Galp identified ~€13M in Quantifiable Carbon Cost Savings driven by a 78% carbon reduction potential with Carbmee

A leading energy company with a strong presence in Portugal and internationally, Galp has built its reputation on innovation and long-term strategic vision. Their commitment to sustainability is central to their corporate strategy, driving the transition toward a low-carbon future.

Discover how Galp is leveraging the Environmental Intelligence System (EIS™) carbon management solution to accelerate its journey to net-zero emissions.

As a leading energy and petroleum company, Galp has set ambitious targets to reduce carbon emissions across all scopes and achieve carbon neutrality by 2050. A critical part of this strategy involves addressing Scope 3 emissions from purchased goods and services, a complex and extensive part of Galp’s value chain. 

However, achieving transparency across such a large and diverse supply chain posed significant challenges:

1. Lack of detailed information: Galp had limited visibility into supplier emissions, making it difficult to pinpoint reduction opportunities or track progress against carbon targets.
2. Difficulty in scaling: Manually collecting emissions data from hundreds of suppliers was not feasible, creating a logistical bottleneck.
3. Integrating carbon into sourcing decisions: Without consolidated carbon data, it was challenging to factor emissions into supplier selection and procurement strategies.

Recognizing that traditional approaches were insufficient, Galp needed a scalable, automated solution that could provide accurate supply chain emissions transparency, streamline data collection, and enable informed, carbon-conscious decision-making

For Galp, achieving meaningful Scope 3 emissions reductions required a clear understanding of where emissions were concentrated across its vast supply chain. Leveraging the Environmental Intelligence System (EIS™), Galp gained unprecedented transparency and actionable insights into its emissions footprint.

Supplier Hotspot Mapping at Scale

Carbmee analyzed emissions across Galp’s 2024 supply chain, covering approximately 40,000 items from over 2,000 suppliers across 140 categories, using a hybrid activity- and spend-based methodology. This approach allowed Galp to measure Scope 3.1 (Purchased Goods and Services) and Scope 3.4 (Upstream Transportation and Distribution) emissions for the first time—without contacting a single supplier. The result was an accurate emissions baseline, empowering Galp to target the areas with the highest reduction potential.

Custom Dashboards and Visualizations

To make this data actionable, Carbmee implemented its Studio platform, creating customizable, report-ready dashboards. These visualizations allowed stakeholders across the organization—from executives to sustainable procurement managers—to track, analyze, and act on emissions data in real time.

Operationalizing Carbon Data in Sourcing

Carbmee collaborated with Galp’s procurement team to embed carbon data into sourcing decisions, ensuring sustainability considerations became a standard part of supplier evaluation and procurement strategy. By shifting from broad spend-based Scope 3 estimates to granular, activity-based emissions data, Galp could quantify immediate value and identify high-impact opportunities.

A focused “What If” analysis on a sample of pre-selected tenders revealed up to €13M in quantifiable carbon cost savings, driven primarily by a 78% emissions reduction potential in services tenders. Further analysis of two live tenders uncovered significant differences in bidder emission intensity, ranging from 49% to 55% reduction potential, translating into ~€5M in additional carbon cost savings.

With the EIS™, Galp is transforming carbon data into strategic decision-making, enabling measurable reductions and embedding sustainability into the heart of procurement.

1. Granular visibility drives action: Detailed activity-based emissions data gave Galp a clear view of Scope 3 hotspots, enabling targeted carbon reduction efforts.
2. Scalable emissions tracking is possible: EIS™ allowed Galp to analyze ~40,000 items from 2,000+ suppliers without contacting suppliers individually, creating an accurate baseline at scale.
3. Data empowers procurement decisions: Custom dashboards made emissions data accessible for Galp’s procurement team, embedding sustainability into supplier evaluation and sourcing strategies.
4. Quantifiable impact: Focused analyses identified up to €13M in carbon cost savings and revealed up to 78% emissions reduction potential in services tenders.

To take its sustainable procurement strategy to the next level, Galp is integrating JAGGAER, a leading procurement platform, to manage emissions directly at the sourcing level - effectively “stopping carbon at the gate.”

By embedding carbon data into the sourcing process, Galp will be able to identify and select suppliers that align with its sustainability goals from the outset, ensuring that emissions reductions are considered from the very start of procurement decisions. This integration represents a key step in making carbon-conscious sourcing a standard part of Galp’s operations.

As Galp continues its journey toward net-zero, supplier engagement will be key to unlocking further reduction potential. By collecting detailed emissions data through Carbmee’s platform, Galp can ensure its supply chain insights are accurate and comprehensive.

Collaborating with suppliers enables Galp to actively reduce emissions across the entire value chain, turning transparency into measurable impact. This forward-looking approach ensures that sustainability is embedded at every step of procurement, reinforcing partnerships that drive long-term carbon reductions.