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A decarbonisation plan is the roadmap a company uses to define how it will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over time.
It includes measuring the carbon footprint (Scope 1, 2 and 3 under the GHG Protocol), identifying the priority sources, verifiable reduction targets and an action plan by area. It should be updated every year with real data and aligned with science-based frameworks such as SBTi.
The decarbonisation programme is the broader, ongoing framework the plan lives in: it covers governance, resources, policies and the succession of plans year after year.
Put simply: the programme is the strategy sustained over time; the plan is the specific document, with targets and measures, for a given period.
Four stages. Dcycle automates measurement and tracking, and keeps your data consistent year after year.
Calculate Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with a verifiable inventory and up-to-date emission factors. Dcycle connects your data sources and classifies every data point by scope and category.
Diagnose which sources account for most of your emissions and which have the greatest reduction potential, usually starting with Scope 3.
Set reduction targets by year and by scope, aligned with SBTi or with the regulatory requirements that apply to you. Dcycle calculates the effort needed for your 1.5 °C pathway.
Implement the measures, measure their real impact on emissions and produce the annual report compared with the base year, ready for audit and for your sustainability reporting.
The four components that make a plan stand up to an audit.
The foundation of the plan: a verifiable Scope 1, 2 and 3 inventory, organised by category, source and reporting period.
Specific, measurable targets aligned with climate science (SBTi) or with the regulatory thresholds that apply.
Concrete measures in each area: energy efficiency, renewables, logistics, sustainable procurement, waste and value chain.
Annual report compared with the base year and the target, ready for external verification and for your sustainability report.
The plan is not requested by one person. Each wants something different, and it almost always fails in the same place: the data.
From the emissions inventory to tracking the plan, in a single tool. No spreadsheets, no losing data from one year to the next.
Every initiative in the plan lives in a table with its annual reduction, its cost per tonne avoided, net investment, implementation date and two statuses: execution and corporate approval. On top: the expected reduction against the baseline, progress towards the target, annual savings, combined ROI and average payback.
Once the plan is decided, Leia generates the PDF report from what you have approved: cover, executive summary, reduction pathway, boundary and intensity, numerical detail, methodology and assumptions, action plan, roadmap, monitoring and appendix. Before opening it you see which sections are ready and which need review.
Leia reviews your footprint (Scope 3, hotspots by facility, fleet, refrigerants) and guides you through six steps: setup, diagnosis, decision, target, actions and plan. It proposes targets and actions with cost, reduction and payback; you decide whether to accept, reject or edit.
Review the Science Based Targets criteria one by one, many already completed automatically with your data, and model reduction scenarios by scope between the base year and the target year.
For more and more companies, decarbonising is no longer voluntary.
Under CSRD, the climate standard ESRS E1 asks companies in scope to disclose their transition plan, their reduction targets and the progress made. In the UK, suppliers bidding for major public contracts must publish a Carbon Reduction Plan (PPN 06/21). Calculating is no longer enough: you have to measure, disclose and reduce, and show a reduction pathway.
Plans should rest on science-based targets (in line with SBTi) and broad coverage of Scope 1, 2 and 3. Companies that move early avoid the rush and turn an obligation into a competitive advantage with customers and investors.
See how Dcycle prepares the rest of your report on our CSRD implementation page.
One well-measured data point answers all of them at once.
| Framework | What it requires |
|---|---|
| ESRS E1 | Disclosure of the transition plan for climate change mitigation, with reduction targets and progress, for companies in CSRD scope. |
| CSRD | Sustainability reporting with Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and reduction targets. |
| SBTi | Criteria to set science-based targets aligned with 1.5 °C (scope coverage and annual reduction rate). |
| GHG Protocol | Standard methodology to calculate emissions across the three scopes. |
| EU and UK targets | Climate neutrality by 2050 and emission cuts for 2030, which set the pace you are expected to keep. |
From carbon footprint data to the action plan, in a single platform.
Methodology aligned with the GHG Protocol, up-to-date factors and full traceability by source, category and period.
