Engaging the supply chain
We help you gain assured visibility of carbon emissions across your supply chain, reaching suppliers wherever they are on their sustainability journey.
Engage suppliers, collect credible carbon data, and develop greater visibility across your supply chain – regardless of supplier size or level of experience.
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Turning Scope 3 challenges into opportunity
For most organisations, the majority of their emissions sit across the supply chain, within their Scope 3.
Yet organisations are often dealing with fragmented data, inconsistent supplier responses, and varying levels of capability across their supply base, making driving action at scale difficult to do alone.
At the same time, suppliers are often facing repeated requests, unclear expectations, and for many, limited internal expertise.
The result is fragmented engagement, lower data quality, and gaps in visibility and reporting.
That’s where we come in.
How Planet Mark simplifies supply chain carbon
For organisations
Engage suppliers at scale without overwhelming your team
Collect consistent, credible carbon data across your supplier base and gain greater visibility and track supplier progress
Report on your own Scope 3 with greater confidence
Start identifying opportunities for improvement across your supply chain
For suppliers
Understand what your clients are asking for
Measure your carbon footprint with human support
Share data efficiently across multiple requesting clients
Build credibility and win future work
Understanding where supply chain emissions sit
Emissions are typically measured across Scope 1, 2 and 3. For most organisations, the majority sit within Scope 3, across the supply chain.
This is why engaging suppliers is such an integral part of gaining a complete view.
SCOPES 1, 2 & 3
Scope 1: direct emissions
Scopes 1 and 2 can largely be reduced by you, in house: Scope 1 covers direct emissions that a company owns directly, like burning fuel in gas boilers and in company-owned vehicles.
Scope 2: indirect emissions
Scope 2 emissions are indirect and are associated with the energy you purchase. They’re still within your control, and you can take measures such as switching suppliers for your energy use. Whilst you cannot directly control Scope 2 emissions, you can choose to switch to a more renewable option, which would in turn reduce your carbon footprint.
Scope 3: value chain emissions
Scope 3 emissions are not produced by your company itself, but by those in your value chain. This can look like employee commutes, investment assets, and the procurement of goods and services – your supply chain. Because you have no direct control over these emissions, it can create a stalling point in your carbon reduction journey, but there are things you can do.
Encouraging employees to look into more energy-efficient ways of commuting, or reducing the number of days they commute, can be a start. Another thing to look at is engaging your supply chain to start them on their own carbon reduction journey, which will reduce your overall footprint.