Practical guides on CSRD compliance, Scope 3 reporting, and how to make carbon accounting a finance-team function rather than an ESG side project.
RSS FeedYour QuickBooks expense data already contains most of what a carbon footprint needs. Here's how to pull it, map it to emission factors — and the four gaps QuickBooks can't fill on its own.
Your Xero general ledger already holds most of what you need to calculate your carbon footprint. Here's how to use it — and where the gaps are.
Scope 3 covers your entire value chain — upstream supply chain and downstream customer use. Here's what each of the 15 GHG Protocol categories actually means, with practical UK examples and guidance on which ones are material for your business.
DEFRA published its 2026 greenhouse gas conversion factors on 11 June 2026. The headline change: UK grid electricity is now 26% less carbon-intensive than a year ago. Here's what changed, what stayed the same, and which year's factors you should be using.
A practical, section-by-section guide to writing a compliant Carbon Reduction Plan for PPN 006 — what each part must contain, the mistake that gets plans rejected, and why your emissions number matters less than you think.
From April 2027, NHS suppliers on contracts of £5m+ must report all relevant Scope 3 categories in their Carbon Reduction Plan — not just the current subset of five. Here's what changes and how to prepare.
A large customer has requested your emissions data and you've never produced a carbon footprint. Here's exactly what they need, how much is enough, and how to answer without hiring a consultant.
SECR has required large UK companies to disclose energy and carbon since 2019. UK SRS is now endorsed and being phased in. Neither applies directly to most SMEs — but both drive supply-chain data requests your way.
A plain-English guide to Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions for finance and operations teams — what each covers, why Scope 3 is the big one, and where most of your footprint really hides.
Scope 3 feels impossible for most SMEs. The spend-based method is the recognised shortcut. Here's how it works, where the factors come from, and when it's the right call.
Most net zero commitments live in the sustainability team's slide deck and never make it into the financial planning cycle. Here's how to build a carbon budget that sits alongside your P&L — and actually gets used.
Most companies spend weeks manually exporting spreadsheets to calculate Scope 3 emissions. Here's how Finance Directors are using ERP integrations to cut that to minutes.
The EU's Omnibus I directive gutted CSRD — scope fell from ~50,000 companies to ~5,000. Here's who's still in scope, what the value-chain cap means for suppliers, and what finance directors should actually do now.
Finance teams across the UK are spending an average of three to four weeks per quarter on carbon data collection. We break down the hidden costs — and what the alternative looks like.