Carbon Reduction Plan for IT and Digital Services Companies
Government digital contracts now require a verified Carbon Reduction Plan under PPN 006. CarbonVerified helps IT and managed service providers measure their actual emissions and produce a compliant CRP for tender submission.
Emissions sources in IT & Digital Services
Your Carbon Reduction Plan must quantify all material emission sources. Here are the typical sources for your sector.
Scope 1 – Direct Emissions
Emissions from sources you own or control directly.
- Diesel or petrol company vehicles used by field engineers
- Natural gas heating in owned or leased office premises
- Backup generators at data centre or server room facilities
Scope 2 – Indirect Energy
Emissions from purchased electricity, heat, or steam.
- Electricity consumed in offices and server rooms
- Electricity used in co-location or managed data centre space (where billed to you)
Scope 3 – Value Chain
Indirect emissions across your supply chain and activities.
- Cloud computing and third-party data centre emissions (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- Employee commuting and hybrid working patterns
- Business travel (flights, rail, client site visits)
- Hardware procurement, manufacture, and disposal
- Upstream emissions from software and SaaS tools
Every CRP submitted under PPN 006 must meet the same six-point standard regardless of sector — covering baseline footprint, net zero commitment, interim milestones, Scope 1 and 2 data, Scope 3 disclosure, and a signed director declaration. Full CRP requirements →
Common challenges for IT & Digital Services suppliers
These are the data and reporting hurdles we see most often in this sector.
Cloud infrastructure emissions from AWS, Azure, or GCP are hard to quantify without vendor carbon reports
Hybrid and remote working makes employee commuting figures difficult to capture reliably
Many IT firms lease office space and cannot easily access landlord energy data for Scope 2
Hardware lifecycle emissions (manufacture through disposal) are significant but rarely tracked
Frequently asked questions
Create my free Carbon Reduction Plan
Answer a few questions about your IT & Digital Services operations. We'll calculate your baseline footprint and generate a PPN 006-compliant CRP ready to publish.
- Set up in under 2 minutes
- DESNZ-aligned calculations
- Published, signed, PPN 006-ready
Related tools and guides
- PPN 006 Compliance Checker — check whether your existing CRP meets the standard
- Carbon Reduction Plan tool — generate a compliant, publishable CRP in minutes
- How CarbonVerified works — measure your full Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions