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

Canonical: https://senseible.earth/answers/buyer-prefers-lower-carbon-suppliers-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](https://senseible.earth/answers/buyer-asks-supplier-reduction-target)
- [Green tariff vs RECs](https://senseible.earth/answers/green-tariff-vs-recs-cheaper-scope-2)
- [Carbon per kg, not per piece](https://senseible.earth/answers/buyer-wants-carbon-per-kg-not-per-piece)

Sources: [GHG Protocol Corporate Standard](https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard), [GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance](https://ghgprotocol.org/scope-2-guidance), [Bureau of Energy Efficiency](https://beeindia.gov.in)

Last reviewed 2026-10-22.