DitchCarbon Launches Electricity Module to Help Procurement Teams Cut the Dirty Electricity in Their Supply Chains

The new module shows which tier 1 suppliers could cut procurement emissions most by switching electricity, and what to ask each of them for, with no surveys.

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, November 10, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — DitchCarbon, the Scope 3 emissions platform for large organisations, today launched its Electricity module. It helps procurement teams at large organisations with global supply chains make faster progress against their Scope 3 targets, by showing which tier 1 suppliers carry the most dirty electricity behind their purchases and what to ask each one for. Dirty electricity here means electricity from sources that are not low carbon.

The fastest lever a supplier has. Most decarbonisation levers open to a supplier are multi-year capital projects. Switching to renewable electricity is one of the few levers a supplier can pull within a year. The route is well understood (renewable tariffs, energy attribute certificates and power purchase agreements), the result is predictable, and even a small budget moves the number.

Many companies already buy clean electricity for their own operations. Far fewer have taken the same step with their suppliers, because they cannot see which suppliers to ask. Supplier electricity data sits in hundreds of reports in dozens of formats, and most suppliers haven’t published theirs yet.

How it works. DitchCarbon reads the published reports of every supplier, allocates each supplier’s electricity to the buyer’s purchases, and models the rest from industry and grid data. Every purchase row is covered at the best granularity available, so the suppliers where action would move procurement emissions most stand out before anyone is asked. Every figure is labelled as disclosed, derived or assumed. Disclosed figures are supplier-specific (primary) data and link to the report page they came from, derived figures show their formula, and assumed figures are modelled from industry and grid data.

The module works across three parts of the platform:

The Energy map places every supplier’s electricity on a map by grid region, ranked by dirty megawatt-hours and electricity emissions. Each supplier opens to show whether it is ahead of or behind its local grid, and the next step to ask for: disclose its data, buy energy attribute certificates or a power purchase agreement, or stand as an example for the rest of the supply base.

The Energy tab on each organisation profile shows total electricity, renewable share and low carbon share by year, with the source document one click away and regional breakdowns where the supplier publishes them.

The electricity campaign in Engage sends the chosen suppliers a request to disclose their electricity or raise their renewable share, prepopulated from what DitchCarbon already holds. The supplier claims its profile, free, sees exactly which years and regions are missing, and uploads a report to complete it. It can keep what it shares private to the buyer that asked.

Time back for the work that cuts emissions. Procurement teams no longer need to read supplier reports one by one to find out where to start. The time goes on the conversations, purchasing decisions and reduction plans that change a supplier’s electricity mix.

“What has been missing is the data,” said Alex Rudnicki, Head of Product at DitchCarbon. “Electricity is one of the few levers a supplier can pull within a year, and now a procurement team can size that opportunity across every purchase row before a single request goes out. Where a supplier does need asking, we have made it the lightest touch possible: upload your document and you are done.”

Availability. The Electricity module is live now for DitchCarbon Action Enterprise customers. Other DitchCarbon customers can see it in their projects and ask the team to switch it on. Organisations new to DitchCarbon can request a walkthrough at ditchcarbon.com/contact. The method is set out on the methodology page. With the Electricity module, procurement teams can see where their fastest supplier reductions sit, and which suppliers to ask first.

About DitchCarbon. DitchCarbon is the Scope 3 emissions platform for large organisations. It combines verified emissions data for over 2 million organisations, built on primary emissions data wherever it exists, with the tools procurement, sustainability and finance teams need to measure supply chain and portfolio emissions and deliver measurable reductions. Teams use it to calculate an audit-ready baseline by hybrid calculation, engage suppliers and portfolio companies where they are, plan reductions from what peers have already achieved, and forecast and track progress against targets, with scenario and transition planning. The result is less time spent chasing data, numbers that stand up to assurance, and evidence of progress for customers, rating agencies and lenders.

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