Audits and Assessments
Do you know your
carbon footprint?
In today’s business landscape, and with the introduction of mandatory climate reporting, sustainability is more than a trend; it’s a responsibility.
Our Carbon Accounting services empower businesses, councils, and organisations to measure, manage, and reduce their carbon footprint.
How do you answer when your customers and stakeholders ask:
What’s your carbon footprint?
Why calculate your
carbon footprint?
Identify and Understand Your Footprint
A carbon audit provides a clear and detailed picture of where greenhouse gas emissions originate within your business operations, both directly and indirectly up-and-down-stream.
Prepare for Mandatory Government Reporting
Our Carbon Accounting will support you in meeting your mandatory climate reporting requirements.
For businesses not yet required to report, conducting a carbon audit prepares you for future regulations, and works towards meeting the expectations of your suppliers and customers.
Support Sustainability Goals
For businesses aiming to achieve net-zero emissions or other environmental targets, a carbon audit provides a critical baseline for tracking progress. It can also help identify the most effective strategies for reducing emissions in line with these goals.
Meet Customer Expectations
Both B2B and B2C customers are increasingly choosing to support businesses that prioritise sustainability. A carbon audit shows your dedication to reducing environmental impact, helping you build stronger relationships with environmentally conscious consumers.
Attract Investors and Stakeholders
Investors increasingly seek companies that incorporate Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors. A carbon audit demonstrates a commitment to sustainability and sound environmental practices, which can enhance investor confidence and stakeholder trust.
Future-Proof Your Business
As the global economy transitions toward lower-carbon operations, businesses that understand and address their emissions proactively will be better equipped to adapt to evolving markets, regulations, and stakeholder expectations.
Participate in Carbon Offset and Credit Programs
A carbon audit provides the verified data needed to participate in carbon offset or credit programs, which can provide financial and reputational benefits for businesses.
Emissions scopes
Scope 1
Direct Emissions
Direct greenhouse gas emissions that occur from sources owned or controlled by your organisation. These are emissions that the business has direct responsibility for.
Examples
- Emissions from burning fossil fuels in company-owned vehicles.
- On-site fuel combustion, such as natural gas used for heating.
- Emissions from industrial processes or equipment (e.g. refrigerants) directly operated by the company.
Why it matters
These emissions are under the direct control of the business, making them the most immediately actionable.
Scope 2
Purchased Energy
Indirect emissions resulting from the generation of purchased energy consumed by your organisation. This typically includes electricity, heating, or cooling sourced from external providers.
Examples
- Electricity purchased from the grid.
- Purchased steam, heat, or cooling generated by a third party.
Why it matters
While the business doesn’t produce these emissions directly, its energy consumption drives their production, making this a critical area for efficiency improvements and renewable energy sourcing.
Scope 3
Indirect Emissions
All other indirect emissions that occur in your organisation’s value chain but are not directly owned or controlled by you. These are often the largest and most challenging to measure and manage.
Examples
- Emissions from the production and transportation of raw materials (upstream emissions).
- Emissions from business travel, employee commuting, and waste disposal.
- Use of sold products and services by customers (downstream emissions).
- End-of-life disposal of products (e.g., recycling or landfill).
Why it matters
Scope 3 emissions often represent the majority of a business’s carbon footprint and require changing purchasing decisions and collaboration with suppliers and customers to reduce.
Why Tandem Energy?
- Supports you in meeting your Australian Government Mandatory Climate Reporting.
- Adheres to the Climate Active National Carbon Neutral Standards, UN Greenhouse Gas Protocol, and other international standards.
- Covers all three emissions scopes.
Our approach to audits and assessments
Thorough & Holistic
We take a deep look into your energy and sustainability data in order to help shape your operational decisions.
Our multi-disciplined team draw upon their engineering, sustainability, permaculture, psychology, and training skills to look past the obvious and find solutions that work in the real world.
Unintrusive
While we do need to ask you for data and other input, we recognise that your primary responsibility is to deliver your widgets on time. So we work around your schedule, and if we come on site we follow your WHS procedures and engage with your team only when reasonable to do so.
Simplifying the complex
We like to think of ourselves as translators.
We make sure we understand the data, the engineering and the opportunities, and share this in a way that’s relevant and easy for you to understand.
From our blog
Adelaide’s Finest Builds a Sustainability Roadmap
Tandem Energy helped Adelaide’s Finest Supermarkets cut costs and boost sustainability at Pasadena Foodland, identifying major savings in energy, water, and emissions, and delivering a roadmap and Green Plan for long-term impact.
Helping Henschke Navigate to Net Zero
Tandem Energy partnered with Henschke to create a tailored Emissions Reduction Roadmap, supporting their goal of net zero by 2040. Through data analysis, stakeholder workshops, and scenario modelling, the project identified practical opportunities, policy actions, and cultural catalysts—positioning Henschke as a sustainability leader in the wine industry and beyond.
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