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Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is a regulatory framework ensuring large UK businesses report on their energy and carbon emissions. It mandates public disclosure of energy usage, associated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and a description of actions being taken to improve energy efficiency year-over-year.

SECR requirements apply to all UK-incorporated quoted companies on stock exchanges, large UK-incorporated companies not quoted on exchanges, and large limited liability partnerships (LLPs). Companies also may elect to participate in SECR voluntarily as a means to improve their energy consumption and carbon footprint.

The primary purpose of SECR is to encourage greater corporate environmental responsibility. By mandating transparency, the regulations raise awareness of energy costs, provide actionable data for improving energy efficiency, and drive reductions in carbon emissions. SECR aligns with global standards promoting net-zero emissions by helping balance greenhouse gas output with carbon removal efforts.

Submitting a SECR report is mandatory for all companies quoted on UK stock exchanges and any unquoted company or LLP designated as "large." A company is considered large if it meets at least two of the following three criteria within a reporting period.

Annual turnover (or gross income): £36 million or more

Balance sheet assets: £18 million or more

Even if a company is classified as large, it may be exempt from SECR reporting if it can demonstrate that its energy consumption during the reporting period was 40,000 kWh or less.

Who Is Required to Submit an SECR Report?

To ensure full SECR compliance, affected companies must include a specific set of metrics and disclosures in their annual reports.

Electricity usage, both for powering operations and transportation

Gas consumption for both mobile and stationary activities

Transportation fuel consumption is used for purposes such as fueling company vehicles and minibusses

Emissions intensity ratio, which is a metric measuring emissions from one year to the next

The methodology used to calculate the required information

A narrative explaining steps being taken to improve energy efficiency

Prior year figures for comparison, when applicable

What Are the SECR Reporting Requirements?

SECR disclosures must be integrated into your organization's annual filings submitted to Companies House. The specific report depends on your company type:

1. Quoted & Unquoted Companies: Include the SECR report within the Directors' Report.

2. LLPs: Submit a dedicated Energy and Carbon Report alongside the annual report.

3. Companies, where energy use and carbon emissions are of particular strategic importance: Include it in your strategic reports. 

4. Charitable Organizations: Integrate it into the combined Directors' and Trustees' Annual Report.

The reporting deadline is based on your company’s financial year and should be aligned with deadlines for your annual reports.

How Does the SECR Reporting Process Work?

Participating in the SECR framework, whether mandatory or voluntary, provides several key business advantages:

Enhanced Risk Management: Analyzing energy and carbon emission patterns helps identify risks associated with energy waste and climate factors, leading to better strategic decisions.

Potential Cost Savings: Actively monitoring energy consumption often reveals opportunities to reduce usage, improve efficiency, and lower operational costs.

Improved Transparency and Accountability: Demonstrating environmental responsibility through clear reporting can enhance your company's reputation among investors, customers, and stakeholders.

Regulatory Compliance: For obligated businesses, the most direct benefit is achieving compliance and avoiding the financial and reputational risks of penalties.

What Are the Benefits of SECR Compliance?

Failure to comply with the SECR guidance can lead to significant financial penalties. The Conduct Committee of the Financial Reporting Council can levy fines for non-compliance. Additionally, since reports are submitted with your annual reports to Companies House, the agency can reject your application and make you submit it again if you fail to include SECR information. This can trigger late filing penalties from £150 up to £7,500, depending on the size of your company and how late you end up filing.

What Are the Penalties for Non-Compliance With SECR?

Companies often face several challenges when preparing their first SECR report. 

1. Data Collection: Gathering accurate and complete energy and emissions data can be time-consuming and resource-intensive without an automated system.

2. Inconsistencies: Using different measurement and reporting methods across departments or locations can lead to unreliable, inconsistent data.

3. Complex Supply Chains: Accurately calculating indirect emissions from sources you don't own or control (Scope 3 emissions) can be particularly difficult.

