Sustainable CRE Alliance | Inspire Change
SCA CarbonCompass™| Carbon Management Platform
Empowering Sustainable Business
Sustainable CRE Alliance
Sustainable CRE Alliance (SCA) enables SMEs and Enterprises to measure, manage, take action to reduce, and report carbon emissions, helping prepare them to achieve the financial benefits of a reduced carbon economy. Sustainable CRE (Carbon Reduction Enterprise).
SCA offers small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs): access to knowledge, education, actionable insights and our AI-powered climate action platform, CarbonCompass, along with onboarding & climate specialist support services and, SCA Marketplace, SCA's preferred Services and Solutions Alliance Partners.
SCA offers Enterprise clients bespoke solutions with CarbonCompass Enterprise. Manage all things carbon in one trusted platform built for control, accuracy and transparency.
SCA’s mission is clear: to spearhead the empowerment of North American SMEs and the Commercial Real Estate built environment to boldly step up their sustainability practices and climate action. The SCA team aims to inspire, guide, and enable them to significantly expedite the transition towards a greener, more sustainable and responsible future.
SCA's objective: to be an impact company, helping small-to-medium sized enterprises perform better by embracing climate action, communicate engagement and build trust with all stakeholders.
Solving the Climate Crisis is a collective responsibility requiring bold action.
Solutions for Business and Enterprise Clients.
Manage and Reduce Carbon Emissions
One Project at a Time
For Business: SCA offers businesses of all sizes s a starter option for those companies that are "carbon curious" with the SCA Supporting Member program (starting at $545/year), helping them become "carbon smart" with access to education and SCA's GAP analysis tool.
SCA Business Member programs are for those SMEs ready to learn more, access education & take actions to measure and reduce carbon emissions, and effortlessly create accurate & meaningful sustainability reports for stakeholders. SCA Business Members get access to CarbonCompass SME, an AI-powered, certified carbon management platform .
For Enterprise clients: SCA's climate specialist and carbon management team are also ready to help large enterprise clients with supplier engagement and portfolio reporting enterprise solutions with a complete carbon management platform, CarbonCompass Enterprise.
When companies join SCA they gain: sustainability inspiration, a company profile on SCA, access to SCA CarbonCompass & onboarding help to measure carbon emissions, access to preferred service & solutions offerings, company QR coded SCA Membership Seal for actionable recognition.
SCA Members become eligible for stakeholder recognition through the SCA’s success accomplishment programs. Demonstrate commitment to sustainability and showcase your climate action projects to all company stakeholders and the SCA community, with projects showcased on the SCA Climate Action Heat Map, available to SCA Members.
Build more Sustainable Business operations and achieve Healthy Workplace Transformations.
SCA Members link their displayed SCA Seals to their SCA Member Profiles.
SCA membership will assist members to focus on actionable implementations within two core program initiatives:
Sustainable CRE360™
Create more Sustainable Businesses, Buildings, Offices and Workspaces
Workplace Wellness360™
Inspire and Implement Sustainability and, Wellness in the Workplace
SCA CarbonCompass™ - the climate platform for decision-making
CarbonCompass is SCA’s complete climate action platform that provides organizations with an audited carbon measurement & management platform, supported by expert climate guidance, to help facilitate the transition to reduced carbon emissions through planning and collaboration.
CarbonCompass is ideal for small to medium-sized enterprises to track, analyze, and reduce carbon emissions. CarbonCompass is a self-guided, simple, intuitive sustainability enhancing application that engages organizations to track scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions across the company and helps to set emission reductions targets.
CarbonCompass Enterprise is ideal for larger organizations. An Enterprise-grade carbon management platform. Manage all things carbon in one trusted platform built for control, accuracy, and transparency.
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With our Supplier Module, efficiently get data from your SME suppliers without burdening them with excessive costs or administration support. Improve your emissions accuracy with granular supplier data related to purchased goods and services. SCA is ready with the CarbonCompass Enterprise platform and bespoke services to help ease the process of getting your SME suppliers emissions data and, help them take ongoing action towards becoming more sustainable.
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With our Portfolio Module, track your financed emissions by streamlining the process of data collection and emissions measurement from your portfolio.
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Seamless data import; no more Excel spreadsheets, instantly import data into the platform via ERP systems integration, or easily upload .csv files with our error correct feature.
CarbonCompass for the Commercial Real Estate industry - CarbonCompass is affordable and ideal for one property or an entire portfolio. Automate highly credible GHG emissions measurement and reporting by integrating primary data sources to unlock revenue opportunities and operational savings in a landscape of changing regulatory and stakeholder expectations. As a property owner or manager, you will have the opportunity to seamlessly combine the operational intelligence of CarbonCompass with industry standard benchmarking, with ENERGY STAR® Portfolio Manager®.
The justification for greening buildings is compelling and increasing every day. Building owners only need ask the question: what is the risk of doing nothing? Owners clearly face a trend of growing regulatory & cost penalties that will affect future liquidity. Lenders will increasingly be seeking to finance assets that are future-proofed.
