Higher specificity
Market-based claims are moving beyond blunt annual averages toward supplier-, location-, and time-aware evidence.
Advisory Services
Get ahead of Scope 2.
Spend smarter on carbon-free goals.
Expert advisory for large electricity loads preparing for the coming (proposed) GHG Protocol Scope 2 changes — and optimizing procurement so every dollar of carbon-free spend actually moves the claim.
What’s changing
Proposed Scope 2 updates raise the bar on specificity.
The GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance is the global standard for how organizations account for purchased electricity. Proposed updates are pushing buyers toward more specific, higher-resolution claims. Waiting until rules finalize is a strategy — just not always the cheapest one.
Supplier-level visibility
Standard-supply attributes already in your power product matter more than many buyers realize — and most never claim them.
Hourly resolution
24/7 carbon-free programs need data that can prove matching at the hour energy was produced and consumed.
Procurement compounds
The sequence you buy in changes both cost and defensibility. Over-buying voluntary instruments first is expensive.
We describe these as coming / proposed changes — not final law. Advisory is about readiness and option value, not pretending the rulebook has already flipped.
How we help
From diagnosis to registry handoff
- Diagnose — map your load, utility supply mix, current instruments, and claim posture against market-based Quality Criteria.
- Design — choose the right ladder rung: Advisory only, SSS standard-supply claims, Granular hourly certificates, or a staged combination.
- Optimize spend — prioritize the highest-impact claims per dollar before you overbuy RECs, GCs, or PPAs you may not need yet.
- Operationalize — hand off into registry workflows with clear data requirements, reporting paths, and verification expectations.
What you walk away with
A plan your sustainability, procurement, and finance teams can share.
- Claim posture map — what you can defend today vs. where the gaps are.
- Procurement sequence — advisory → SSS → Granular, sized to your load and risk tolerance.
- Spend lens — where incremental dollars buy the most claim quality.
- Data checklist — utility inputs, load data, and instrument inventory needed to execute.
- Clear next step — including whether a managed SSS engagement or Granular path is warranted.
Who it’s for
Large loads with real reporting pressure
Commercial & industrial buyers
Material electricity spend, multi-site footprints, and leadership asking harder questions about Scope 2 quality.
Sustainability leaders
Need a board-ready narrative for how the organization will respond as Scope 2 expectations tighten.
Procurement & energy managers
Want a strategy conversation before locking another year of instruments that may not close the real gap.
Utilities serving large customers
Exploring how to offer supplier-specific claim pathways without standing up a full internal registry practice.
How Advisory connects
The on-ramp to both registries
Advisory is not a substitute for SSS or Granular — it’s how you decide which one you need, in what order, and how much to spend before you operationalize.
→ SSS
When standard supply already carries material carbon-free energy you aren’t claiming.
→ Granular
When you need hourly matching, impact accounting, or storage-aware attributes.
→ Both
Baseline with SSS, then layer Granular where annual resolution isn’t enough.
Start with a strategy conversation.
No pressure pitch — a clear read on where you stand and what to do next as Scope 2 expectations evolve.