Overcoming these SECR challenges requires more than spreadsheets. It demands a powerful, carbon management solution with Scope 3 tracking capabilities. Enter Carbmee!

What Are the Common Challenges in SECR Reporting (And How to Overcome Them)?

Carbmee’s carbon management platform is designed to simplify and automate your SECR reporting process. Here’s how you can benefit:

Automate Data Collection: Seamlessly gather energy and emissions data from across your operations, eliminating manual errors and saving valuable time.

Identify Decarbonization Opportunities: Use our powerful analytics to pinpoint areas for energy optimization, helping you reduce both emissions and costs.

Produce Audit-Ready Reports: Generate comprehensive, audit-ready reports that demonstrate your progress over time and satisfy all SECR disclosure requirements.


Book a free demo today to streamline your SECR reporting!

Automate SECR Compliance With Carbmee & Save Valuable Time

SECR regulations affect UK-based quoted companies of any size, as well as large unquoted companies and large Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) that meet specific size thresholds related to turnover, assets, or number of employees.

The deadline for an SECR report is aligned with your company’s standard financial year-end filing deadline. The SECR information must be included within your annual report, such as the Directors' Report, which is submitted to Companies House.

Yes. A company that otherwise qualifies for SECR reporting can be exempt if its total energy consumption over the reporting period is 40,000 kWh or less. However, to claim this exemption, you must first accurately calculate your total energy use. An SECR report example can help clarify which sources (such as electricity, gas, and transport fuels) need to be considered before referencing the exemption in your Annual Directors’ Report.

How Can Companies Simplify the SECR Process?

Using a carbon management software like carbmee EIS™ can streamline data collection, ensure methodological consistency, and automate report generation—saving time and reducing the risk of non-compliance.

Can Voluntary SECR Reporting Benefit My Business?

Yes. Even if not legally required, voluntarily adopting SECR can demonstrate environmental leadership, improve stakeholder trust, and uncover opportunities for energy efficiency and cost savings.

Definition: SECR is a UK government framework requiring large companies to report their annual energy use and carbon emissions.

SECR Reporting Requirements: Companies must report total energy use, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (including Scopes 1 and 2), an emissions intensity ratio, and a narrative on energy efficiency measures.

Goal: SECR aims to increase awareness of energy costs, promote energy efficiency, and help reduce carbon emissions in line with global net-zero goals.

Find out what the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) framework means for businesses in the UK and what you need to do to stay fully compliant.

SECR: Master Reporting Requirements & Stay Compliant

SECR reporting doesn't have to be complex. Find out how to master key requirements, ensure compliance, and drive decarbonization. Get informed at Carbmee!

Webinar: Driving Decarbonization at Scale – How Heraeus Achieved Carbon Transparency with carbmee EIS™

Join us for an exclusive webinar to discover how Heraeus, a global technology leader, overcame the challenges of complex carbon accounting and CSRD compliance across multiple business units.

Driving Decarbonization at Scale – How Heraeus Achieved Carbon Transparency with carbmee EIS™

What is the real value of a unified carbon data model? It turns scattered emissions data into clear, actionable insights that guide procurement, sustainability, and finance teams in making smarter, aligned decisions.

Many enterprises do not fail at decarbonization because of a lack of ambition - but because their data is fragmented. Procurement teams manage supplier declarations, R&D teams run isolated LCAs, sustainability teams handle corporate reporting, and finance tracks carbon pricing exposure. None of these systems communicate effectively, resulting in duplicated work, inconsistent emission factors, and slow, reactive decision-making.

This siloed landscape is incompatible with the scale and speed of today’s regulatory and market pressures. According to the IBM Institute for Business Value, 41% of surveyed executives identify inadequate data as the biggest obstacle to achieving ESG goals - surpassing regulatory barriers, inconsistent standards, and skills shortages.

