Expert consultancy and carbon accounting tools built specifically for local authorities
CarbonTrack is the specialist net zero consultancy to help local authorities by delivering a comprehensive Scopes 1, 2 and 3 Baseline and the strategic framework for supply chain decarbonisation.
Trusted By Organisations Leading the Way in Net Zero
Nearly 90% of Council Footprints Lie in Supply Chain and Estate Emissions
Most local authorities have measured their direct emissions, the gas in your offices, electricity in your buildings, fuel in your fleet. But these Scopes 1 and 2 emissions represent just 10-20% of your total footprint.
The majority lies in what you procure: residential care contracts, waste services, highway maintenance, capital projects. And in buildings you own but don't operate: leisure centres run by trusts, social housing, council-owned retail units.
These supply chain and estate emissions, your Scope 3, often remain unmeasured, making it impossible to credibly demonstrate progress toward net zero.
Without measuring Scope 3, you're only seeing 10% of the picture.
Our Services - From Measurement to Action: Your Complete Pathway to Net Zero
Carbon Accounting
CarbonTrack partners with you to deliver a comprehensive, highly granular Scope 3 baseline using expert-led analysis and powerful analytical tools. We guide your team through data collection and interpretation to reveal the distribution of emissions across suppliers, categories, and buildings, ensuring you get a complete, action-ready picture of your total footprint.
Net Zero Procurement
We move beyond measurement by providing a structured, phased pathway for engaging your supply chain and embedding carbon reduction into procurement policy. Our consultancy approach co-develops a tailored framework with your teams, helping you navigate the 'double bind' of statutory obligations while turning your net zero ambition into practical, compliant action.
SME Capacity Building
Recognising that many key suppliers are SMEs who lack resources, we provide capacity building support to accelerate your own Scope 3 progress. This includes on-site Carbon Maturity Assessments and Carbon Literacy Training, turning supplier resistance into partnership and directly improving your supply chain's data collection and emissions reduction capability.
Net Zero Pathway Modelling
Using your complete carbon baseline, we facilitate decision-making sessions with your team to model a realistic, evidence-based pathway to net zero. We map out tangible abatement projections by category, identify resource allocation requirements, and model cost implications, transforming analysis into an actionable, politically sensitive implementation plan.
Why CarbonTrack
Built for Local Authorities, By Local Authority Experts
Navigating Constraints
Budget limitations, competing priorities, statutory obligations, long-term contracts, democratic accountability
We don't recommend sweeping changes without considering political realities.
End-to-End Support
Not just data: strategic partnership through measurement, reduction, and policy implementation
We help you build internal capacity, navigate political sensitivities, and communicate progress transparently.
Proven Results
Mid Sussex, Crawley, Mole Valley, Cornwall, authorities now recognised as leaders in Scope 3 measurement and net zero procurement
These aren't just clients; they're case studies in turning ambition into progress.
Built for Councils
The only platform designed specifically for local government
Generic tools assume product-based supply chains. We're built for service procurement, statutory obligations, and complex estates.
Case Studies
Mid Sussex District Council Net Zero
- CarbonTrack revealed that more than half of Mid Sussex’s footprint comes from its supply chain, with just 22 suppliers driving the majority of these emissions.
- CarbonTrack helped Mid Sussex translate data-driven insights into procurement policy in a scalable, replicable model to align their procurement processes with emissions targets.
