Manufacturing

Carbon intelligence for manufacturers

From combustion and process emissions to tier-n supplier data, Noissime gives manufacturing teams full visibility across every scope and every facility.

An industry under the microscope

Manufacturing accounts for over a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. Regulators, investors, and customers are demanding transparency.

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of global GHG emissions from manufacturing
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Scope 3 categories defined by GHG Protocol
2025
CSRD reporting obligations now in effect

Why carbon accounting is hard for manufacturers

Complex supply chains

Hundreds of raw-material suppliers, each with different data formats, energy mixes, and levels of carbon maturity. Collecting Scope 3 data manually is unsustainable.

Energy-intensive processes

Furnaces, kilns, compressed air, and process chemicals create a web of Scope 1 and 2 sources that are difficult to measure without automation.

CSRD regulatory pressure

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive requires auditable, double-materiality disclosures. Many manufacturers lack the systems to produce them.

Multi-site fragmentation

Data lives in spreadsheets across plants, regions, and business units. Consolidation is a quarterly fire drill that delays reporting by weeks.

How Noissime solves it

Automated Scope 1 tracking

Import fuel consumption, process emissions, and refrigerant data. Noissime applies the correct DEFRA or EPA factors automatically, covering combustion, processes, and fugitive sources.

Supplier data collection at scale

Send automated data requests to hundreds of suppliers via magic-link portals. AI validates and extracts emissions data from whatever format they provide.

CSRD-ready compliance

Generate disclosure-ready reports mapped to ESRS E1. Double materiality, data quality scoring, and full audit trails are built in from day one.

Multi-site consolidation

Roll up emissions from every plant into a single dashboard. Set site-level targets, compare performance, and drill down to individual emission sources in seconds.

Purpose-built for manufacturing

Material-level emission factors

Access over 5,000 factors covering metals, polymers, chemicals, and composites. Map each input material to its specific emission intensity.

Production-normalised KPIs

Track tCO2e per unit, per tonne, or per revenue. See how efficiency improvements translate into absolute reductions across product lines.

Science-Based Target alignment

Model SBTi-aligned pathways for your sector. Noissime shows the gap between your trajectory and a 1.5 C pathway, with actionable reduction levers.

Understanding manufacturing emissions tracking across every source

Effective carbon accounting for manufacturing demands granular visibility into combustion, process, and fugitive emissions. Noissime maps every emission source to the correct methodology so your manufacturing emissions tracking is always audit-ready.

Combustion, process, and fugitive sources

Manufacturing facilities generate Scope 1 emissions from three distinct source types. Combustion emissions come from burning natural gas, diesel, and heavy fuel oil in boilers, furnaces, and kilns. Process emissions arise when raw materials undergo chemical transformation, such as calcination in cement production or reduction reactions in steelmaking. Fugitive emissions escape from pressurised equipment, including refrigerant leaks from chillers and methane venting from industrial processes.

Noissime's carbon accounting for manufacturing platform categorises each source automatically. Upload fuel purchase records and the system applies the correct DEFRA or EPA combustion factors. Enter process chemistry data and Noissime calculates process emissions using GHG Protocol sector guidance. Log refrigerant top-ups and the platform converts to CO2-equivalent using the latest global warming potential values. This level of manufacturing emissions tracking ensures complete Scope 1 coverage without manual factor lookups.

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Scope 1 source types tracked automatically

5,000+

emission factors for manufacturing inputs

Collect Scope 3 supplier data without the spreadsheet chaos

For most manufacturers, Scope 3 purchased goods and services dwarf operational emissions. Carbon accounting for manufacturing is incomplete without supplier-specific data, yet collecting it manually from hundreds of raw-material suppliers is unsustainable.

From supplier list to Scope 3 data in days, not months

Noissime's Scope 3 supplier outreach funnel transforms manufacturing emissions tracking for your supply chain. Drop your supplier list into the platform and Noissime sends each supplier an automated invitation. Every supplier receives a free account and sees only the fields relevant to their materials and processes, not a daunting fifty-page questionnaire. This tailored approach delivers dramatically higher response rates because suppliers spend minutes, not hours, on their submission.

As suppliers respond, their emissions data flows directly into your Scope 3 calculations. AI validates each submission for completeness, unit consistency, and outlier detection. Over time, your carbon accounting for manufacturing shifts from spend-based estimates to supplier-specific primary data, raising your data quality scores and strengthening audit readiness. The entire manufacturing emissions tracking workflow runs on autopilot with automated reminders, chasing sequences, and cooperation scoring so you always know which suppliers need follow-up.

Free supplier accounts

Every supplier gets a free Noissime account showing only relevant fields for their industry and materials.

Data flows into Scope 3

Validated supplier responses feed directly into your manufacturing Scope 3 calculations in real time.

Free carbon reduction plans built for manufacturing operations

Measuring manufacturing emissions is only half the job. Every paid Noissime account includes AI-generated carbon reduction plans that tell you exactly what to reduce, prioritised by impact and cost-effectiveness for your specific manufacturing processes.

Prioritised by impact

Your free carbon reduction plan ranks every opportunity by tonnes of CO2e saved. Whether it is switching to renewable electricity, upgrading compressed-air systems, or optimising furnace scheduling, Noissime's carbon accounting for manufacturing platform shows the highest-impact levers first.

Cost-effectiveness analysis

Each recommendation includes estimated costs and payback periods tailored to manufacturing operations. Compare CAPEX-intensive projects like heat recovery against quick wins such as LED lighting retrofits to build a business case your finance team will approve.

Aligned to SBTi targets

Your carbon reduction plan maps directly to your Science-Based Target trajectory. Noissime shows how each action closes the gap between your current manufacturing emissions tracking data and a 1.5-degree pathway, ensuring your reduction strategy is credible.

Updated as data improves

As your carbon accounting for manufacturing matures and supplier-specific data replaces spend-based estimates, your carbon reduction plan updates automatically. New reduction opportunities surface as your manufacturing emissions tracking becomes more granular and accurate.

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