From Fragmented Data to Strategic Insight

A unified carbon data model has therefore become essential. Carbmee’s Environmental Intelligence System (EIS™) addresses precisely this challenge. Its underlying data model - carbontology - integrates all carbon-relevant information into a single, ERP-like foundation:

Corporate accounting and product-level LCA use one consistent emissions logic

Supplier primary data is automatically linked to bills of materials

Production data enriches emissions models at the SKU level

Automated AI engines surface hotspots and prioritize reduction levers

This consolidation removes the need for multiple parallel tools and eliminates the risk of divergent datasets across departments.

The impact of a unified model extends beyond transparency. It enables scenario planning: companies can forecast carbon cost exposure under future ETS prices, evaluate alternative materials, and assess supply-chain resilience under regulatory change. For enterprises with complex global supplier networks - often involving tens of thousands of SKUs - this level of clarity becomes a strategic advantage.

Unlocking Strategic Value Beyond Transparency

KWS, one of the world’s leading agricultural producers, needed to unify procurement, sustainability, and financial data to prepare for CSRD compliance. Using carbmee EIS™, KWS calculated 30,000 supplier footprints from transactional ERP data, identified its top 50 emitting suppliers responsible for 55% of Scope 3 emissions, and achieved EY-audited, CSRD-ready results. The unified data model reduced manual workload by 94% and cut consulting costs significantly. KWS emphasized that EIS™ provided “true transparency” and alignment with global standards - demonstrating how connected data transforms complexity into clarity.

As regulatory expectations accelerate and investor scrutiny increases, a unified carbon data foundation is becoming the new baseline for effective, credible decarbonization. Companies that embrace SKU-level, supplier-linked visibility will be positioned to make faster, more accurate, and impactful decisions - turning carbon management into a strategic advantage rather than a compliance burden.

The New Baseline for Effective Decarbonization

From Data Chaos to Decarbonization: Why Enterprises Need a Unified Carbon Data Model | Carbmee

Turn fragmented data into actionable insights. Unified carbon intelligence is the new advantage. Discover how carbmee EIS™ helps you integrate supplier, product, and financial data to achieve CSRD and CBAM compliance while driving measurable Scope 3 reductions.

From Data Chaos to Decarbonization: Why Enterprises Need a Unified Carbon Data Model

In March 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its climate disclosure rule to enhance and standardize climate-related reporting for investors. The rule mandates that SEC registrants include specific climate-related information in their registration statements and periodic reports, such as the Form 10-K. This aims to create more transparent and comparable data across companies.

The required disclosures provide insight into a company's climate strategy and financial health. Key information includes:

climate-related risks and their probable or actual material impacts on the registrant's company, strategy, and outlook

registrant governance or risks and corresponding risk management processes

climate-related financial statement metrics

climate impact targets, goals, and transition plans, if any

The SEC climate disclosure rule aligns with established frameworks like the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), pushing companies toward net-zero practices. It is a regulatory effort to support the goals of the Paris Agreement by giving investors clear visibility into corporate climate policies and impacts.


Tip: For a deeper understanding of GHG emissions, don’t miss our insights on the GHG Protocol, Product Carbon Footprint (PCF), Scope 3.1.

The SEC climate disclosure rule focuses on several core elements that companies must address in their reporting. Understanding them is the first step toward building a compliant disclosure strategy.

1. Materiality: Materiality is the threshold for disclosure. Companies must report on climate-related risks and events that have had or are reasonably likely to have a material impact on their business or financial condition. This includes the financial effects of events like wildfires, hurricanes, and floods.
2. Physical Risk: This element requires companies to disclose the potential physical risks of climate change on their assets and operations. This is divided into acute risks, which are event-driven (e.g., hurricanes), and chronic risks, which relate to longer-term shifts in climate patterns (e.g., rising sea levels).

3. Transition Risk: Companies must report on the risks associated with transitioning to a lower-carbon economy. This includes potential impacts from policy changes, new regulations, technological shifts, and changing market preferences that could affect a company's business model, operations, or financial standing.

