PE & VC Portfolio Carbon Accounting
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Investors need to future-proof their portfolios
Private equity and venture capital firms face growing pressure to measure, disclose, and reduce financed emissions. LPs, regulators, and frameworks increasingly expect robust, portfolio-wide reporting.
But this relies on being able to engage a diverse mix of portfolio companies - each with different sizes, sectors, maturity levels, and capabilities.
Without consistent primary data, firms are forced to rely on high-level estimates that obscure real risk, limit insight, and weaken the credibility of disclosures.
Your portcos aren’t climate experts
Most portfolio companies - especially in the growth and mid-market stages - lack dedicated sustainability teams, expertise, or budget.
As a result, they face a difficult trade-off:
- - Do nothing (creating reporting gaps and future risk)
- - Use simplistic tools that produce unreliable numbers
- - Engage consultants at high cost with limited scalability
Meanwhile, investors struggle to drive consistent action across diverse holdings without adding operational burden to management teams.
Seedling equips every portfolio company with a robust strategy
Invite your portfolio companies to use a guided, easy-to-complete carbon accounting process designed around how growth businesses actually operate. We handle the complexity behind the scenes, so they don’t have to.
Portfolio companies get:
You get:
Why partner with Seedling?
Designed for your portfolio
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Seedling is designed for small to mid-market businesses - those without a full-time ESG team. We're easy-to-use with an affordable pricing model that scales with the client's size and complexity.
Credible data, not estimates
Our platform is built in line witht he GHG Protocol. It's easy to use but doesn't compromise on rigour. You can be confident we're capturing all relevant Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions from your suppliers.
Value-add, not a tick-box
When your portfolio uses Seedling, we help them turn what is often a tick-box into a genuinely value-add exercise, helping them cut costs and build sustainability into their own sales / marketing strategy.
What our clients say
Hear from our satisfied Seedling clients
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FAQs
Your questions answered
Is Seedling a good fit for my portfolio?
Seedling is built for small to mid-market businesses without an internal ESG or carbon team. We have clients up to 2000 FTEs. We're less suitable for large multinationals / listed businesses with 5000+ FTEs. These tend to have complex needs and are better suited to working with a consultancy or enterprise-focused platform.
What standards does Seedling align to?
Seedling is built on the GHG Protocol - the global gold standard for carbon accounting and reporting. We also support ISO 14064 measurement and verification.
Do our portcos need sustainability expertise?
Not at all. While we work with many sustainability teams, we also work with leads in ops, finance, HR or marketing - whoever has taken on the carbon footprinting role alongside the day job. The platform is designed with that profile in mind, and there's guidance from our experts every step of the way.
How does pricing work?
Each portfolio company can sign up to Seedling's free plan and produce a basic footprint. If they see the value in our paid plans, they can upgrade - this starts at £80/month.
How is Seedling different from surveys or simple carbon calculators?
Surveys typically collect inconsistent or incomplete information, while basic calculators rely on rough estimates that lack credibility. Seedling provides a full measurement experience - combining guidance, methodology, and automated calculations - so you get robust primary data at scale without deploying complex enterprise tools to every portfolio company.
Still have questions?
Book a demo or get in touch and we'll be happy to help. Or follow this step-by-step guide to measuring your business's carbon footprint.
Ready to get started?
Book a demo with one of our experts today, or get started right away for free.
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