Climate Essentials Analytics

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Decarbonise with data.

A programme management platform for organisations leading business decarbonisation. Invite your cohort, track their progress, and use real emissions data to direct support where it creates the greatest impact.

Local authorities Economic development groups Membership organisations Carbon consultants
Live programme data
Climate Essentials Analytics dashboard overview
Programmes Tracked
17 Across the UK
How it works

From invitation to insight, with measurable impact

Set up your programme, invite your businesses, and watch the data build. The platform handles the measurement so you can focus on the action.

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What you get

Everything a programme operator needs

Built for people running decarbonisation programmes, not just the businesses inside them.

Multiple programmes, one login

Run as many programmes as you need from a single account. Each programme has its own cohort, its own branding, and its own data, with no cross-contamination.

Co-branded for each programme

Add your logo and programme name to each workspace. Businesses see a branded environment — not a generic tool, which increases engagement and completion rates.

Live cohort dashboard

See aggregate tCO₂e, engagement progress (joined, measured, plan created), and breakdowns by sector and business size, updated as businesses complete their footprints.

Filter by sector and size

Segment your cohort by industry sector or business size to identify where emissions are concentrated and which businesses to prioritise for targeted support.

PDF reduction plan per business

Download a full reduction plan PDF for each business in your programme, documenting their planned actions, timelines, and projected carbon savings for your records.

Downloadable

Aggregate reduction potential

See the total projected carbon savings if businesses implement their planned actions, giving you programme-level impact data to report against targets or funding requirements.

Support-readiness data, built in

The platform tells you which businesses plan to install solar panels, switch to LED lighting, or upgrade heating systems, and what the aggregate carbon saving would be if they do. Local authorities use this data to direct grant funding and support towards the interventions that will deliver the greatest measurable impact across their local economy.

Key differentiator
Who uses it

Built for those engaging with business communities

Primary use case

Local authorities

Local authorities use Climate Essentials Analytics to run structured decarbonisation programmes for their business communities. The platform gives programme managers a clear view of emissions across their local economy, and the evidence to direct support where it will have the greatest impact.

Evidence-based grant allocation. Identify which businesses plan to install solar panels or upgrade heating, and direct support to the actions with the highest aggregate carbon saving.

Programme reporting. Track engagement across your cohort and report aggregate carbon data to funders, combined authorities, or council leadership.

Community insight. Understand the carbon profile of your local business community, by sector and size, for net zero strategy and economic development planning.

Used by

Worcestershire County Council
Earthly
Surrey County Council
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London Borough of Brent
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Also used by

Economic development groups

Run structured decarbonisation programmes as part of post-recovery business support, with data to demonstrate environmental outcomes to funders.

Also used by

Carbon consultants

Give clients access to a co-branded measurement platform and retain oversight of their emissions data and progress, without building your own tool.

Also used by

Carbon offset providers

Invite clients to measure their footprint and view their emissions data, giving you the evidence base to offer relevant carbon credits against their actual impact.

Also used by

Membership organisations

Offer members a structured carbon measurement tool as a member benefit, and track collective progress to demonstrate the organisation's contribution to net zero targets.

FAQ

Questions from programme managers

Climate Essentials for Business is designed for individual organisations measuring and managing their own operational emissions. Analytics is designed for the organisations running programmes — local authorities, consultants, membership bodies — who need an aggregate view across a cohort of businesses. You can invite businesses, track their engagement, and see the collective carbon picture, rather than managing a single footprint yourself.

There is no fixed limit on the number of programmes or businesses you can run. Each programme operates as its own co-branded workspace, with its own cohort and its own data. Whether you are running one programme with 20 businesses or several concurrent programmes across different sectors or geographies, the platform scales to meet it. Get in touch to discuss your specific requirements.

Yes. Each programme can carry its own logo and name. Businesses joining the programme see a co-branded environment that reflects your organisation rather than a generic tool. This increases engagement and makes the programme feel like a genuine extension of your support offer rather than a third-party platform.

You send invitations directly from the platform. Businesses receive an invitation to join your programme, create an account, and complete their carbon footprint measurement. You can track in real time which businesses have joined, which have completed their measurement, and which have created a reduction plan — without needing to chase individuals manually.

Yes — and this is one of the most common uses of the platform among local authority clients. The platform shows you which businesses plan specific actions (such as solar panel installation, LED lighting upgrades, or boiler replacement), and what the aggregate carbon saving across the cohort would be if those actions are completed. This gives your team an evidence base for directing grant funding towards the interventions with the highest measurable impact, rather than relying on self-reported need or first-come first-served allocation.

The dashboard shows total tCO₂e across your cohort, programme engagement metrics (businesses joined, businesses who have measured, businesses with active reduction plans), emissions broken down by business sector and size, and aggregate carbon reduction potential based on businesses' planned actions. You can also download a PDF reduction plan for each individual business in your programme.

Yes. Consultants use the Analytics platform to give clients access to a structured carbon measurement tool while retaining visibility of their progress and data. Each client engagement can sit within its own programme, with co-branding that reflects either your consultancy or your client's organisation. You can manage multiple client programmes from a single login without mixing data between engagements.

Yes — and the platform goes further than simply giving tenants access. If you hold utilities data for your tenants (energy consumption, waste volumes), you can prepopulate their accounts with that data before they log in for the first time. Tenants join a ready-to-use environment rather than starting from scratch, which significantly increases completion rates. You retain oversight of their progress and emissions data across all your managed properties from a single programme view.

Pricing is based on the scale of your programme and is agreed on an individual basis. Get in touch with the team to discuss your requirements and we will provide a proposal suited to your programme size and structure.

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Turn your programme data
into decisions that count.

Talk to the team about running a decarbonisation programme for your business community — and using the data to direct support where it will have the greatest impact.

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