Seedling Business Certification

Seedling's certification recognises businesses that have established a robust plan to reduce carbon emissions, backed by data and climate science.

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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

"We wanted to understand and reduce our carbon footprint but felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start. Seedling guided us through the process every step of the way, their easy-to-use platform made collecting our business data straightforward, and the team gave us tailored support to build an emissions reduction plan. Thanks to Seedling, we’ve started our journey to Net Zero with confidence."

Creative agency

Ursula Fairlie

Senior Content Manager

Rationale

"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

Create Change

"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

"The combination of guidance, platform usability, and support from the Seedling team was invaluable for a business of our size and structure. A big thank you to our account manager Henry for being our guiding hand whenever we required it!"

Facilities Management

Jeff Smith

Director

EnvirotechFM

‘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

Journey4

"Seedling helped us build a clear Carbon Reduction Plan so we can make meaningful reductions and align ourselves with NHS Net Zero goals. We now have a much clearer understanding of our carbon footprint and where the biggest drivers of emissions sit. This will enable us to make more informed decisions and stronger conversations with partners/suppliers."

Health Technology

David Puttergill

VP of Operations

Skin Analytics

"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

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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.