Technology Provider of the Year

Recognising organisations whose core, technology-led proposition is accelerating client decarbonisation.

The finalists

EnergyElephant

EnergyElephant replaces spreadsheets with a single platform for energy, waste, water and carbon data, automating the ingestion of utility invoices, sub-meters and smart meters, transport fuels and other activity data, then applying recognised methodologies to produce audit-ready output at meter, building and business-unit level. Data management and reporting time typically fell by over 90%. Client results include a bank with around 200 sites cutting operational emissions 64% against a 2020 baseline, a retailer with roughly 700 stores saving over £250,000 by identifying smart metering faults, and Dublin City Council onboarding more than 10,000 properties in under two weeks.

GreenStitch

GreenStitch is a sustainability platform built specifically for fashion and textiles, a sector responsible for an estimated 8 to 10% of annual global greenhouse gas emissions. It combines Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon accounting, product lifecycle assessment across 16 environmental impact categories, supply chain decarbonisation modelling, digital product passports and reporting aligned to CSRD, SBTi, CDP and other frameworks. Where supplier data is missing, region-specific defaults drawn from a library of over 100,000 emission factors allow clients to build accuracy incrementally. The platform now has over 12 million tonnes of CO2e under management, with 95% customer retention.

Humans Not Robots

Humans Not Robots addresses the cost and carbon of digital infrastructure, an area where energy use is rising sharply with AI adoption but where most organisations still lack workload-level data. Its HNR to ZERO platform gathers telemetry across cloud, on-premises and AI environments to build an auditable baseline, then applies analytics and causal machine learning to identify where energy, carbon and cost can be cut. Clients achieved up to 20% carbon reduction and 30% cost savings within 12 months, and up to 80% lower network energy use over three years in targeted media deployments using multicast architectures.

IES

IES combines physics-based building simulation with operational energy management, pairing its IESVE modelling software with IES Live, which brings metered data and simulation into one environment so predicted and actual performance can be compared and drift corrected. The approach reflects a market shifting from theoretical compliance towards measured in-use performance. At United Wholesale Scotland's Queenslie headquarters, a calibrated digital twin identified improvements within 12 weeks, delivering a 39% reduction in gas consumption and £25,000 to £30,600 in annual savings. At the University of Liverpool, IES verified a 23% energy reduction and £25,000 saved in eight months.

Orca AI

Orca AI applies computer vision, thermal imaging and fleet analytics to ship navigation, on the argument that safer navigation is itself an efficiency measure: reactive avoidance manoeuvres, speed variability and route deviations all increase engine load and fuel burn. The platform gives crews earlier warning of risk and supports voyage planning, drawing on over 120 million nautical miles of navigational data across more than 1,500 vessels booked. Customers typically achieve fuel savings of 1 to 3%. At TMS Cardiff Gas, close-encounter events fell 31% per 1,000 nautical miles, with average minimum passing distance up 21%.

TATA Consultancy Service (TCS)

TCS runs a Sustainability Services Unit of more than 3,000 specialists spanning strategy, climate and ESG, energy transition, circular economy, data science and digital architecture, operating on a hub-and-spoke model in which a central team holds governance, frameworks and intellectual property while industry and geographic teams handle delivery.

Think Hire

Think Hire supplies relocatable off-grid power combining solar, hybrid technology, batteries and energy management as a service, targeting applications where diesel generators were previously the only option, including tower cranes, mobile MRI units and wind and solar farms under construction. Its Panorama platform manages the fleet remotely, using predictive maintenance to resolve 92% of issues without a site visit, up from 75% three years ago. Between January 2025 and January 2026 the fleet avoided more than 19,600 tonnes of CO2, eliminated over 11 million litres of diesel and saved clients more than £10.4m, on a 78% renewable energy mix.

Zevero

Zevero positions carbon accounting as continuous infrastructure rather than an annual project rebuilt each year, combining automation with in-house climate specialists to keep emissions data current as a business changes and usable in procurement, finance and product decisions. The platform now manages over one million tonnes of CO2e across clients in London, Singapore and Tokyo. St Austell Brewery moved from estimates to site-specific activity data, reporting a 28.5% year-on-year emissions reduction and a 20% improvement in data quality. Product-level data enabled the beer brand JUBEL to switch its entire malt supply to regeneratively farmed barley.