Seedling Business Certification
Seedling's certification recognises businesses that have established a robust plan to reduce carbon emissions, backed by data and climate science.
Trusted By 500+ businesses around the world
What is a Seedling-Certified Business?
Seedling Certification recognises businesses that have put in place a best-practice, evidence-based carbon management strategy that has been expert-checked for credibility.
Certified organisations measure and report their emissions in line with the GHG Protocol, set science-aligned targets, and develop a data-backed plan to reduce emissions which they share transparently.
Steps to becoming Seedling-Certified
Measure your footprint using the Seedling platform (GHG and ISO aligned)
Set reduction targets aligned to the SBTi
Commit to a data-backed decarbonisation roadmap
Publish your footprint, targets and roadmap publicly using your impact page
Year-on-year emissions progress vs. baseline year published
Emissions-reduction initiatives implemented
Improved emissions accuracy vs. baseline year
Key suppliers engaged on emissions data sharing and reduction activity
Employee engagement in climate literacy and climate action
Why Seedling Certification matters
Seedling certification is built on established best practice, including GHG-Protocol-aligned, expert-reviewed footprint data, science-based targets, and transparent disclosure.
It provides a clear, consistent, and evidence-led way for customers, investors, and employees to understand how a business is measuring, managing, and reducing its emissions.
What our clients say
Hear from our satisfied Seedling clients
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“The Seedling platform made it simple to manage and input complex data, and meant that we could complete an accurate carbon footprint within just a few days – meeting our tight client reporting deadlines with time to spare! We’ve now got a well-evidenced Carbon Reduction Plan which we trust, and we’re confident sharing with clients."
Utility Services
Nicholas Lang
SHEQ Manager
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ArchServices
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"We've found the Seedling team incredibly responsive - they've gone out of their way to help us report accurately on our carbon footprint, and to enable us to take forward our strategic ESG ambitions with confidence."
Law firm
Withers & Rogers
ESG Lead
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Withers & Rogers
"Seedling’s carbon footprint platform is refreshingly easy to use and makes reporting much more straightforward than I would have believed possible. I’m so pleased with how effortlessly it simplifies our carbon reduction calculations, dramatically reducing the time it takes to produce a Carbon Reduction Plan."
Consulting
Emilie Smith
Operations & People Lead
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Create Change
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"Seedling communicate about sustainability and emissions in a really clear way, not getting caught up in jargon and being realistic on the art of the possible. They are super down to earth and great to work with, to help tackle problems and discuss plans. For the first time, we have a really clear picture of our controllable operation and product impact and can build structures to communicate effectively with customers.”
Grocery Delivery
Francesca Bonafin
BizOps & Impact Lead
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Modern Milkman
‘We found the team at Seedling very helpful. They made the set-up process simple and seamless and went above and beyond in understanding our business and how to capture the right data. We are delighted with the results.’
Consulting
Stuart Pearce
Director
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Journey4
"Seedling has enabled us to play around with our strategy and understand the impact of any changes we make. For instance, if we want to switch 60% of cotton to recycled, we can quantify the impact that this will have. This is so helpful because once we've set targets, the key challenge is understanding how we get there."
Fashion
Mica Phillips
Sustainability Manager
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Margaret Howell
‘We are incredibly happy with our experience with Seedling. We were guided through the process, and it was simple for us to submit the required information. We also had transparency over our offsetting projects. We now understand our footprint and how to reduce it.’
Consulting
Megan Savage Shaw
ESG Lead
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CIL
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How does Seedling Certification avoid greenwash?
Seedling’s certification is designed to avoid greenwashing by:
- Not just offsetting: Seedling's certification requires action and commitment to measure and reduce emissions first and foremost.
- Transparency built in: All data must be published for accountability.
- Clear standards: Seedling's certification criteria are published online, in straightforward language, so your customer and employees easily understand what our certification represents.
- Expert verification: Seedling’s team reviews every step to ensure compliance before awarding certification.
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