Carbon Accounting & Management
For manufacturers, carbon accounting has moved from the EHS team to sales. Customers, procurement teams, and rating agencies increasingly expect credible emissions data across operations, products, and value chains.
ADB Sustainability provides carbon accounting and life-cycle assessment (LCA) services for mid-market manufacturers, designed to support buyer requirements, ESG reporting, and internal decision-making without unnecessary complexity or overengineering.
Who Needs Carbon Accounting & Product Assessments
This service is designed for manufacturers that:
Need to measure Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3 emissions
Are responding to customer, RFP, or supplier carbon data requests
Need product carbon footprints or LCAs to support sales or procurement
Want emissions data aligned with CDP, GRI, ISSB, CSRD, and TCFD
Are preparing for science-based targets (SBTi) or future regulatory requirements
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We design carbon inventories that function as management tools, not one-time compliance deliverables.
Our work typically includes:
Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG inventories aligned with the GHG Protocol
Scope 3 screening and category-level quantification
Organizational and operational boundary setting
Methodology documentation and audit-ready assumptions
Data quality assessment and improvement planning
Supplier engagement strategies where relevant
Outcome: emissions data that supports decisions, disclosures, and customer trust.
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When customers ask for product-level emissions data, we help manufacturers respond with clarity and confidence.
Cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave life-cycle assessments
Product carbon footprints aligned with ISO standards where appropriate
Support for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
Translation of technical results into business-relevant insights
Each LCA is right-sized based on how the results will actually be used—maintaining credibility while avoiding unnecessary cost.
How Carbon Accounting Supports ESG Reporting & Targets
Our integrated approach reduces rework and ensures consistency across disclosures.
CDP climate disclosures
GRI, IFRS/ISSB, CSRD sustainability reporting
TCFD-aligned climate risk and strategy discussions
Science-based target (SBTi) development and validation
Proof in Practice
ADB Sustainability draws on prior work helping a mid-market manufacturer establish a full carbon accounting program, including Scope 1–3 inventories, product carbon footprints, science-based targets, and ESG disclosure.
The resulting dataset demonstrated how rigorous measurement can satisfy customer expectations, strengthen reporting, and guide credible, long-term decarbonization strategies — an approach central to ADB’s work today.