Recognized standard reporting for the CRE industry: SCA supports the adoption of recognized North American industry standards for determining and rating building energy efficiency. Helping building owners determine and improve building energy efficiency cost effectively and cost justifiably is SCA's mandate. Complimenting the efforts of the CaGBC, USGBC, and BOMA chapters are part of SCA's mission.
Where the Future is Green ™
Support the Movement
SCA Business Members
Participation is open to all size businesses, commercial property owners, investors, managers, facility managers and occupiers. Measure your carbon emissions, reduce them and easily automate your reporting with SCA CarbonCompass. See our SCA Introduction Video.
Services and Solutions Provider Alliances
Solutions and Services providers, local and National, will be carefully selected as alliance partners to offer the best services and solutions along with exclusive offers to SCA Business Members.
Sustainability and Environmental Wellness consulting and technology services partners to help get you started, from inspiration to project completions. Engage with consulting partners in our SCA Consulting Partner program that will offer you special incentives for being an SCA Member.
Professional Services Consulting Alliances
SCA is Guided by an Experienced Advisory Board
Sustainable CRE Alliance has assembled a group of recognized industry experts in their respective areas of expertise to join an exclusive Advisory Board to oversee and mentor the Sustainable CRE Alliance team and SCA 360 programs.
SCA helps enterprise Sustainability Leaders improve Scope 3 emissions accuracy with bespoke CarbonCompass Enterprise solutions including a Supplier Module to help track supply chain emissions, and a Portfolio Module to help track financed emissions.
SCA Supporting Partners promote their own sustainability initiatives and action, offering a special SCA Business Membership plan to their SME clients.
Sustainable Business Advocacy:
SCA Sustainability Leader Clients
Supporting Partner Program
The inspiration for starting SCA was straightforward; if every enterprise, property and business owner takes a small step to achieving a more sustainable operation, we can collectively fight climate change. The goal is to get businesses to act, lead by example, be recognized for each initiative and to encourage new SCA Members, that change can happen. Our Acclaimed Sustainability and Workplace Wellness SCA Advisory Board Members provide ongoing guidance, identifying key initiatives to continually inspire positive change.
Michael Seebeck
Founder, Sustainable CRE Alliance Inc., a PBC
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to a few of your questions regarding Alliance Membership
Will there be a charge for SCA Membership?
Yes, membership will be available to any business type or size, starting with our SCA Supporting Member program ($545/YR). This, entry-level membership includes your creation of a company profile displayed on SCA and, ability to showcase your sustainability projects, linked by your digital SCA Members seal from your website, promotional material or optional QR coded Membership seal on your business entrance. Membership levels will be open to SME's (1-19 employees on up) in all industry sectors, plus CRE landlords, property managers and, individual Sustainability Professionals.
How will becoming an SCA Member benefit my business or property?
Beyond getting inspired: by becoming a member and participating in a SCA CRE360™ or, SCA Business360™ report acknowledgement program will provide you the ability to show your clients and employees that you’re taking steps towards a sustainable future. Demonstrating you care about the environment and their health.
Will I be able to see what other companies in my field are doing to get inspirational ideas?
Yes. Our SCA Members Climate Action Project HeatMap will be inspiring to all, and is searchable by industry and project type, to showcase all submitted projects.
Will SCA Membership help monitor our carbon emissions, provide access to expert advice and special pricing to help make the most of my sustainability efforts?
Yes. Membership will connect you to your own CarbonCompass™, our carbon platform for decision making to help you monitor your carbon emissions, automate reports and guide you to actionable changes. Your Membership will also grant access to our preferred SCA Services and Solutions Partner Marketplace providing everything from sustainability consulting to specialized products and services at preferential rates and pricing that come exclusively with your SCA membership participation.
Can SCA Membership really help my Company and better the work environment my company offers employees?
Yes. SCA has a unique partnering program with companies that offer advice and solutions to help you transform your workplace environment to become more healthy, productive, and as a result, likely more profitable!
As an SME Business Member, you create a brief Profile and can showcase your Sustainability Projects, receive comments and questions to help others, just like you.
Get ready to join, download your special membership seal to participate in the movement to Sustainability and take the actions that come with the rewards of SCA Membership!
Connect With Us To Learn More
SCA helps carbon curious companies become carbon smart. Join SCA today and let's build the movement to a more sustainable future for the benefit of your business.
Contact us for more information regarding joining SCA as a:
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SCA Launch Member for Carbon Curious businesses - become Carbon Smart (starting at $545/YR)
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Sustainability Leader - become an SCA Enterprise client - bespoke solutions (supplier engagement & portfolio carbon management solutions) - Book Meeting with our Founder to Learn More
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SCA Supporting Partner - (become an SCA Partner and promote sustainability action to your SME clients)
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SCA Business Member - for all SMEs (Learn, engage, measure and take action solutions)
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Solutions & Services Alliance Partner (For those companies with sustainability services and solutions)
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Sustainability Consultant Partner (Join our SCA Affiliate program - earn revenue, engage your clients & reach new ones)
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SCA Brand Ambassador (Promote the value of SCA)
We will respond to all requests and provide more information on becoming involved with SCA.