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Our Environmental Expertise:
Your Guide to Transitioning to a Sustainable Business
Tailored solutions for every stage of your sustainability journey. Explore our comprehensive range of environmental services designed to drive your business towards a low-carbon future:
Our comprehensive carbon management services help you understand, track, and reduce your carbon emissions. We provide expert guidance on setting science-based targets, implementing reduction strategies, and reporting your progress, ensuring you stay ahead in the race to Net Zero.
We craft detailed carbon footprint assessments and customised carbon reduction plans tailored to your business. Our approach not only identifies your emission hotspots but also outlines practical, cost-effective strategies to shrink your carbon footprint and boost operational efficiency.
Whether you’re looking to maximise your energy efficiency or comply with ESOS regulations, we can help. Our audits uncover energy-saving opportunities across your operations, helping you reduce costs and emissions. We guide you through the ESOS compliance process, turning a regulatory requirement into a business advantage.
Complement your reduction efforts with our carefully selected, SDG-aligned carbon offset programs. We help you navigate the offset market, choosing high-quality projects that not only neutralise your residual emissions but also contribute to broader sustainable development goals.
We help you cut through the jargon, and redtape, ensuring you are able to talk and report your sustainability journey with confident and clarity.
Gain insight into the impact of your events, access paths to balancing your emissions, and ensure your future events sustainable and responsible.
Ready to simplify your sustainability journey and boost your business?
Whatever stage you’re at, we can help.
LC Energy's Path to Net Zero: Overcoming Emission Challenges
LC Energy is a leading biomass fuel supplier, providing legally and sustainably sourced timber to businesses and individuals in the UK. LCE approached 5D Net Zero to help the business implement sustainability strategies with the target of becoming carbon neutral and eventually achieve net zero emissions.
After collecting LC Energy's data, the 5D team worked to reveal accurate measurements of the business's Scope 3 emissions. Scope 3 is a challenge for all businesses - we take pride in helping them decipher the stats so we can put realistic reduction goals in place. There are also high amounts of haulage as part of LC Energy's day-to-day function, an especially difficult source of emissions to reduce.
Through the 3 years of Carbon Management, LC Energy has acheived:
Through the creation of a bespoke and thorough carbon reduction plan, we've supported LC Energy in establishing a 2020 baseline and reducing their emissions year-on-year. We've helped them reduce their scope 2 emissions by 52% so far and have developed a full scope 3 report. As a growing multi-site business, we're excited to continue supporting LC Energy towards their goals of carbon neutrality and net zero.
scope 2 emissions
Lucy Clark,
LC Energy
Measuring the Carbon Footprint of a Sustainable Flower Business
The Challenge:
The flower industry is widely recognised as being unsustainable, with high carbon emissions from imports, intensive farming practices, and packaging waste.
Our client, a sustainable flower farmer, was confident they were operating with a significantly lower carbon footprint than the mainstream industry but needed accurate data to quantify and communicate their impact.
They sought a comprehensive carbon footprint assessment to measure their emissions and compare them with industry benchmarks.
The Solution:
5D Net Zero worked closely with the client to provide a clear, structured approach to measuring their carbon footprint.
We conducted a full technical operational carbon footprint assessment, covering Scopes 1, 2, and 3, and assessed land use emissions using third-party software (AgriCalc).
By applying a hybrid methodology, we calculated the carbon footprint per flower, allowing the client to compare their results with current market data.
Throughout the process, we simplified complex calculations, provided clear guidance on the data required, and ensured ongoing support.
The client received a detailed and transparent report, giving them the numbers they needed to confidently showcase their sustainability efforts. With clear insights into their emissions, they can now communicate their impact to customers and industry peers with accuracy. Our structured approach and ongoing support made the process straightforward, empowering them to use data-driven evidence to highlight the benefits of locally grown, sustainable flowers.
of an average flower stem
“Working with 5Dnetzero has been incredibly helpful in understanding the carbon footprint of my business. Charlotte and Mike made what could have been a complex process simple and approachable.
They provided clear guidance on the data required, were always available to answer questions, and delivered a well-structured report with background information and methodology. Their full Scope 3 assessment and land use calculations gave me a comprehensive picture of my impact.
Thanks to their expertise, I now have the numbers to confidently communicate my sustainability efforts. Their support has been invaluable, and I highly recommend them to any business looking to measure and reduce their environmental impact.”
Claire Brown,
Plant Passion
Compliance with Confidence and Real Carbon Reductions
The Challenge:
Spencer Clarke Group are a public and private sector recruitment specialists, passionate about making a difference to the lives of their candidates, clients, employees and community through connecting people and organisation to find the ideal fit.
They partnered with 5D Net Zero to understand their carbon emissions and impact. They needed a clear and credible carbon footprint report and a reduction plan to strengthen their sustainability commitments.
The Solution:
The team gained hands-on guidance through the process, from data collection to a carbon reduction plan (PPN 06/21) which clearly communicated their achievements and future reduction initiatives.
They were provide with third-party assurance when reporting their carbon footprint, ensuring accuracy and credibility.
Key reduction opportunities were identified with them, tailored to operations and informed by the carbon footprint, leading to achievable and real action.
Now in their second year of emissions reporting, Spencer Clarke Group has achieved an 8.6% reduction in their carbon footprint since their baseline year, even with continued growth of their business. With a solid reduction plan in place, they are well-positioned to further cut emissions and strengthen their sustainability position.
of emissions reduced in one year
“We came to 5D Net Zero to help us understand our emissions and get everything in place for PPN 06/21. They made the whole process easy to follow, guiding us through data collection and helping us put together a carbon reduction plan that makes sense for our business. We’ve already seen an 8.6% reduction in our emissions, even with growth. ”
Debbie Holden,
Head of Marketing
Having a helping hand getting started.
Background:
Simpsons Beverages is a UK-based manufacturer of high-quality syrups, cordials, and soft drink bases, supplying the food and beverage sector with tailored flavour solutions.
With a strong reputation for quality and innovation, they approached 5D Net Zero to understand their carbon footprint and ensure their sustainability efforts aligned with day-to-day operations and long-term goals.
The Challenge:
Simpsons Beverages approached 5D Net Zero to help them understand their carbon footprint and create a structured, actionable Carbon Reduction Plan.
They wanted clear insights across their operations, including manufacturing, offices, and logistics, and a roadmap that supported their long-term Net Zero targets.
Over the course of the project, 5D Net Zero:
Conducted a full carbon footprint assessment across Scope 1, 2 and five key Scope 3 categories
Highlighted priority areas for reduction, including upstream distribution, commuting, and energy use
Worked closely with the team lead to develop a clear, credible Carbon Reduction Plan in line with PPN 06/21, including practical steps for implementation and longer-term Net Zero strategy
“Working with 5D Net Zero gave us a clear picture of where our emissions come from – from our office, fleet, and manufacturing operations through to commuting, business travel, and logistics. Their guidance helped us prioritise actions to reduce our footprint, and we now have a solid plan in place to support our Net Zero targets.”
Shola Welch,
Project Coordinator
FAQs
To accurately assess your carbon footprint, we prioritise the spend-based method, which measures actual activities that produce emissions, making it more precise than the spend method, which estimates emissions based on financial expenditure. You’ll need to gather data such as: Electricity usage (in kWh from your bills); Employee commute distances (in miles); Gas bills for heating and other uses. We’ll guide you through this process during a 1-hour data collection call, so there’s no need to worry—we’re here to help!
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