4. Risk Management: This requirement involves detailing the company's processes for identifying, assessing, and managing its climate-related risks. The disclosure must explain how these processes are integrated into the company's overall risk management framework, demonstrating a proactive approach to mitigating climate threats.

5. Governance: Transparency around governance is crucial. Companies need to describe the board of directors' oversight of climate-related risks and management's role in assessing and managing those risks. This provides investors with insight into the level of accountability within the organization.

What Are the Key Elements of the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule?

Adhering to the SEC climate disclosure requirements offers more than just regulatory compliance; it provides strategic advantages that can strengthen a company's market position and operational resilience.

Improved Risk Management and Decision-Making

The process of gathering data for compliance forces companies to deeply analyze climate-related risks and energy efficiency. This leads to better internal risk management strategies and more informed decision-making, which can protect against future threats while improving operational efficiency and reducing costs.


By publicly disclosing climate risk management actions through the SEC, companies provide transparency and accountability. This builds credibility with stakeholders, including customers, employees, and the public. You are not just claiming to be sustainable; you are demonstrating it with verified data.


Climate-conscious investors are increasingly looking for companies that are transparent about and actively managing climate-related risks. Compliant disclosures enhance a brand's reputation, build trust, and can help attract capital from a growing pool of ESG-focused investors.

What Are the Benefits of Complying With the SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements?

Navigating SEC’s climate disclosure requirements can be complex. To ensure accurate and compliant reporting, it is essential to avoid these common mistakes.

Underestimating Materiality: A narrow view of materiality can lead to legal and financial risks. Companies must conduct a thorough assessment of all potential climate-related risks across their value chain to avoid overlooking information they are legally required to disclose. Working with a professional advisor can ensure a comprehensive review.

Inadequate Disclosure: Simply stating a commitment to risk management is not enough. Adequate disclosure requires demonstrating this commitment with a detailed plan. Companies must follow through by clearly outlining how they identify, assess, and plan to manage the specific climate risks they have identified.

Lack of Consistency in Reporting: Climate disclosure is an ongoing process, not a one-time report. Companies must consistently document their progress toward climate-related goals over time. Using standardized frameworks ensures that reporting is objective, comparable, and provides a clear benchmark for stakeholders to track performance annually.

How to Avoid Common Pitfalls in the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule

Complying with the SEC climate disclosure guidance is a complex but necessary process. Automating data collection and analysis with a dedicated carbon management platform can streamline your efforts and ensure accuracy.

carbmee EIS™ empowers you to effectively manage and mitigate climate-related risks. 

Streamline Data Management: Automate the collection and analysis of data on your greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts to reduce manual errors and save time.

Set and Track Targets: Establish clear emissions reduction targets and monitor your progress consistently over time, ensuring you stay on track with your climate goals.

Generate Compliant Reports: Create transparent, audit-ready reports that align with the SEC's guidance and other major frameworks, giving you confidence in your disclosures.


Take the first step towards seamless SEC compliance and effective decarbonization. Book a free demo today!

Ensure SEC Climate Disclosure Compliance With Carbmee

Which Companies Are Required to Comply With the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule?

Companies required to comply with the SEC’s climate disclosure rule include Large Accelerated Filers (LAFs) and Accelerated Filers (AFs). These companies must disclose Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions, as well as material climate-related financial risks, following TCFD-aligned standards. Scope 3 emissions are only required if they are financially material or if the company has publicly committed to Scope 3 targets. Smaller companies are exempt from these requirements.

What Is the Current Status of the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule?

As of late 2025, the SEC climate disclosure proposal is on hold. Although adopted in March 2024, it was quickly challenged in court and placed under a voluntary stay. In March 2025, the SEC withdrew its defense of the rule, and in September, the Eighth Circuit paused the case indefinitely unless the SEC chooses to revisit or defend it. While the rule’s future remains uncertain at the federal level, climate disclosure regulations are moving ahead in several U.S. states, and internationally through frameworks like the EU’s CSRD and the ISSB standards.

