Our buyer says it will prefer lower carbon suppliers. What can we do in six months?

Start with an honest baseline from your bills, then fix the cheap things: power factor, compressed air leaks, idle running, and switching diesel generation to grid or solar where possible. Report a credible figure with evidence, plus a short plan. Buyers value proof over promises.

Month 1 to 2

• Collect twelve months of electricity, fuel and production records.
• Calculate CO2 per unit you sell.

Month 3 to 5

• Act on low-cost savings and measure them.
• Ask for a green tariff or RECs if your buyer accepts them.

Month 6

• Send the buyer your figure, method and a one-page plan with dates.

What Senseible does here

Senseible reads bills, fuel invoices and production records into dated, fingerprinted records, so the figure you send a buyer can be traced to its documents.

• Buyer asks reduction target
• Green tariff vs RECs
• Carbon per kg, not per piece

Sources: GHG Protocol Corporate Standard, GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance, Bureau of Energy Efficiency

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.