Net Zero and Decarbonisation
Accelerating your net zero transition with strategic, actionable solutions for lasting impact.
Overview
Collectively, all businesses must take action to reduce emissions and align with global net-zero commitments. CEN helps businesses in the net zero transition, providing the pragmatic integration of net zero into business strategy and effective internal engagement.
Achieving net zero requires adopting a science-based and data-driven approach to emissions reduction tailored to fit your organisation whilst accommodating your commercial objectives.
Net Zero and Decarbonisation Services
Provision of carbon footprinting and net zero solutions is one of our core processes. We support businesses in measuring, managing, and mitigating their carbon footprint allowing our clients to set decarbonisation strategies that align with Paris Agreement goals, SBTi, and regulatory frameworks such as CSRD and SEC climate disclosures.
Our Net Zero and Decarbonisation Services help organisations calculate their operational and value chain emissions exposure, determine suitable climate change targets and strategies and implement effective carbon reduction.
Full Carbon Footprinting
Measuring the Scope 1, 2, and 3 Emissions Across your Operations and Supply Chain
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To create a carbon footprint with practical use for decarbonisation, CEN aims for the most detailed carbon footprint that your data will support.
Better quality carbon footprints outline a greater number of decarbonisation levers and when calculated granularly, can be subdivided into site-, product- or process-level carbon footprints to better monitor impact.
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Review and confirmation of organisation boundary, control approach and relevant categories of scope 3.​
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Support for data owners and templates to identify data sources and streamline collation and calculation.​
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GHG Protocol aligned emissions reports, including results, methodologies, sources, and data improvement plans. ​
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Readiness for SBTi and net zero and reporting to SECR, CDP, IFRS, CSRD.​
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Support for third-party assurance.
FLAG & Biogenic Emissions
Report Land-based GHG Emissions and Removals
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Emissions related to companies in the Forest, Land, and Agriculture (FLAG) sectors or biogenic sources add complexity to carbon footprints, requiring a specialised approach to calculation and measurement.
Our technical team can assist with determining emissions from:​
Land-use change, from land conversion.
Forestry and Land management.
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Agricultural sources such as feed, enteric fermentation, manure treatment or soil management.
Supply Chain and Indirect emissions related to upstream inputs of forestry, livestock or agricultural goods.
Net Zero Strategy and Transition Plans
Develop your Climate Change Targets and Strategies
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Determining the pathway to net zero requires assessing the art of the possible with your carbon footprint, against the required decarbonisation trajectories outlined in the Paris Agreement.
Rapid, deep cuts in emissions may feel uncomfortable, especially when looking out to the long-term, but through our engagement and analysis, CEN aims to de-risk net zero pathways as much as possible.
Our process provides credible and commercially-aligned solutions for net zero and includes awareness and educational aspects to ensure buy-in by decision-makers.
With all aspects taken into account during our target setting process, outlining a detailed transition plan for the business is a short next step.
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Analysis of carbon hotspots and engagement with internal teams to identify and quantify decarbonisation levers.​
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Analysis and quantification of value chain and industry inputs to support your net zero pathway. ​
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Assessment, scoping and tanking of opportunities to create high-level net zero pathway.​
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Recommendations for areas for priority action.​
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Internal engagement throughout to ensure approvals are swift.
Science-based Targets (SBTi)
External Validation of your Net Zero Ambition
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The SBTi provides business a framework to set greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets that align with the latest climate science and the goals of the Paris Agreement.
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Validation by the SBTi provides credibility to your commitments, through ensuring your net zero plan meets the required pace for global decarbonisation and that your plan is based on complete and robust emissions data.
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Determining suitable targets years through overlaying your decarbonisation profile against the SBTi criteria.
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Development of short- and long-term emissions reduction targets across scope 1 & 2 and scope 3.
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Support for validation, including a robust baseline emissions inventory.
Why Choose CEN?
Our team has supported several complex multinational entities with their emissions and net zero journeys, developing transition plans articulating our clients’ targets and path to net zero.
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Experience in calculating and reporting GHG Protocol aligned carbon footprints for annual reports, SECR, CDP and annual reporting.
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Pre-assurance by our in-house team and assurance support.
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Cross-sector experience in determining net zero transition pathways and setting science-based targets across organisations, including FLAG.
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A business-first approach, providing a pragmatic integration of sustainability into business strategy and effective internal engagement.
Find out how CEN can support your contribution to the global effort to reach net zero.
