Who we are and what we do at Northmore Gordon

Published: February 12, 2025.

Who we are and what we do at Northmore Gordon

We use a six-stage delivery approach that connects technical assessment, commercial decisions, and ongoing performance. The stages are: Assess (identify opportunities and missing evidence through audits and monitoring), Build the Case (determine technical and commercial viability), Capture Value (identify funding or certificate value), Deliver (implement and verify projects), Procure (purchase energy and environmental attributes), and Perform (sustain outcomes and plan expansion). This structure helps clients organize engagements and ensure decisions align with available evidence at each stage.

We're proud to be a leading provider of environmental certificates and energy efficiency and carbon advisory services. Our mission is to help businesses across Australia lower emissions, reduce energy costs, and embrace sustainability. With decades of expertise, we make navigating the complexities of energy and carbon management simple and rewarding for our clients.

Our key capabilities

  • Environmental Certificates: Specialising in LGCs, VEECs, ESCs, ACCUs, I-RECs, and other renewable energy and carbon credit mechanisms.
  • Advisory Services: Providing tailored advice on energy efficiency projects, certificate eligibility, and regulatory compliance.
  • End-to-End support: Managing the entire process, from opportunity identification to project delivery, certificate trading and value optimisation.
  • Portfolio Management: Helping businesses strategically trade and manage environmental certificates for maximum environmental impact and financial returns.

Sectors we work with

We support a wide range of industries, each with unique challenges and opportunities:

  • Solar project developers and installers: Reducing your administration by managing project registration, certificate aggregation and certificate sales
  • Animal Processing: Optimising energy use and reducing emissions across the processing lifecycle.
  • Aquatic Centres: Improving energy efficiency in pools, heating systems, and water treatment processes.
  • Built Environment: Helping architects, developers, and property managers create energy-efficient and sustainable buildings.
  • Dairy Processing: Assisting dairy producers in reducing energy consumption while maintaining product quality.
  • Data Centres: Minimising energy use in high-demand data facilities to enhance efficiency.
  • Food & Beverage: Reducing energy costs and improving sustainability practices in production, storage, and distribution.
  • Healthcare: Supporting hospitals and healthcare providers in enhancing energy efficiency without compromising patient care.
  • Industrial Laundries: Cutting energy and water consumption in commercial laundry operations.
  • Manufacturing: Helping manufacturers reduce production costs, emissions, and energy use without sacrificing productivity.
  • Power & Energy: Assisting energy companies in managing emissions reporting and strategies for electrification of fuels, and use of more renewable energy.
  • Steel & Cement: Helping heavy industries lower emissions and improve energy management in resource-intensive processes.
  • Transport & Logistics: Reducing energy consumption and emissions across transport fleets and logistics operations.
  • Waste Management: Addressing methane emissions, and reporting emissions for Waste management operations.
  • Water & Wastewater: Optimising energy use in water treatment and wastewater management systems.
  • Wood, Paper, and Packaging: Supporting manufacturers in improving energy efficiency and sustainability in production processes.

Benefits to clients

Partnering with Northmore Gordon offers a host of advantages:

  • Cost Savings: Unlock financial benefits through reduced energy use and optimised environmental certificates.
  • Regulatory Compliance: Stay ahead of government mandates while benefiting from energy and carbon initiatives.
  • Expert Guidance: Access a team of experienced professionals with deep industry knowledge and practical insights.
  • Sustainability Leadership: Strengthen your brand by demonstrating a commitment to reducing emissions.
  • Customised Solutions: Receive tailored strategies that align with your business goals and operational needs.
  • Simplified Processes: We simplify and take responsibility for complex reporting, measurement and verification, saving you time and effort.

Real world impact

At Northmore Gordon, we measure success by the tangible outcomes we deliver. We've helped manufacturers reduce energy costs, supported councils in achieving carbon reduction targets, and enabled businesses across Australia to take meaningful steps toward sustainability.

Let's work together

When you work with Northmore Gordon, you're not just meeting compliance requirements - you're taking control of your energy and carbon strategy to achieve real results. Whether you're looking to reduce costs, meet sustainability goals, or gain a competitive edge, we're here to help.

To find out more contact Craig at c.morgan@northmoregordon.com

Scheme and certificate context

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What is Northmore Gordon's approach to delivering energy and carbon projects?

We use a six-stage delivery approach that connects technical assessment, commercial decisions, and ongoing performance. The stages are: Assess (identify opportunities and missing evidence through audits and monitoring), Build the Case (determine technical and commercial viability), Capture Value (identify funding or certificate value), Deliver (implement and verify projects), Procure (purchase energy and environmental attributes), and Perform (sustain outcomes and plan expansion). This structure helps clients organize engagements and ensure decisions align with available evidence at each stage.

