Carbon Strategy

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Carbon Management Strategy & Decarbonisation Road Mapping Services

Taking action on carbon is becoming a critical priority for everyone. We can help your NZ or Australian business start & get to the finish line.


DETA specialises in crafting carbon strategies and roadmaps for 10-30 years, pinpointing cost-effective paths to navigate future carbon markets. Our plans offer clear guidance for timely capital investments in equipment upgrades or economically viable changes.


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" It’s a matter of urgency that we act now to reduce emissions. NZ Post understands the need to partner with organisations, such as DETA, who understand we're at a critical point in shifting to low carbon delivery. " - Dawn Baggaley

NZ POST

We were thrilled to work with the DETA team. Their work has enabled us to gain a comprehensive understanding of our energy consumption and has identified a range of priority demand reduction opportunities for our site. DETA also completed an investigation which provided a transition plan to decarbonise our operations." - Kshitija Katkar

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Carbon Strategy



A Carbon Strategy focuses actions on reducing carbon footprints, creating decarbonisation pathways and exploring the most suitable options for your organisation to pave your pathway to net zero. It is a tailor-made strategy to fit your organisation's goals and priorities for carbon emission reductions. A Carbon Roadmap sets out a timeline of projects to implement natural scale-up of emission reduction activities that align with your investment and business goals.

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Our Carbon Management & Decarbonisation Services


A carbon footprint baselines your operational emission sources by emitting scope (GHG protocol). This helps you to gain an understanding of where you are now helping to inform your reduction targets for your Carbon Strategy. A Carbon Footprint helps to;


• Develop carbon baselines to identify priority areas for your strategy 

• Create business carbon inventories

• Provide recommendations for carbon reduction

• Support carbon accounting practices (TCFD/ISSB Strategy)


A Lite Audit is a low-cost, low risk investment that gives you a high level review of your operations and processes emissions. The benefit of a Lite Audit is that you can quickly identify energy and carbon management opportunities for your business and get an overview of where best to focus for maximum return. A DETA Lite Audit involves:


• Carrying out high level site energy optimisation reviews

• Providing a list of improvement priorities tied to financial ROI’s

• Carry out high-level carbon reduction opportunity review

• Assessing carbon certificate and funding opportunities 


A Decarbonisation Pathway provides your business with clear direction on the actions required to achieve carbon reduction goals and navigate your energy transition.  By analysing your business’s operations and processes, a plan is mapped that will guide your business's transition towards a net-zero operation. A DETA Decarbonisation Pathway can include;  


  • Net-zero studies 
  • Investment pathways 
  • Reviews of current technologies  
  • Detailed transition programs to achieve your desired carbon goals 

Once a transition strategy or project scope has been completed you need a business case.  DETA can help to create these to support justification and investment for the next stages of your project.  Creating business cases may involve;


• Developing deep feasibility and engineering studies

• Providinge a technology option assessments 

• Creatinge process engineering concept designs and infrastructure integration

• Supplying funding support assessments 

• Project Management planning


A part of your Carbon Strategy may include implementing an alternative fuel and or renewable energy strategy created from organic waste streams or feedstocks. DETA has the expertise to evaluate your sites suitability for bioenergy opportunities and provides support for your business case development.  DETA will provide you with; 


• Review of site waste streams for bio-energy opportunities

• Creation of aAerobic digestion feasibility and engineering designs 

• Bio-energy integration studies

• Cogen / Trigen suitability studies 

• Process integration and strategies


DETA uses your businesses Science Based Target initiatives and designs frameworks that measure and validate these carbon reduction actions. DETA engineers have experience in undertaking M & V projects across all industry sectors.  We create strategies and action plans to achieve these targets, verifying that their implementation has achieved your business objectives. DETAs measurement and verification can help with;  


  • Establishing Carbon Footprint assessments 
  • Development of SBT internal measurement process  
  • Advise on achievable reduction targets
  • Provide external marketing strategy and support  
  • Assist with action plans and technology reviews  
  • Create a carbon abatement strategy 

Why Choose DETA for your Carbon Management Strategy

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Expertise in long-term carbon strategies

DETA crafts detailed 10-30 year carbon roadmaps, focusing on cost-effective solutions for future carbon markets and capital investment guidance.

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Comprehensive service offering

From energy management to full project delivery and process optimisation, DETA's wide range of services ensures a holistic approach to sustainability and carbon management.

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Proven Track Record

With a history of partnering with Australasia’s largest companies, DETA has successfully delivered tangible energy, water, and carbon emission reductions, demonstrating capability and reliability in the field.

Carbon Reduction & Management Strategy Case Studies

Energy transition Accelerator | DETA Consulting
by Simon Mullinger 01 Oct, 2020
DETA is working for EECA to roll out several pilot decarbonisation roadmaps for large energy users & developed the lowest operating cost plan. Read more!
Sustainable Business Council Briefing | DETA Consulting
by Simon Mullinger 30 Sept, 2020
SBC engaged DETA to suggest priority actions that the incoming government can take to make the transition to a net zero New Zealand by 2050. Read more!
Ports of Auckland | DETA Consulting
by Simon Mullinger 30 Sept, 2019
DETA Consulting partnered with Ports of Auckland to provide a roadmap for decarbonising operations & modeled financial costs associated with POAL. Read more!
Whakatane Mill Renewable Thermal Energy Options | DETA
by Simon Mullinger 27 Sept, 2019
Find out how we carried out a review of renewable thermal energy options for Whakatane Mill to develop their strategy for steam production into the future.
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by Simon Mullinger 27 Sept, 2019
DETA was engaged by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs to lead a team developing a low-carbon roadmap for the island nation of Nauru. Read More!
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by Simon Mullinger 27 Sept, 2019
DETA collaborated with Tatua employees to evaluate their greenhouse gas emissions and utilized the results to create a carbon management plan. Learn more!
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