Carbon reporting for law firms, accountancies, and consultancies.
Professional services firms face SECR requirements, client questionnaires, and ESG rating pressure. With emissions dominated by offices, travel, and procurement, Climatise automates the data-heavy work.
5,000+
UK firms in SECR scope
Travel
Biggest emission source
60%
Now receive client ESG questionnaires
Regulations that apply
The challenge
What professional services are facing
Client ESG questionnaires are constant
Major clients — especially FTSE 100 corporates — are asking professional services firms for carbon data as part of their own Scope 3 reporting. If you can't provide it, you risk losing panel positions.
Business travel data is fragmented
Flights booked through TMCs, trains on corporate cards, taxis on expenses, client-site visits in personal cars. Travel is your biggest emission source and the hardest to consolidate.
Multi-office complexity
Serviced offices, leased floors, and owned buildings all have different energy data arrangements. Some landlords provide energy data readily; others don't provide it at all.
Partner-level ESG scrutiny
Partners want to demonstrate ESG leadership to clients and to attract talent. But they want clear, concise data — not a 50-page sustainability report they won't read.
60% of professional services firms now receive carbon data requests from clients as part of Scope 3 supply chain reporting.
The solution
How Climatise helps
Multi-office energy tracking
Handle owned, leased, and serviced office data in one platform. Estimate where landlord data isn't available.
See this feature →Travel emissions from expenses
Import travel data from expense management systems. Flights, trains, hotels, and car mileage — all calculated automatically.
See this feature →Client-ready exports
When a client asks for your carbon data, export it in their format. Standard templates cover most FTSE 100 supplier questionnaires.
See this feature →ESG questionnaire automation
Answer common ESG questionnaires from your existing data without recalculating each time.
See this feature →Common questions
Professional Services carbon reporting FAQ
If your landlord won't provide energy data, Climatise can estimate your share based on floor area and building benchmarks. This is an accepted approach under SECR for properties where you don't have operational control of energy supplies.
Climatise can import data from expense management systems (Concur, Expensify, etc.) or accept manual uploads of travel data. The key is getting flight segments, rail journeys, and mileage claims into the platform.
Once your data is in the platform, generating a client-ready export takes minutes. Most firms find the first questionnaire takes a few hours to set up; subsequent requests take under 30 minutes.
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Platform
The full platform behind these numbers
Data Upload
Drag & drop your data. No templates, no formatting.
Calculations
Instant Scope 1, 2 & 3 with full audit trail.
Reporting
1-click compliant reports for SECR, CSRD, ISSB.
Reductions
Scenario modelling and target tracking.
Chat
Ask anything about your emissions data.
Suppliers
Automated questionnaires and Scope 3 data.
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