What sectors and facility types does Northmore Gordon serve?

We provide services across industrial facilities, commercial buildings, and utilities. We describe environmental certificate applications spanning industrial operations, buildings, waste treatment, animal processing, data centres, mining, bioenergy, aquatic facilities, solar and battery projects, and transport. However, these represent areas to assess rather than a universal list of eligible activities. Service availability and technical suitability should be confirmed for each specific engagement.

How does Northmore Gordon support environmental certificate projects?

We provide project registration, certificate creation and trading, alongside engineering and commercial assessment. We help clients understand which instrument applies to their activity—renewable-energy attributes, energy-efficiency certificates, or carbon credits—based on jurisdiction, timing, and intended claim. We also offer environmental-attribute due diligence, procurement strategy, and retirement support. A project's technology alone does not establish eligibility; the applicable scheme, method, and evidence requirements determine what certificates can be created.

What platforms and tools does Northmore Gordon provide?

We supply moreData, a data platform supporting energy optimization work with capabilities including energy and water data collection from multiple sources, performance indicator tracking, opportunity analysis with cost curves, solar generation and emissions accounting, procurement analysis with tariff library, NGER reporting functionality, and portfolio planning. We also offer the Net Zero Platform for portfolio-level transition planning. These platforms are designed to support analysis and reporting; their product features and roadmap are documented separately.

What does Northmore Gordon's carbon advisory service cover?

Our carbon advisory services connect emissions information with engineering, procurement, and investment decisions. Work includes diagnostic workshops to establish current position, Scope 1, 2, and 3 inventories, product carbon footprint assessment, reporting support for NGER and other frameworks, opportunity assessment and transition planning, and environmental-attribute due diligence for renewable purchases or offsets. We also support NSW Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Plans, ASRS sustainability reporting, and electrification feasibility analysis as part of decarbonization transition support.

How does Northmore Gordon help clients understand energy savings and verify project outcomes?

We provide measurement and verification services that establish what changed in energy use following an improvement. The firm determines the effect using an agreed boundary, data, and analysis—comparing post-project consumption against what consumption would have been without the intervention under comparable conditions. Services include project-boundary selection, baseline modelling, savings calculation, and reporting. This evidence is essential for investment decisions, reporting, and certificate scheme eligibility, where two utility bills alone are insufficient to establish savings.

What information should organizations prepare before engaging Northmore Gordon?

Initial enquiries should identify the organization and site, country and relevant state, the decision to be made, and any firm deadline. Include a description of existing equipment or the reporting problem, and state whether work is proposed, contracted, installed, commissioned, or already operating. Attach available energy history or equipment summaries rather than delaying for perfect data; clearly distinguish estimates from measured information. For certificate projects, disclose previous incentives and clarify who owns relevant energy-saving or renewable-electricity attributes.

What geographic jurisdictions does Northmore Gordon operate in?

We operate in Australia and Singapore. Its services are tailored to each jurisdiction's regulatory framework. In Australia, we work with schemes including the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting framework, Renewable Energy Target, Victorian Energy Upgrades, NSW Energy Savings Scheme, and Australian Carbon Credit Units. In Singapore, we provide energy-efficiency assessments for industrial energy management obligations. Service availability, scheme eligibility, and technical requirements are jurisdiction-specific and should be confirmed for each engagement.

How does Northmore Gordon support investment decisions for energy and sustainability projects?

We help clients build investment cases by establishing a common comparison of options using aligned operating requirements, analysis periods, and price assumptions. The firm keeps benefit lines separate—distinguishing energy reduction, tariff effects, maintenance benefits, and certificate proceeds. Guidance addresses feasibility studies, financial evaluation, and comparison of alternatives. A transparent early-stage case with unverified assumptions identified is more useful than a precise-looking return built on uncertain inputs. We also emphasize presenting projects with and without conditional funding so management understands resilience.

What is moREnewable100 and how does it work?

moREnewable100 is our service for procuring renewable energy certificates without replacing existing electricity supply contracts. The service provides multi-site coverage, procurement flexibility, and RE100-aligned sourcing with technology and due-diligence support. Organizations should start by documenting their consumption period, electricity volumes, site locations, and reporting framework to establish the intended claim—whether renewable-electricity accounting, market-based Scope 2 reporting, or another objective. Certificate accounting and offsets serve different purposes; the applicable accounting framework determines which instruments and retirement requirements apply.

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