Carbon Accounting
A defensible greenhouse gas number, built on a documented boundary, traceable data and a methodology that stays consistent between reporting years.
Carbon Accounting: Explore this service// Industries
Technology
Technology businesses carry a footprint concentrated in purchased electricity and hardware supply chains, and face ESG questions increasingly written into enterprise procurement.
Data centre and cloud emissions, purchased energy, supply-chain hardware and customer ESG requirements.
// Context
What makes this sector different
For most technology organisations the largest emissions sources are purchased electricity -- particularly where computing is significant -- and the upstream manufacture of hardware. Neither is fully within the organisation's direct control.
Enterprise customers now ask about both. ESG requirements appear in security questionnaires, procurement due diligence and contract terms, and the answers are increasingly checked rather than filed.
Because the footprint is concentrated, the analysis is often narrow but the data work is precise: market-based Scope 2 treatment, renewable energy instruments, and hardware lifecycle assumptions all materially change the reported result.
// Priorities
What organisations in this sector are working on
- Scope 2 measurement on both location-based and market-based methods
- Renewable energy procurement and instrument treatment
- Scope 3 focus on purchased goods, hardware and cloud services
- ESG data and metric definitions that satisfy enterprise customer due diligence
- ESG governance proportionate to organisation size and stage
- Reporting that supports customer, investor and acquirer requirements
// Solutions
How CER helps technology organisations
Scope 1, 2 & 3 Emissions
Complete Scope 1 and 2 measurement, and a Scope 3 programme that starts with screening and prioritisation rather than attempting fifteen categories at once.
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ESG Data & KPIs
Metric definitions, data ownership, collection processes and controls that turn scattered ESG information into a reportable, auditable data set.
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ESG Strategy
A defined ESG position built from material issues, business strategy and stakeholder requirements -- with governance, priorities and a delivery plan attached.
ESG Strategy: Explore this service
Sustainability Reporting
Reporting built on defined data, documented process and a clear view of which framework applies -- prepared so that assurance is achievable when it becomes required.
Sustainability Reporting: Explore this service// CER Academy
Building capability in this sector
Half day
ESG Essentials: A Strategic Overview
Understand what ESG requires of your organisation and where responsibility for it sits.
- Delivery formats
- In person · Virtual live · In-house
Dates confirmed on enquiry
ESG Essentials: A Strategic Overview: View courseHalf day
Carbon Literacy for Professionals: Measurement to Mitigation
Read, question and contribute to a greenhouse gas inventory with confidence.
- Delivery formats
- In person · Virtual live · In-house
Dates confirmed on enquiry
Carbon Literacy for Professionals: Measurement to Mitigation: View courseWorking through a technology requirement?
Tell us what is being asked of your organisation and by whom. We will tell you what answering it involves.