Net-Zero Strategy

Solar is visible and popular. That sometimes makes it the first thing an organisation buys, and the last thing it models properly. In a credible net-zero plan, on-site generation sits alongside energy efficiency, storage, flexibility and green procurement. You need to quantify its real contribution, not assume it.

We place solar honestly within that wider strategy. We model carbon and cost abatement across the options. And we produce the evidence your teams need to report under SECR and mainstream ESG frameworks. The result is a plan that satisfies both the finance case and the carbon case. It's also a story you can tell investors and regulators with confidence.

SECR itself is a specific, binding requirement rather than a vague ESG gesture. It comes from the Companies (Directors' Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018. A large UK company or LLP falls under this rule. Broadly, that means exceeding two of: turnover £36 million, balance sheet total £18 million, or 250 employees.

Those thresholds are set independently of the wider Companies Act size bands. A qualifying company or LLP must disclose its UK energy use and associated greenhouse gas emissions in the directors' report each year. It must also report at least one intensity ratio and the efficiency actions taken. Only businesses using under 40,000 kWh are exempt.

We produce the generation and consumption figures in the format that requirement expects. That format also follows the government's wider sustainability reporting guidance. As a result, we evidence solar's contribution instead of just asserting it.