Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders
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RSS feedWriting, signing and publishing a PPN 006 plan, and answering the carbon questions customers send.
Your customer has a net zero target: why it turns into questions for you
How a customer's net zero or science-based target puts your emissions in its Scope 3, what it will ask its suppliers for, and how to get ahead.
Climate risk questions in tenders and customer questionnaires: how to answer
The five climate risk questions buyers ask, model answers built from a site-by-site flood and heat check, and what not to say.
Answering a customer's CDP supply chain request
The SME questionnaire, fees, deadlines and the questions that matter when a customer asks you to disclose through CDP.
EcoVadis carbon questions: what the scorers look for
How EcoVadis scores carbon, the 95% coverage rule for emissions data, and the evidence a small firm should upload.
Video calls instead of travel: the carbon numbers
One client meeting by car, train, plane and video call with the 2026 government factors, and what a video call's figure does and doesn't include.
Switching company cars to electric: the carbon payback
Per-mile factors for diesel, petrol, hybrid and electric cars in 2026, a fleet worked example, and what the lifecycle evidence says about payback.
Gas boiler to heat pump: the carbon maths for an office
Heating emissions before and after a heat pump with the 2026 factors, running costs, the Boiler Upgrade Scheme and the Scope 1 to Scope 2 shift.
LED lighting: how much carbon and money an upgrade saves
The kWh, carbon and money saved by swapping fluorescent fittings for LED, worked through with the 2026 grid factor and government price data.
What councils ask suppliers about carbon
Why councils ask when PPN 006 doesn't apply, real examples from Manchester and Monmouthshire, and how to be ready for council tenders.
Writing the climate section of a tender
The three kinds of tender climate question, what evaluators score, a structure that works and a worked contract commitment.
Social value in public tenders: where carbon fits under PPN 002
Outcome 4 of the Social Value Model, how it differs from your PPN 006 plan, and a worked contract-level carbon commitment.
Net zero target wording that won't get you in trouble with the CMA
What the CMA and the ASA say about net zero claims, risky wording and safer versions, and why a factor drop isn't your progress.
IT managed service providers: answering customers' carbon questions
The carbon questions MSP customers ask, how to work out one customer's share, and why resold hardware matters.
Care providers: Carbon Reduction Plans for NHS-funded care
When care homes and home care agencies need a Carbon Reduction Plan or a Net Zero Commitment, and what their footprint looks like.
Crown Commercial Service frameworks and Carbon Reduction Plans
When a CCS (now GCA) framework needs a PPN 006 plan, what is checked at award and call-off, and why plans fail.
Transition plans for small firms in plain English
What a climate transition plan is, who has to have one in 2026, and how a Carbon Reduction Plan gets a small firm most of the way there.
When a customer asks you to set a science-based target
Why customers ask, what the SBTi criteria actually require of suppliers, and the target a small firm can set.
What large customers can and can't reasonably ask of small suppliers
Standard carbon data requests, the ones worth questioning, and how to respond without refusing outright.
How to answer a customer carbon questionnaire as a small firm
Model answers to the common questions, and what to write when you don't have the figures yet.
Can I use a Word document for my Carbon Reduction Plan?
Yes. What the plan must contain whatever the format, tips for writing it in Word, and whether to publish a PDF.
How much does a Carbon Reduction Plan cost in 2026?
Doing it yourself, per-report software, subscriptions and consultants, with published prices and the yearly cost.
Who signs off a Carbon Reduction Plan?
A director, on behalf of the board or equivalent management body, with a date. No auditor or consultant signature is needed.
How to publish your Carbon Reduction Plan on your website
Where the plan should live, what the page needs to show, and how to keep the link working when you update it each year.
The five Scope 3 categories PPN 006 actually asks for
Categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 in plain English, with a worked example for a 25-person firm using the 2026 government factors.
Can you write a Carbon Reduction Plan without a consultant?
What PPN 006 actually requires, what you need to collect, and the few places where outside help is worth paying for.