What Was the Proposed Timeline for the SEC Climate Disclosure Rule?

If implemented as planned, the rule would have followed a phased timeline. Large Accelerated Filers (LAFs) were expected to start collecting data in 2025, disclose climate-related risks in 2026, and begin reporting Scope 1 and 2 emissions in 2027. Smaller companies would have followed with later deadlines.

SEC Climate Disclosure: Frequently Asked Questions

Definition: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has mandated that public companies disclose their climate-related risks, risk management strategies, and, for larger filers, certain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data.

Goal: The primary aim is to provide investors with consistent, reliable, and comparable information to help them make informed decisions regarding climate-related financial risks.

The SEC climate disclosure rule marks a significant shift in corporate reporting for U.S. public companies. Learn about key risks, reporting requirements, and how to master compliance with ease.

SEC Climate Disclosure: Your Roadmap to Compliance

Get ahead of SEC climate disclosure requirements. Discover key risks, reporting essentials, and how to master compliance with Carbmee!

How does AI-driven carbon cost intelligence help organizations? It enables them to anticipate regulatory changes and factor emissions into strategic supply chain decisions with confidence.


Carbon is rapidly becoming a financial variable - one that will reshape global supply chains over the coming decade. With the EU ETS expanding into new sectors, combined with CBAM, EUDR, and future carbon-market developments, the economic exposure for industrial companies is increasing sharply. The message is clear: carbon costs are shifting from a background concern to a strategic priority.


Yet most companies still lack visibility into which purchased materials fall under ETS, how supplier geography affects carbon pricing, or how future regulatory changes will impact margin and sourcing.

Carbon cost intelligence is emerging as the solution. Carbmee’s Environmental Intelligence System (EIS™) integrates emissions data with cost-risk analytics, enabling companies to identify ETS-regulated materials within seconds, forecast future exposure under rising carbon prices, compare suppliers by carbon intensity and cost risk, and model decarbonization strategies at SKU level before they affect budgets. This capability transforms regulatory complexity into actionable insights for finance, procurement, and supply-chain leaders.


The urgency is reflected in recent research: according to the Sustainability Intelligence Report 2025, 59% of organizations consider developing a carbon management strategy “important or extremely important,” yet 47% still lack the data clarity required to execute effectively. This gap underscores why granular carbon-cost analytics are rapidly becoming indispensable.

Carbon Cost Intelligence: Turning Complexity into Action

Industry leaders are already experiencing the impact of this shift. As Ralf Hässig, Senior Expert for Materials Management Sustainability at ZF Group, explains:

“As a global technology company supplying systems for passenger cars, commercial vehicles and industrial technology, we sought a software-driven solution for modeling, supply chain collaboration, and CBAM compliance. Carbmee EIS™ provided an all-in-one solution, coupled with a dynamic, results-driven team committed to our success. The expertise and support of the carbmee team has been instrumental in our journey and is a must for companies seeking to decarbonize.”


His perspective reflects a much broader trend: organizations that understand their carbon-cost exposure early - and can act on it - gain structural advantages in pricing, profitability, and supply-chain resilience.

Carbon-cost visibility is no longer an environmental concern; it is a financial imperative. Enterprises that embed carbon intelligence into cost and sourcing decisions today will be the ones that lead in resilience, competitiveness, and long-term value creation. Proactively understanding carbon exposure allows companies to anticipate market shifts and optimize supply chains, making carbon insights a critical factor for strategic success.

Carbon Intelligence as a Strategic Imperative

Carbon Cost Intelligence: Preparing Supply Chains for the Next Wave of Regulation | Carbmee

Regulation isn’t slowing down and neither are carbon costs. With Carbmee EIS™, you can instantly map carbon-cost risk across your supply chain, forecast future price impacts, and take decisive action before competitors do.

Carbon Cost Intelligence: Preparing Supply Chains for the Next Wave of Regulation

The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a new law aimed at reducing the EU’s role in global deforestation and forest degradation. Coming into force on 30 December 2024, it applies to companies placing specific products on the EU market or exporting them from it.

