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Carbon Audit Services

Measure your business carbon emissions with a comprehensive Carbon Audit and build a clear foundation for your Net Zero and sustainability strategy.

Measure your emissions

At Carbon Neutral Group, we believe that you can’t manage what you don’t measure.

A Carbon Audit is the first step in understanding your organisation’s environmental impact, and our Carbon Audit service gives you a clear, accurate picture of your business’s greenhouse gas emissions. 

By accurately assessing your greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, we provide the data, reports and insights you need to make informed decisions, meet compliance requirements, and progress confidently toward Net Zero.

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Why Choose Carbon Neutral Group?

Long-Term Partnership

Our goal is to guide you not just to compliance, but toward a clear and achievable Net Zero strategy.

Proven Expertise

We work with clients from NHS Trusts to architects, freight companies, and marketing agencies.

Tailored Approach

Every business is unique and has its own challenges. We use our skill sets to adapt our audits to your operations, industry, and budget.

Clarity & Action

We go beyond the numbers to help you understand what they mean and what to do next.

What is a Carbon Audit?

A Carbon Audit is a comprehensive measurement of the greenhouse gases your organisation produces via business activities and the goods and services that are purchased. 

Our audits are completed in line with internationally recognised standards such as the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and ISO 14064, ensuring accuracy and credibility.

The measurement of greenhouse gas emissions are categorised into three scopes, defined by the GHG Protocol

Scope 1: The direct emissions you control

Scope 2: The indirect emissions from the energy you purchase

Scope 3: The broader emissions from your supply chain, travel, and waste

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Why Does Your Business Need a Carbon Audit?

Whether you’re responding to client demands, bidding on new work & tenders, preparing for legislation, or simply looking to reduce costs and environmental impact, a carbon audit can help achieve any or all of these:

  • A baseline measurement to help understand your carbon footprint and for setting carbon reduction targets.
  • Credibility with clients and the market as well as with investors and stakeholders.
  • Compliance with upcoming UK and international sustainability reporting requirements.
  • Operational insights into your business that can lead to efficiency savings and reduced costs.
  • A competitive advantage in tenders and supply chain partnerships.

What Happens After a Carbon Audit?

A Carbon Audit is the starting point for understanding your emissions. From here, businesses can develop a structured Carbon Reduction Plan, implement a Net Zero strategy and use accurate data for ongoing carbon reporting and compliance.

Our Carbon Audit process

Scoping & Planning

We define your reporting boundaries, select the right measurement methodology, and identify the emissions sources to be included.

Data Collection

Using our Carbon Data Request Checklist, we gather information from utility bills, travel records, waste reports, company cars & fleet logs, and other relevant sources.

Calculation & Analysis

Our team uses recognised conversion factors and standards to calculate your CO₂e emissions for each section of the three scopes.

Reporting & Recommendations

We present a clear, visual Carbon Audit Report that includes your total footprint, key emissions hotspots, and recommendations and actionable steps for reduction.

Frequently Asked Carbon Audit Questions

  • To comply with regulations (e.g., SECR,  ESOS, ISO 14064-1)
  • To meet tender and client requirements
  • To understand your environmental impact
  • To find cost savings through energy efficiency
  • To start your journey to Net Zero

There is not much difference between the two and both terms are used to describe the same requirement, however if you wanted a dictionary definition, A carbon audit is the process of measuring emissions, while a carbon footprints is the final calculated figure showing your total emissions.

Scope 1: Direct emissions from your operations (e.g., fuel for company vehicles, onsite heating).

Scope 2: Indirect emissions from purchased energy (e.g., electricity, heating, cooling).

Scope 3: All other indirect emissions in your value chain (e.g., purchased goods, waste, business travel).

  • Organisational information, size of the business, how many locations they have and are they in the UK.  (Overseas will require different GHG data that is relevant to that country or region)
  • Scope 1 – Direct Emission information so will range from, company/fleet cars- their milage and fuel, Gas, oil or other fuel consumption for heading/building, kwh, litres etc,
  • Scope 2 – Electricity Consumption, (Kwh) for each site, part of the business for the period that is in review, purchased heat or steam or cooling data (if applicable)
  • Scope 3 – Business travel (flights, rail, taxi, car hire, ferry, bus – (distance and/or spend data), employee commuting (modes of travel, frequency and distances), home working, (how often), Waste generated, (type, weight and disposal method), Upstream & downstream transportation/distribution Water usage (consumption including waste)

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It depends on your business size and data availability. Small to medium organisations often take 4–6 weeks. The general rule is, the bigger the business the longer it can take This can be due to data collection and correlation of data.

  • Utility bills (electricity, gas, water)
  • Fuel purchase records
  • Business travel logs
  • Employee commuting surveys
  • Waste disposal records
  • Supplier and procurement data

Yes it certainly can. By identifying energy inefficiencies and/or over consumption of utilities, goods, or services, you can reduce costs while lowering emissions.

Absolutely it can. Many public sector and corporate tenders now require a business to have a verified carbon footprint and carbon reduction plan as part of their ESG or Net Zero commitments. 

Get in touch for a Carbon Audit

Our Carbon Audit service gives you a clear, accurate picture of your business’s greenhouse gas emissions. 

Contact Carbon Neutral Group today to begin your audit and offsetting plan.

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