Emma Littlewood (She/Her)
Co-founder and Strategy Director
Emma Littlewood is our accomplished Co-founder and Strategy Director at Green Element Group, and creator of Compare Your Footprint, Green Element Group’s carbon calculation software designed to empower organisations to measure and reduce their environmental impact. Her notable accomplishments include the creation of an extensive suite of analytical and environmental reporting tools, such as greenhouse gas inventory calculators, climate risk assessment tools, carbon reduction strategies databases, and more.
As an ESOS (Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme) Lead Assessor, Emma has led multiple organisations through the UK Government’s Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme to ensure clients stay ahead of compliance.

Additionally, she has helped multiple organisations to set science-based targets that are validated through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), including Guardian Media Group, Tribe Impact Capital, and Abel & Cole.
Emma sits on the board of SBTi’s Technical Advisory Board and is a member of the Carbon Accounting Alliance, a coalition of green tech, consultancies, auditors, and certifying bodies who have come together to collaborate on solving challenges faced by our industry, share best practices, and promote the development of standards.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- Creation of the Green Element Group’s analytical tools including; greenhouse gas inventory calculator, scenario analysis calculators, climate risk assessment tool and register, portfolio
temperature analysis, carbon reduction strategies database and tool, a suite of ESOS assessment surveys, report templates and tools, SECR reporting templates, UK government carbon reduction plan template, financed emissions algorithms, Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) tools, multi-parameter energy models, progress monitor for science-based targets, sector-specific tools such as soil carbon exchange calculator, travel sector trip footprinting, freight sector, and land use change (LUC) modelling and calculator.
- Design and creation of Compare Your Footprint, Green Element Group’s online carbon footprinting and benchmarking tool.
- Facilitation of the launch of Abel & Cole’s introduction of 100% vegan/vegetarian recipe boxes, and the company’s overall reduction in animal protein sales.
- Validation of science-based targets, development of carbon reduction plan, coding of digital footprinting model, and scenario analysis workshopping in partnership with Guardian News & Media.
- Science-based targets validation through SBTi for several companies, including financial sector organisations.
CONTRIBUTIONS
Emma has contributed to many environmental publications, webinars, and events, including:
- Science-based targets live event, main speaker
- Net-zero live event, panel member
- Numerous webinars including digital footprinting, GHG Protocol-aligned carbon footprinting
- Blog: Business Road Map to Net-Zero
- Introduction to TCFD presentation
- Blog: What is Carbon Offsetting?
- Member of SBTi’s Technical Advisory Group and MRV Expert Advisory Group
- Member of Tech Zero
- Member of Carbon Accounting Alliance