Renewable energy procurement reduces Scope 2 emissions through on-site generation, power purchase agreements (PPAs) and energy attribute certificates (RECs, I-RECs, GOs), accounted under GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance and benchmarked against RE100 criteria. Structured well, it cuts both emissions and energy cost; structured badly, it buys certificates that no longer survive scrutiny.
Why Renewable Energy matters now.
Scope 2 is usually the fastest credible reduction available — but energy prices are volatile, certificate scrutiny is rising, and unstructured renewable procurement either overpays for electricity or buys paper that won't survive an assurance review.
What it changes commercially.
The right structure pays twice: contracted energy costs below grid trajectory with volatility hedged, Scope 2 reductions that hold up under market-based accounting rules, RE100 and customer commitments met on schedule, and a procurement story that strengthens rather than embarrasses the sustainability report.
The standards we build to.
How the engagement runs.
- 01 — Analyse the loadConsumption, tariffs and market options across your sites.
- 02 — Structure the mixOn-site, PPA and certificate strategy engineered for cost and credibility.
- 03 — ContractNegotiation and regulatory navigation through to signed agreements.
- 04 — Account & claimScope 2 integration, matching quality and claim language that pass assurance.
What you take away.
- Load & options analysisYour consumption profile against on-site, PPA and certificate options, market by market.
- Procurement structureThe mix — on-site, offsite PPA, certificates — engineered for cost and credibility.
- Contract supportTerm sheets, tariff and regulatory navigation through to signature.
- Scope 2 accounting integrationMarket-based accounting, matching quality and claim language done right.
- RE100 / target alignmentProcurement mapped to RE100 technical criteria and your SBTi trajectory.
What success looks like.
- Energy cost contracted below grid trajectory
- Credible, assurance-proof Scope 2 reductions
- RE100 and customer renewable commitments met
- Volatility hedged through contracted supply
Industries that use this most.
energy cost and Scope 2 reductions from the same transaction — when the structure is right.
Renewable Energy: the questions buyers ask first.
They solve different problems. Unbundled certificates are fast and flexible but carry rising scrutiny and no energy-cost benefit. PPAs (on-site or offsite) deliver price certainty and a stronger additionality story at the cost of term commitment. Most credible strategies blend both, weighted by market and load.
They still count under GHG Protocol market-based accounting, but expectations are tightening toward better geographic and temporal matching and demonstrable impact. RE100's criteria have already hardened. We treat unbundled certificates as a bridge, not a destination.
Yes — market-based Scope 2 accounting means credible renewable procurement directly reduces reported Scope 2, which is typically one of the fastest levers in any SBTi pathway. Quality of instruments determines whether those reductions survive assurance.
Matching consumption with carbon-free generation every hour rather than annually — the emerging frontier beyond RE100-style annual matching, led by major buyers. Most companies need not start there, but new contracts should be structured so they remain compatible with it.
Frequently, yes — in many markets renewable PPAs and on-site generation undercut grid tariffs and hedge price volatility. That is why we run procurement as an energy-cost project with a carbon benefit, not the other way round: the economics carry the decision through the board.
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