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Easy-to-use Carbon Footprint Software for Businesses

Track, reduce, and report your carbon emissions, with help from the experts.

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The Seedling platform

Measure, reduce, and report your carbon footprint with confidence, using our intuitive carbon accounting software and expert guidance.

Measure an accurate, full-scope carbon footprint

With our intuitive carbon footprint measurement software, plus support from an expert, measuring an accurate footprint is straightforward. Use integrations to pull business data and share our in-built employee and supplier surveys to easily collect accurate data.

Your expert gets to know your businesses and helps build a plan to handle nuance and complexity.

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Easily identify your emission hotspots

Your Seedling dashboard automatically segments footprint data the way you and your clients need it.

See reporting by Scope 1, 2 and 3, GHG Protocol categories, as well as granular breakdowns to understand your hotspots and plan to decarbonise.

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Build your business's pathway to Net Zero

Work with a carbon expert to model your bespoke Net Zero roadmap in line with the SBTi framework. Using our hotspot analysis to focus your efforts, you can quantify the impact of a wide range of initiatives and take into account feasibility, cost and resource allocation.

Test and compare multiple roadmap scenarios to inform your level of ambition.

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Fund verified climate action projects

Invest with confidence in projects verified to reduce or remove carbon, alongside a range of other benefits - like supporting local communities and improving biodiversity.

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Produce key compliance-ready emission reports in a click

Share your plans to decarbonise with Seedling's digital toolkit. Reports are automatically generated in the compliant format you need. Simply tweak, sign if needed, and export, or link to the report hosted by Seedling.

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Become a Seedling Certified Business

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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One-to-one expert support to manage your emissions

Unlike many carbon accounting platforms, at Seedling we guide you through your climate action journey.

Each clients has a dedicated, named carbon expert. They're on hand from day one - from supporting with queries on data, to helping finalise and share your Net Zero strategy.

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Benchmark your business’s climate action for free

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What our clients say

Hear from our satisfied Seedling clients

"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

"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

Margaret Howell

"We recently used Seedling to measure our carbon footprint, and the process couldn't have been easier. From the very start, the intuitive interface guided us seamlessly through each step, providing clear instructions and helpful tips along the way. The entire experience was user-friendly and stress-free. We are now more aware of our environmental impact and feel empowered to make positive changes. We highly recommend anyone looking to understand and reduce their carbon footprint to go through this simple and effective process with Seedling."

CONSULTING

Luke Badiali

COO

The Consultancy Growth Network

"Seedling helped us understand our carbon footprint in a clearer and more structured way. With their guidance, we were able to identify areas we could improve, especially around imported ingredients and daily operations. Their guidance on next steps was practical and realistic, especially in areas like energy use and waste management, which are important parts of our daily operations."

Restaurant & Brewery

Faizal Wahab

Sustainability Officer

LeVeL33

"We spoke to a few emission tracking partners before we spoke with Seedling, and Seedling's offer seemed too good to be true but it wasn't! Super straight forward platform, able to get face to face advice when we needed it, not expensive. Would definitely recommend."

Creative agency

Natalie Pilch

The Unlikely Saboteur

Saboteur

"It's so nice to speak with someone who clearly knows what they’re talking about when it comes to footprinting. I’m so much happier working with a company like that, than a faceless SaaS product that offers no relationship."

CONSULTING

James Eades

Managing Director

Systemagic

"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

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Why Seedling?

By combining intuitive carbon accounting software with one-to-one support, we make high quality carbon accounting accessible for SMEs.

Our platform

Collect the right data quickly and easily.

Set SBTi-aligned Net Zero targets, and track progress.

Automate reporting and climate comms.

Seedling adviser

Get one-to-one support to collect your business data.

Reduce emissions with our hotspot analysis and advice.

Avoid greenwash with climate comms support.

Lean on our expertise for any sustainability query.

Traditional consultants

Burdensome process

Excel + static PDFs

SMEs priced out

Self-serve tools

No support

One-size fits all

Not fully compliant

We help with:

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Our process

A simple, streamlined journey to understand your carbon footprint and how to reduce it, with support at every step.

Kick-off call

We get to know your business and build a plan to handle nuance or complexity, whilst maximising accuracy.

Collect your data

Complete our carbon assessment to collect the business data you need for a full scope footprint.

Review by the Seedling team

We check your data, calculate your footprint, complete our hotspot analysis and build your bespoke decarbonisation plan.

Seedling debrief

We’ll discuss footprint hotspots, reduction strategies, target setting, and climate comms / reporting tools.

Year-round one-to-one support

Get advice on:

Jargon-busting

Climate comms

Data queries

Target setting

Regulation

Reducing emissions

Powerful features that are easy to use.

Our platform is easy to use but still packed full of powerful features.

Net Zero target setting and pathway modelling

Set SBTi aligned targets, build a plan to achieve them, and track your progress over time with Seedling's action-based decarbonisation modelling. Get bespoke support from an expert to navigate SBTi rules and spot reduction opportunities.

Activity-based scope 3 measurement

Shift from spend data to activity data in your scope 3 assessment to build a more accurate GHG inventory that actually reflects your efforts to decarbonise over time. Seedling's flexible methodology, and one-to-one support, means we maximise accuracy.

Comprehensive emission factor library

Get full coverage and granular detail by leveraging an extensive, up to date database of GHG emission factors, from country energy factors, to product LCAs, to raw material production data.

Why care?

As the planet continues to warm, sustainability expectations are quickly evolving. Every business can make a difference and benefit from taking climate action.

Make a genuine difference

of all UK business-driven emissions are from small and medium-sized businesses.

Attract and retain talent

of job candidates are more likely to accept a role at an environmentally sustainable company.

Win more business

of purchasers consider sustainability when making decisions.

Sectors

Carbon accounting for...

Breweries

Architecture & Planning

Logistics & Transportation

Healthcare

Manufacturing

Software & technology

Home Interiors

IT & managed services

Fashion & Textiles

Consulting & advisory

Law Firms

Digital Agencies

We're sector agnostic. Chat to us.

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Client Reporting

Walmart's Project Gigaton: How to Report Your Emissions as a Supplier

Project Gigaton is Walmart's supplier climate programme. A plain English guide to reporting emissions correctly, avoiding the 20% discount, and earning Giga Guru recognition.

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Industry Guides

GHG Protocol and ISO Merger: The New Single Carbon Standard

The GHG Protocol and ISO are combining their corporate carbon accounting standards into one. Here are the confirmed timelines, likely changes, and what to do now.

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Partner Updates

Seedling x Goodwings: better data on your business travel emissions

Business travel data in Seedling just got more accurate, through our new partnership with Goodwings and its activity-based emissions tracking.

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FAQs

Your questions answered

What is carbon accounting software?

Carbon accounting software helps businesses track, measure, and report their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. It automates data collection, calculates emissions across Scopes 1, 2, and 3, and provides tools for compliance and sustainability planning.

How do you do carbon accounting?

Carbon accounting involves gathering data on energy use, transportation, waste, and supply chain activities. Using emission factors, you calculate GHG emissions in CO₂-equivalents, typically broken down into direct (Scope 1), indirect (Scope 2), and value chain (Scope 3) emissions.

Is carbon accounting mandatory in the UK?

Carbon accounting is mandatory for large UK companies under the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework. Businesses meeting size thresholds must report their emissions and energy use in annual filings.

How do I choose a carbon accounting software?

Look for software that aligns with your industry, integrates with your data sources, and supports recognised reporting standards (e.g., GHG Protocol). User-friendly interfaces, scalability, and cost-effectiveness are also key considerations. Seedling for example is great for SMEs looking to calculate their carbon footprint.

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Easy-to-use Carbon Footprint Software for Businesses

Trusted By 500+ businesses around the world

The Seedling platform

Measure

Analyse

Reduce

Invest

Report

Certify

Measure an accurate, full-scope carbon footprint

Easily identify your emission hotspots

Build your business's pathway to Net Zero

Fund verified climate action projects

Produce key compliance-ready emission reports in a click

Become a Seedling Certified Business

One-to-one expert support to manage your emissions

Benchmark your business’s climate action for free

What our clients say

Why Seedling?

We help with:

Our process

Year-round one-to-one support

Powerful features that are easy to use.

Net Zero target setting and pathway modelling

Activity-based scope 3 measurement

Comprehensive emission factor library

Why care?

Make a genuine difference

Attract and retain talent

Win more business

Carbon accounting for...

We're sector agnostic. Chat to us.

Read the latest climate action insights

Ready to get started?

FAQs

What is carbon accounting software?

How do you do carbon accounting?

Is carbon accounting mandatory in the UK?

How do I choose a carbon accounting software?

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