Seven high-risk commodities fall under the regulation:

It also includes a broad range of derived products, such as chocolate, leather, furniture, books, and packaging materials.

To comply, companies must ensure that their products are:

Deforestation-free, based on land use after 31 December 2020

Legally produced, according to local laws in the country of origin

Accompanied by a Due Diligence Statement (DDS), which must include verifiable geolocation data for the plots where commodities were produced (European Commission)

From 30 December 2025, enforcement begins in full — at which point companies must prove that all relevant products meet these criteria (White & Case).

Deforestation is responsible for about 11% of global greenhouse gas emissions — more than the emissions of all global passenger vehicles combined. Forests are essential carbon sinks, and their destruction severely undermines efforts to limit global warming.

For manufacturers committed to net-zero targets or ESG reporting under frameworks like CSRD, eliminating deforestation from supply chains isn’t optional — it’s essential. EUDR compliance directly supports science-based emissions reduction targets and long-term climate resilience.

The EUDR applies to all companies — large and small — that operate in or trade with the EU and handle regulated commodities. It makes no difference whether you are:

Exporting out of the EU to other markets.

The regulation has significant implications for manufacturing companies in sectors such as:

Food & Beverage (e.g., chocolate, coffee, dairy, meat),

Packaging and Paper (e.g., cartons, print products),

Automotive and Transport (e.g., leather or rubber components),

Chemicals and Consumer Goods (e.g., palm oil-based ingredients in cleaning or cosmetic products).

Whether you're at the top of the supply chain or closer to the consumer, if your products contain any EUDR-listed raw materials, you're in scope.

Sustainability – accountable for environmental performance and ESG reporting

Procurement – responsible for due diligence, supplier engagement, and risk data

Supply Chain – tasked with traceability, logistics, and supplier relationships

Legal & Compliance – ensuring regulatory alignment and handling enforcement risk

Executive Leadership – owning strategy, risk, investor relations, and growth

The EUDR touches virtually every department in companies with global value chains — and is especially relevant in manufacturing industries that rely on agricultural, forest-based, or natural raw materials. According to industry estimates, the regulation impacts trillions of euros in trade across these sectors

The EUDR is legally binding and backed by serious enforcement powers. Non-compliance isn’t just a reputational issue — it’s a direct business risk.

Companies may face fines of up to 4% of their annual EU turnover, as well as product confiscation and permanent exclusion from the EU market (Deloitte). These penalties apply not only to products linked to deforestation, but also to failures in documentation — such as missing or incorrect DDS filings.

Authorities have the power to block shipments at the border. Even a single non-compliant farm plot can result in an entire container or batch being denied entry — a risk made real by findings that 2% of farm plots show signs of deforestation and 1% have legality issues.

For manufacturers with just-in-time supply chains, blocked shipments can lead to factory downtime, missed orders, and broken SLAs. The risk is particularly high in commodity-dependent sectors like cocoa, soy, and palm oil.

While the cost of compliance is manageable, it is not negligible. For large companies, EUDR implementation is expected to cost around 0.1% of revenue and 1.45% of operating profit. For SMEs, this rises to 0.17% of revenue. Early investment in systems and supplier collaboration will reduce long-term costs and risks.

Plot-level geolocation and legality verification cannot be retrofitted overnight. Supply chain mapping, particularly in tier 2–3 regions, requires early and sustained supplier engagement.

Last-minute preparation could lead to shipment blocks, supply shortages, and customer dissatisfaction — particularly for EU-bound production runs and critical components.

Demonstrating compliance early will not only reduce risk, but strengthen supplier relationships and enhance brand equity with environmentally conscious consumers and investors.

