissions sources, such as purchased goods and services, transportation and distribution, and use of sold products to name a few.
Both are considered key carbon footprint checkpoints for a business. Carbon Neutral means you have achieved a balance between emitting and absorbing emissions from the atmosphere through reduction and offsetting methods for both Scopes 1 & 2. The same balance is required to achieve Net Zero Carbon, however this must also include Scope 3 emissions which covers all CO2 from your value chain. Also Carbon Neutral can be achieved by offsetting with ‘avoidance’ credits, however Net Zero needs to be via ‘removal’ credits.
Net Zero is a long-term target where no incremental Greenhous Gas emissions are added into the atmosphere. To achieve this, businesses need to work on reducing their total carbon footprint by 90% no later than 2050 against their baseline year.
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Carbon Footprint Case Studies
Stories from Those Leading the Way
We support a variety of ambitious companies with their carbon footprint. Each organisation is diverse and are at different points in their decarbonisation journey, so we enjoy partnering with our client’s whatever stage they are at. Our carbon footprint consultants quickly get onboard with client needs and work diligently on providing bespoke carbon footprint solutions.
Recipe for Success
After achieving B Corp status Higgidy were ready to measure and reduce their carbon footprint. We successfully established their carbon footprint in 2019 and have been supporting their team in decarbonisation efforts each year since. They have achieved Carbon Measured certification with Natural Carbon Solutions and have included all of their ambitions in their sustainability strategy report – Our Recipe for Responsible Business.
“Eight Versa helped us create very well thought out targets, they weren’t just plucked from the air. Finding the right consultant who can help calculate your carbon footprint has been really helpful.”
Megan Welch, Higgidy
Recipe for Success
After achieving B Corp status Higgidy were ready to measure and reduce their carbon footprint. We successfully established their carbon footprint in 2019 and have been supporting their team in decarbonisation efforts each year since. They have achieved Carbon Measured certification with Natural Carbon Solutions and have included all of their ambitions in their sustainability strategy report – Our Recipe for Responsible Business.
“Eight Versa helped us create very well thought out targets, they weren’t just plucked from the air. Finding the right consultant who can help calculate your carbon footprint has been really helpful.”
Megan Welch, Higgidy
Ambitious Reduction Targets
Veolia Water Technologies required support in measuring and reducing their carbon footprint across their European business units, as well as advisory work around EU regulatory requirements for carbon reporting including TCFD, EU Taxonomy, and CSRD. They were awarded Carbon Measured certification with Natural Carbon Solutions and are now working on their long-term decarbonisation strategy.
Ambitious Reduction Targets
Veolia Water Technologies required support in measuring and reducing their carbon footprint across their European business units, as well as advisory work around EU regulatory requirements for carbon reporting including TCFD, EU Taxonomy, and CSRD. They were awarded Carbon Measured certification with Natural Carbon Solutions and are now working on their long-term decarbonisation strategy.
Committed to Delivering Impact
Academy award-winning animation studio Aardman made it clear their sustainability ambitions from the get-go. We established their baseline carbon footprint in 2021 and have been supporting their decarbonisation plans each year since. This included a Carbon Measured certification from Natural Carbon Solutions and addressing their unique production spikes in emissions due to the nature of their business.
“We partner with Eight Versa to help develop a clear and actionable pathway towards achieving our targets. The team have been excellent in supporting our ambition towards becoming a more sustainable organisation.” – Sean Clarke, Managing Director at Aardman
Committed to Delivering Impact
Academy award-winning animation studio Aardman made it clear their sustainability ambitions from the get-go. We established their baseline carbon footprint in 2021 and have been supporting their decarbonisation plans each year since. This included a Carbon Measured certification from Natural Carbon Solutions and addressing their unique production spikes in emissions due to the nature of their business.
“We partner with Eight Versa to help develop a clear and actionable pathway towards achieving our targets. The team have been excellent in supporting our ambition towards becoming a more sustainable organisation.” – Sean Clarke, Managing Director at Aardman
Other Carbon Footprint Categories
We cover a full-suite of carbon footprinting needs. This includes a variety of other categories that helps you explore every corner of your carbon footprint.
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