Reduce your carbon emissions and make a positive impact
Achilles provides the only UK accredited Carbon Reduction programme to independently measure and reduce your carbon footprint and meet all stakeholder reporting requirements. Make carbon reduction claims with confidence in any market and to any stakeholder group.
THE CHALLENGE
Confidently demonstrate your carbon footprint
With environmental concerns climbing the agenda, organisations increasingly need to demonstrate they are working sustainably. The Achilles Carbon Reduce (powered by Toitū) scheme provides absolute proof you are taking action on climate change with an independently verified process that enables you to reduce your carbon footprint and meet all your carbon disclosure obligations including requirements for sustainability linked loans.
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WHY ACHILLES CARBON REDUCE
Best Practice Carbon Management and Reporting
Achilles helps organisations reduce their carbon footprint and meet both voluntary and regulatory requirements with science-based tools, documentation, actions, support and evidence needed to make real progress towards a net zero transition. We have over 15 years of experience of delivering global solutions to organisations large and small with our world-leading ISO14065 scheme.
Comprehensive
A complete carbon management programme that allows you to make carbon reduction claims with confidence in any market and to any stakeholder group,
Best practice
Meets and exceeds the requirements of ISO14064-1 and the GHG accounting protocol. Internationally recognised and accepted by governments, certification bodies, regulators and the investment community.
It works!
On average 30% reductions in operational carbon over 3-4 years and 50% reductions over 5-6 years. Programme participants have reported operational savings in the order of several millions of pounds per annum.
Up to 50% reduction
On average, clients that deploy the programme can expect to reduce optional carbon by 30% over a three-to-four-year period and 50% over five to six years.
HOW IT WORKS
A complete end-to-end carbon management solution
Achilles provides a complete carbon management programme supported by a team of experts, without the need for additional consultancy. Organisations are verified in accordance with ISO14064-3 and can work towards optional ISO 14064-1:2018 certification which allows you to make carbon reduction claims with confidence in any market and to any stakeholder group.
Achilles provides the tools to help measure all emissions under ISO 14064- 1 and WRI GHG protocol including vehicles, business travel, fuel and electricity, paper, and waste, with the option for companies to undertake full value chain of all fifteen sub-categories of Scope 3.
Achilles deploys its comprehensive science-based guidance, resources, tools, and templates to guide you through carbon reduction management planning and implementation to meet a 1.5 deg C target and achieve ISO14064-1 certification. The Carbon Management solution recognises one size does not fit all. The programme with its proven track record, deploys best practice and enables different approaches for different types of companies so that the best solution is put in place to manage each individual business carbon liabilities and challenges, maximising the opportunities for reductions.
Achilles’ qualified independent ISO14066 GHG auditors will verify that the inventory is in accordance with international standards, ISO14064 part 1 and part 3 with the option for full ISO14064-1 Certification.
Companies have the option to offset unavoidable greenhouse gas emissions to become carbon neutral. Carbon credits allow individuals, organisations, and communities to balance the scales on the path to reduction, however, not all carbon offsets are considered equal. Achilles experts guide you through every step of carbon investment and offsetting to ensure that greenwash issues are avoided and the company’s Net Zero or Carbon neutral claims are robust and credible.
The Achilles process provides the independently verified data required to confidently report GHG assertions to comply with regulations and meet stakeholder disclosure requirements including SBTi, CDP and TCFD. The Achilles comprehensive Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Management Report specifies emissions inventory, management, and reduction plans and detailed GHG inventory. We also encourage companies to showcase their achievements with GHG audit or ISO 14064-1 certification.
The Achilles annual surveillance cycle supports a journey of continual reduction to assist businesses to align with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C – the highest ambition of the Paris Agreement.
PEOPLE, PLANET AND PROFIT
Best practice carbon measurement, management and reduction
We have been assisting clients to confidently Measure, Manage and Report their Carbon Footprint and drive business efficiency through carbon reduction savings in operational cost and performance for over 15 years. For some of our clients, these savings are in the millions of pounds per annum.
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