How Energy Procurement Can Help You Hit Your Sustainability Targets Faster

Sustainability isn’t just a nice-to-have in 2025. It’s a boardroom priority, an investor expectation, and a key part of your brand story. But here’s the truth: many businesses are overlooking one of the biggest levers they have to accelerate their carbon goals—energy procurement.

At Indigo Swan, we believe that buying better energy isn’t just about cost. It’s about buying smarter, cleaner, and more in line with your values. Here’s how a more strategic approach to energy procurement can help you get greener, faster.

1. Understand Your Energy Usage, First

Before you reduce, you need to measure. Most businesses don’t have a full picture of their energy usage. That’s where smart procurement starts.

We help clients understand their data with:

• Smart meters and half-hourly meters that give real-time insight
• Sub-metering to track usage by department, site or process
• Clear reporting that reveals trends and inefficiencies

The more you know about your consumption, the more power you have to change it.

2. Don’t Get Penalised for Being Efficient

Here’s a common trap: you reduce your usage—but your contract penalises you for using less. That’s not sustainable progress. That’s a punishment for doing the right thing.

At Indigo Swan, we help businesses avoid rigid volume clauses that make savings impossible. You should be rewarded for reducing demand—not paying a premium for it.

3. Build a Usage Reduction Plan

Sustainability isn’t just about switching to renewables. It’s about using less and using smarter.

With your usage data in hand, we help you:

• Spot inefficiencies
• Set realistic reduction targets
• Align energy procurement with broader sustainability plans

You can’t hit your targets with wishful thinking. You need a roadmap—and we’ll help you build it.

4. Explore Self-Supply & Green Options

The cleanest energy is the energy you generate yourself. Solar, battery storage, on-site renewables—these are now more accessible than ever.

We’ll help you explore:

• Whether self-supply is viable
• What contracts support onsite generation
• How to procure 100% green electricity backed by REGO certificates

It’s not about ticking boxes. It’s about building an energy strategy that supports your sustainability commitments every step of the way.

Energy Procurement = A Strategic Sustainability Lever

Procurement isn’t just transactional—it’s transformational. When done right, it becomes a core part of your carbon reduction plan, giving you the tools, insight and flexibility to move faster toward net zero.

At Indigo Swan, we partner with businesses who are serious about sustainability. We help you gather the right data, avoid the wrong contracts, and put the right strategy in place to achieve your environmental goals without compromising on cost or confidence.

Let’s Change Energy, Together

Whether you’re chasing Scope 2 reductions, hitting ESG benchmarks or just doing the right thing—energy procurement is the lever you need to pull.

Ready to align your energy with your environmental goals?

Let’s start the conversation.

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