Sustainable supply chain — cascading decarbonisation through your suppliers
Most of a business's real carbon footprint sits in Scope 3 — purchased goods, services and value-chain activities. Cascading the same energy and decarbonisation work through your suppliers is the highest-leverage way to drive measurable Scope 3 reductions.
Where the emissions actually are
For most UK businesses, Scope 3 emissions make up the majority of the total carbon footprint. Scope 1 and 2 are usually the smaller share. Yet most reporting and reduction effort focuses on Scopes 1 and 2 because they're easier to measure.
What "cascading" looks like in practice
You can't mandate your suppliers' energy choices. But you can offer them a credible path — the same one you're on — and make adoption easy. You introduce TUS to your key suppliers; TUS offers them an Energy Health Check; their emissions go down, your Scope 3 numbers go down.
Why suppliers participate
Genuine savings. Customer expectations. Access to the free Yolk portal.
What you get out of it
Measurable Scope 3 reduction. Better ESG scoring. Resilience. Stronger relationships.
Bottom line
If you have a Scope 3 challenge or an investor pushing for supply-chain decarbonisation evidence, a cascading programme is usually the highest-leverage answer.
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