Manufacturing and industrial
Helping energy-intensive businesses save money and reduce emissions.
Practical energy and sustainability support for manufacturers
Manufacturers face mounting pressure, caught in the middle as suppliers and customers prioritise cash flow and operating costs continue to rise.
With limited scope to recover the extra spend, margins often absorb every increase, while matching European prices becomes harder still.
Energy is not just another overhead but essential to what matters most: keeping production running.
No single business can impact market volatility or grid constraints, but decisions on how energy is bought and used are a different matter.
Inspired helps manufacturers turn these decisions into bottom-line gains.
Every unit of energy saved also cuts carbon, strengthening performance against reporting obligations and customer expectations.
Where your operations extend into warehousing, depots or fleets, support is also available across transport and logistics.
How can your organisation tackle its energy challenges?
Sustainable manufacturing can help unlock competitive advantages like reduced costs, more efficient processes and reputational benefits.
Opportunities often lie in when and how energy is purchased, the non-commodity costs dominating your bills and the energy efficiency of your sites and processes.
Inspired can help find the most advantageous solutions for your business. For example, these could include:
Tailored energy procurement
Create an accurate image of energy usage across your portfolio.
Levy exemptions and discounts
From eligibility checks to ongoing compliance, secure the relief your operations qualify for.
British Industrial Competitiveness Scheme
Build a robust application and evidence pack for BICS.
Forensic Energy Cost Audit
Unlock refunds and ongoing savings on non-commodity costs, with no fee if nothing is found.
iEnergy
Generate, store, optimise and procure energy as one connected approach.
Estate management
Track every site, meter and contract in one portal as your estate evolves.
How can your organisation tackle its sustainability challenges?
The rise of Environmental, Social and Governance matters (ESG) in manufacturing means companies are examining their overarching impact across their value chain. As the sector often relies on energy-intensive processes for daily operations, impactful energy management is a cornerstone of sustainability.
Sustainable manufacturing can help unlock competitive advantages like reduced costs, more efficient processes and reputational benefits.
Inspired can help chart the optimal way to deliver on your obligations and goals, including:
Net zero strategy
Build a new plan or strengthen an existing one, with progress tracked year on year.
Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR)
Meet your reporting obligations without the administrative burden.
Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS)
Turn compliance into savings, backed by a 100% audit pass record.
Climate Change Agreement
Hit agreed decarbonisation and efficiency targets in return for Climate Change Levy savings.
On-site generation
Generate your own power to cut emissions and reduce reliance on the grid.
Scope 3 emissions inventory
Map your supply chain emissions to meet growing customer and investor expectations.
Our industry experience
We specialise in supporting manufacturing and industrial businesses across:
Get your personalised energy and carbon health check report
We can provide you with a free health check analysis of your current processes and practices to help you gain the insight needed to reduce your energy costs, consumption and carbon emissions.
Details of what the energy and carbon health check will include can be found below.
An overview of your current procurement strategy to determine if you are overpaying in your current contract and whether all the fees are correct and transparent.
A comparison with our alternative procurement options to check if you could save on costs.
A review of your levy exemptions to see if you are missing out on any relief and an insight into your usage patterns to spot any overconsumption anomalies.
A compliance check to ensure you are accurately reporting on your carbon savings and complying with any applicable energy legislation or disclosure requirements.
Book your energy health check now
Energy Procurement: The Cost of Complacency
Our latest report, in partnership with Make UK, outlines the benefits of, and the steps firms can take, towards establishing an energy procurement strategy to help them weather future volatility in the UK energy market.
Latest research reveals 1 in 5 manufacturers don’t have a strategy in place, and 1 in 3 haven’t updated their existing one since prices last peaked in 2022.
Don’t leave yourself vulnerable to future crises- download your free copy today.
Manufacturing Net-Zero Roadmap
We have worked closely with Make UK to create a manufacturing-specific Net-zero Roadmap, designed to guide businesses through their complex decarbonisation journey.
The roadmap has been developed in consultation with some of the major manufacturing sub-sectors and offers clear direction and highlights the major milestones required to reach the UK’s 2050 net-zero goal.
It aims to encourage manufacturing businesses to take the first successful steps towards reducing their carbon footprint.
Find out more
Explore how Inspired supported Tri-Wall in improving environmental compliance and performance.
Case studies
From perfecting procurement strategies to implementing net-zero action plans, here’s how we support the manufacturing sector in practice.
A tailored end-to-end service
Inspired combines energy and sustainability expertise, so manufacturers can draw on the support each situation calls for.
Dan Hulme
Head of Sales
“Rising energy costs hit energy-intensive businesses square in the margins. The sticking point is building a plan that shields against price swings and stands up to supply chain pressure. The organisations pulling ahead have turned energy from an afterthought into a strategic lever to outpace the competition. We help make that shift happen, on your terms.”
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We can help you navigate the complex energy and sustainability landscape and find ways to reduce costs and carbon emissions across your manufacturing business.
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If you would like to know more about Inspired and how we can help your manufacturing business then please get in touch.