1. Conduct a Risk-Based Supply Chain Assessment

Identify which commodities and suppliers are in scope

Map out geographies with known deforestation or legal compliance risks

Begin collecting required documentation and geolocation data

Use technology such as GIS, satellite imaging, or blockchain to track commodity origins

Integrate with procurement and ERP systems for real-time verification

Create cross-functional governance involving Legal, Sustainability, Procurement, and Supply Chain

Appoint EUDR leads to own the transition roadmap and reporting

4 important steps companies must take now

The EUDR is not just a compliance problem — it is a strategic priority that intersects with revenue protection, risk management, and ESG leadership.

With up to 4% of EU turnover at risk and the possibility of exclusion from one of the world’s largest markets, EUDR demands board-level attention.

Institutional investors and regulators now expect companies to demonstrate climate and nature-related risk mitigation — including deforestation.

Failure to adapt now could result in raw material shortages, operational standstills, and long-term competitive disadvantage.

EUDR compliance positions your brand as a responsible, forward-looking leader — a critical asset in stakeholder-driven markets.

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is set to reshape global trade and supply chain practices — and it’s approaching fast. For manufacturing companies operating in or trading with the EU, it marks a regulatory shift with significant operational, reputational, and financial implications.

This guide outlines what EUDR is, who’s affected, what’s at stake, and what your organization should be doing right now to prepare.

EUDR – What It Means, Who Is Affected, and Why You Must Act

The EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) takes effect in 2024 — discover what it means, who’s impacted, and how manufacturers can ensure compliance to avoid fines, supply chain disruption, and market exclusion.

EUDR – What It Means, Who Is Affected, and Why You Must Act 

High-level carbon reports rarely provide actionable insights. Companies need SKU-level and supplier-level visibility to identify true hotspots, quantify impact, and guide reduction strategies. Without it, decarbonization initiatives risk being broad, unfocused, and inefficient.

Carbmee’s platform enables organizations to simulate changes in material sourcing, energy use, and production processes. For instance, replacing primary aluminum with recycled aluminum or shifting to renewable electricity recalculates emissions instantly at both the SKU and Scope 3.1 levels. Teams can compare different scenarios to evaluate the effectiveness of reduction measures before implementing them in reality.

This level of precision is exactly what many manufacturers are looking for as they work to understand and reduce their environmental footprint. As Frank Wenig, Head of Research and Development at Steinbeis Papier, highlights: 

“At Steinbeis Papier, we want to manage our environmental impact with the same level of precision as we manage our business. The EIS™ will help us gain complete transparency into the carbon emissions of our products and everything that goes into them, at the highest level of granularity. From the massive amounts of secondary fibers down to the last drop of retention aid.”

Dynamic dashboards provide a complete overview of emissions per SKU, product category, and supplier. Teams can generate automated reports aligned with EU regulations such as CBAM, CSRD, and EUDR, while maintaining transparency and traceability. Customizable dashboards allow organizations to prioritize hotspots, monitor reductions over time, and communicate results internally or externally.

Ultimately, modern carbon management moves beyond static calculations. By integrating supplier data, production emissions, and scenario modeling into a unified system, companies gain a continuous, data-driven process for Scope 3 reduction. 

According to a 2024 report from CDP and Boston Consulting Group (BCG), supply-chain (Scope 3) emissions reported by companies are on average 26 times higher than their direct operational emissions (Scope 1 & 2) (BCG, 2025). This highlights why granular visibility and scenario modeling across suppliers and products are essential for effective decarbonization. 

This approach turns carbon management into a competitive advantage, enabling resilient, low-carbon supply chains that can respond to both regulatory and market demands.

With its combination of granular data visibility, scenario modeling, and customizable dashboards, Carbmee empowers organizations to not only track emissions but actively reduce them with precision and confidence. Our platform transforms carbon management from a reporting exercise into a strategic tool, helping companies achieve measurable sustainability goals while creating tangible business value.

Simulations, Dashboards, and Real Impact: Modern Carbon Management | Carbmee

Move beyond static reports. Use dynamic dashboards and scenario modeling to gain precise Scope 3 visibility and drive measurable, data-driven decarbonization.