The summit is clear.
The pathway starts here.
Peak of a mountain in British Columbia // Tom Poole Photography
CRI helps organisations develop practical, science-aligned decarbonisation strategies across operations, supply chains, investments and customer value chains.
Our approach is underpinned by the NoCO2 Net Zero Standard, which provides a consistent and systematic framework for identifying emissions reduction opportunities, assessing their feasibility, and sequencing action in line with the level of ambition required by the IPCC 1.5°C pathway.
These services do not require an organisation to complete the full NoCO2 Net Zero process. Instead, CRI applies the relevant methods and principles from the Standard to support targeted decarbonisation planning.
Reduction-first
strategy
CRI helps organisations identify what can be reduced, electrified, substituted, redesigned or phased out, and then develop a practical pathway for implementation. This may include operational technology changes, procurement transformation, supplier engagement, investment portfolio review, customer value chain analysis, or product and service redesign.
Our decarbonisation services are structured around four core areas:
Assessing clean alternatives for fossil-fuelled assets
CRI's Technology Assessment service uses the Clean Alternative Assessment Methodology to assess and rate low-emissions and zero-emissions alternatives to fossil-fuelled plant, fleet, equipment and operational technologies.
This service is designed for organisations that need to understand when cleaner technologies are technically, commercially and operationally ready.
The assessment may consider:
- whether the clean alternative can perform the same function as the incumbent technology;
- capital cost and operating cost implications;
- expected financial return;
- infrastructure requirements;
- integration complexity;
- market maturity;
- operational constraints; and
- implementation timing.
The output is a practical technology readiness assessment that can support capital planning, asset replacement, fleet transition, electrification, fuel switching and long-term decarbonisation decisions.
This service is particularly relevant for organisations with material Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions from fuel use, electricity, buildings, fleet, plant or equipment.
Turning climate ambition into action
CRI helps organisations identify Required and Recommended Interventions that can support a science-aligned emissions reduction pathway.
Using the NoCO2 Net Zero Standard as the methodological base, CRI assesses the organisation's emissions profile, activities and material sources of emissions to identify the practical interventions most relevant to its operations and value chain.
This may include actions relating to:
- renewable electricity procurement;
- energy efficiency;
- electrification;
- refrigerant management;
- fuel switching;
- waste and organics management;
- low-carbon procurement;
- business travel;
- employee commuting;
- leased assets;
- supplier engagement;
- capital goods; and
- other material emissions sources.
The purpose is to provide organisations with a clear set of reduction actions that are aligned with climate science and capable of being implemented, tracked and disclosed.
The outcome is a practical intervention plan that identifies what should be done, when it should be done, and how it supports the organisation's broader reduction pathway.
Reducing Scope 3 upstream emissions
For many organisations, most emissions sit outside direct operations in the upstream supply chain.
CRI helps organisations develop supply chain decarbonisation strategies focused on Scope 3 upstream emissions, including purchased goods and services, capital goods, upstream energy, transport and distribution, waste, business travel, employee commuting and leased assets.
This may include:
- identifying material upstream Scope 3 categories;
- improving supplier emissions data;
- replacing generic emissions factors with supplier-specific emissions factors;
- developing supplier engagement programs;
- introducing low-carbon procurement criteria;
- reviewing freight and logistics emissions;
- identifying lower-emissions products and services;
- supporting supplier transition planning; and
- tracking supply chain reductions over time.
The goal is to move supply chain reporting from broad estimation toward better data, better procurement decisions and measurable emissions reductions.
Addressing Scope 3 downstream emissions
Some organisations have significant emissions exposure through investments, financed activities, customer use of products, downstream transport, leased assets, franchises, end-of-life treatment or other customer value chain activities.
CRI helps organisations understand these emissions sources and identify practical levers to reduce them.
Depending on the organisation, this may include:
- investment and financed emissions review;
- customer use-phase emissions assessment;
- downstream transport and distribution analysis;
- product and service redesign;
- circular economy and end-of-life strategies;
- franchise or leased asset engagement;
- customer education and enablement programs;
- low-carbon product substitution;
- emissions intensity tracking; and
- transition planning for high-emissions revenue streams.
The objective is to identify where the organisation has influence, where emissions are material, and what actions can realistically reduce downstream impacts over time.
Prioritising what
matters
Not every emissions reduction opportunity has the same impact, cost or implementation challenge.
CRI helps organisations prioritise actions based on abatement potential, marginal cost, implementation complexity, technology readiness and available evidence. This allows organisations to focus resources on the initiatives most likely to deliver meaningful emissions reductions.
The result is a decarbonisation strategy that is practical, sequenced and connected to real operational decisions.
From emissions data to reduction action
A strong decarbonisation strategy should connect the emissions inventory to the decisions an organisation makes every day
what it buys, what it builds, what it operates, what it finances and what it sells.
Ready to take real action on climate?
CRI has been helping organisations reduce their emissions since 2006. Let's talk about what a practical pathway looks like for your organisation.
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