Collect primary emissions data from your suppliers directly in Dcycle. Fewer estimates in Scope 3.
Set targets by scope and year, see progress in real time and spot deviations before year end.
Set science-based targets following the SBTi methodology. Dcycle calculates the effort needed by scope.
Most companies start with spreadsheets. The result: inconsistent data, incomplete Scope 3 and plans that do not stand up to an audit.
| Plan stage | Without an ESG tool | With Dcycle |
|---|---|---|
| Scope 1, 2 and 3 calculation | Manual in spreadsheets, months of work | Automated with up-to-date factors |
| Identifying sources | Manual review of invoices and records | Automatic classification by category and scope |
| Scope 3 with suppliers | Rough estimates, no supplier data | Built-in supplier engagement module |
| Tracking the plan | No real-time view of progress | Every action tracked with €/tonne, ROI and approval |
| Reporting for verifiers | Manual documentation, risk of errors | Audit-ready report with traceability |
If you manage your company’s footprint and need a systematic process to measure, plan and report reductions, without spreadsheets or inconsistencies between years.
If you have science-based reduction commitments, you need a system that measures real progress and produces verifiable evidence year after year.
More and more corporate customers and funds require suppliers and portfolio companies to have a plan with verifiable targets. Dcycle helps you build it with real data.
A Dcycle specialist supports you with setting up the inventory, the Scope 3 calculation methodology and defining your reduction targets. No external consultants, no months of upfront analysis.
A business decarbonisation plan is the roadmap a company uses to define how it will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions over time. It includes measuring the carbon footprint (Scope 1, 2 and 3 under the GHG Protocol), identifying the priority sources, verifiable reduction targets and an action plan by area. It should be updated every year with real data and aligned with the GHG Protocol and science-based frameworks such as SBTi.
A decarbonisation programme is the broader, ongoing framework the plan lives in: it covers governance, resources, policies and the succession of plans over the years. Put simply, the programme is the strategy sustained over time, and the plan is the specific document with targets and measures for a given period.
The process has four stages: 1) Measure Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions with a verifiable inventory. 2) Identify the main emission sources and their reduction potential. 3) Set annual science-based reduction targets (SBTi) or targets based on the regulatory requirements that apply. 4) Execute concrete measures and track them regularly with real data. Dcycle automates measurement and tracking.
Increasingly. Under CSRD, ESRS E1 asks companies in scope to disclose their transition plan and reduction targets, and in the UK suppliers bidding for major public contracts must publish a Carbon Reduction Plan (PPN 06/21). On top of that comes pressure from ESG investors who require one for financing, and from corporate customers who ask their suppliers for one. For many companies it is already a market requirement as well as a regulatory one.
ESRS E1, the CSRD climate standard, asks companies in scope to disclose their transition plan for climate change mitigation, their GHG reduction targets and the progress against them, with Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Plans should rest on science-based targets and broad scope coverage. See how Dcycle prepares the rest of the report on our CSRD implementation page.
Scope 3 covers indirect emissions across the value chain: purchases, transport, travel, product use and end of life. It can exceed 70% of the total footprint. It is calculated with primary supplier data or secondary factors. Dcycle collects primary data from suppliers, assigns default factors where there is no data and breaks Scope 3 down into the 15 GHG Protocol categories.
The first carbon footprint inventory can be completed in a few weeks with Dcycle, depending on how available your internal data is. Defining the plan with targets and measures usually takes one to two more months. Execution is gradual over the years, with quarterly or six-monthly tracking.
One that automates emissions calculation (Scope 3 included), supports supplier engagement, tracks SBTi targets in real time and produces verifiable reports year after year. Dcycle covers all of it in a single platform, with up-to-date factors, traceability and expert support, and keeps your data consistent from one year to the next.
In 30 minutes Leia proposes targets and actions on a footprint like yours, with the cost, reduction and payback of every measure.
Calculate your Scope 1 and 2 for free and turn it into the baseline of your plan whenever you want.
