World-leading thought and action on climate and sustainability
How could you thrive in a sustainable world?
We help organisations of all sizes to understand the issues facing humanity, the role they can play, and how to thrive in the volatile world ahead. We help you engage with the challenges, find the opportunities, play your part, and tell your story. We'll make you anthropocene-fit.
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We don’t offer box-ticking. Organisations should exist to benefit people and planet. If that’s not your aim, we may not be the right fit. If it is, we’re here to help—wherever you are in your journey.
​We know where numbers can help – and when you need something more.
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If you need help calculating your carbon footprint using the most in-depth and custom research, or you want to explore the many ways you could become truly sustainable, our expert team will give you evidence-based assessments and inspire you to take impactful actions.
We give you the most realistic, system-complete, transparent, and practical carbon accounting.
We're specialists in Scope 3 supply chain carbon footprints. And we support in-house teams with spend-based emission factors and make product carbon footprints comparable.
We count everything and show you where and how to take action.
We help every part of the food supply chain understand how to optimise your role in food production, nature recovery, climate, and livelihoods.
We measure emissions from people and land use across landscapes. And w map your priorities to your landscape to show how every parcel of land fits with your vision.
How could you thrive in a sustainable future?
We take a big picture view of your full impact on people and planet.
We dive into the details, doing bespoke research and tackling challenging questions.
We help you think big and have a plan of the steps needed to get there.
We've counted the carbon in all kinds of industries
We have over 20 years of experience working with organisations from telecoms and finance to manufacturing and retail. We know the emissions in everything from an email to a pair of trainers.
We've also got expertise and a research background in looking at food and land. We've measured the carbon footprint of a tub of ice cream and a whole National Park.
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Small World's global impact
We're proud to work with companies like Cogo, Ecologi and Sage, which use our data to help 1000s of businesses and individuals measure their carbon footprint, the first step in taking action to reduce it.
Our work with clients like BT Group is helping it lead the way in low-carbon telecoms. And helping the team at AMRC to think big about sustainability has them leading the whole of UK manufacturing to a sustainable future.
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We help create sustainable action for:
“ The work and methodology applied by the Small World team is probably some of the most refined and rigorous in the corporate GHG reporting landscape.”
Matt Manning, Head of Circularity and Net Zero, BT Group.
Led by Prof. Mike Berners-Lee, our team of consultants bring a wide background of research and experience to our carbon and sustainability work.
Our mission is to help you be part of a truly sustainable future. How working with us will push you to make the biggest positive impact on the planet possible.
Our research feeds into our work with clients, policy and wider communication around climate, carbon measurements and sustainability.
News and resources
New expanded methodology for SWC MRIO v2.0
We've updated our methodology for our MRIO model, with more details on our data sources and the calculations and assumptions we make to generate our emissions factors.
We also have a new custom licence based on your needs. Tell us about your use case, the number of countries and years you want data for and we'll give you a custom price that covers just the data you need.