Supply Chain Decarbonisation

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Expand Into Carbon Footprinting With Seedling

As businesses come under increasing pressure from regulators, investors, and customers to measure and report their emissions, more accounting firms are building out ESG and carbon footprinting services in response.

Seedling helps accountancies do this quickly and confidently - with our easy-to-use carbon accounting software, clear methodology, and expert delivery support, you can launch and scale an offering without the overhead of building a specialist team from scratch.

Fully Integrated With Your Existing Accounting Proccesses

Carbon accounting is an extension of the work accounting firms already do.

You already manage much of the financial and operational data required to calculate emissions, and carbon reporting follows the same annual cycle as financial reporting - aligned to the fiscal year.

That makes your firm uniquely positioned to help clients measure, understand, and disclose their environmental impact alongside their financial performance.

With Seedling's accounting integrations (Xero, Sage, QB), auto-categorisation tools and one-click reports (including SECR and others), we work seamlessly alongside you and your client's existing processes.

Why partner with us?

Designed for your clients

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.

Flexible partnership model

We can simply provide our software (with your team delivering in-house), or you can fully outsource to Seedling, with our experts taking your clients through the process end-to-end.

Built for accountants

Our fully auditable process, accounting software integrations, and one-click reporting (including for SECR) mean we integrate seamless with accounting firms' existing workflows.

What our clients say

Hear from our satisfied Seedling clients

"I love working with Seedling on our climate impact measurement and reduction plans. The team are true experts in their field, and this - combined with an amazing platform - makes impact measurement enjoyable and educational. I am really impressed by Seedling's agility, ambition, and appetite for continual methodological improvements."
Fashion
Philippa Grogan
Sustainability Manager
,
Nobody's Child
"We love the Seedling product! The footprinting process was easy and comprehensive, and we were surprised at the speed of turnaround. Our public page is a great addition to our environmental communications which really helps us to stand out."
Software
Sam Holding
Strategic Partnerships Lead
,
BibliU
"We were keen to measure our emissions but didn’t know where to start. As an SME with little carbon accounting experience – and a manufacturer needing to capture trickier areas like material inputs – Seedling’s platform and 1:1 support were invaluable. The Seedling team made a potentially complicated process straightforward for us. We’re now clear on our key hotspots and have a credible reduction plan we’re proud to share."
MANUFACTURING
Emma Hedley
Programme Assistant
,
EPS Logistics Technology
"As a recently certified B Corp, finding a way to measure and reduce our carbon emissions as a business was a massive priority but we weren't really sure where to start. Seedling have been fantastic from the start at guiding us through the process, taking the time to explain and helping us improve our own knowledge, and their software has made everything a breeze! With an incredibly quick turn-around time, we have now received our insights and are looking forward to implementing the actions and targets that the team help us set in order to reduce our emissions and sharing that with our community through the integrated engagement functionality. I highly recommend Seedling and their great team, it was a pleasure to work with them and we look forward to doing so again."
Financial services
Anna Stevens
Operations Associate
,
Kene Partners
"We needed to report carbon data and a decarbonisation plan to our client, Microsoft. We needed the output to be high quality and credible, but didn’t have loads of time to dedicate to measuring emissions. Seedling’s software plus support model meant the process wasn’t too time intensive for us as a busy team. The fact that our calculations were checked by Seedling us confidence in the output."
Software
Marcell Csomor
Business Operations Manager
,
Janea Systems

FAQs

Your questions answered

Is Seedling a good fit for my clients?

Seedling is built for small to mid-market businesses without an internal ESG or carbon team. We have clients ranging from 10 FTEs right up to 1000+ 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 we need any carbon footprinting expertise to offer this?

Not at all. You can use Seedling as a fully supported delivery partner, where our team handles the technical carbon calculations and methodology behind the scenes. If you prefer to build in-house capability, we also provide the software, training, and support your team needs to deliver carbon reporting independently.

How does pricing work?

Our base pricing is determined by the client's size and complexity (see our Pricing page). We then offer discounts to our partners which depend on volumes and the level of involvement we have (software-only vs fully-outsourced). Get in touch for more details!

Is carbon reporting something our clients actually need?

As you probably know, all "large" (>250 FTE) businesses need to report some energy and carbon under SECR alongside their annual financial reporting. Alongside this, it's increasingly common for businesses of all sizes to face requests from clients, investors and other stakeholders for carbon data - for example, as part of tenders for government contracts.

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.

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