Solar for your vendors
Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers face the same energy costs as their buyers and none of the balance sheet. This programme uses the corporate relationship above them to make solar reachable.
The idea
Borrow the buyer’s creditworthiness, not their money
A vendor supplying a large RMG group or conglomerate has predictable order flow and often LC-backed payment, yet still struggles to fund a rooftop system because the balance sheet is thin and cash is tied up in production cycles. The order book is strong; the accounts do not show it.
Where the lead corporate is willing to endorse its approved vendors, that changes the risk picture. It supports better commercial terms, faster execution, and payment schedules that follow the vendor's actual cash cycle rather than a generic instalment calendar.
Who qualifies
Built for the tiers below the brand
Endorsed vendors
Approved suppliers to large RMG, FMCG or conglomerate buyers, where the relationship is established and the order volume is visible.
Tier 1 and Tier 2 manufacturers
Units inside global or local supply chains, already subject to buyer audits and increasingly to scope 3 questions from those buyers.
Cash-constrained but committed
Factories with seasonal or LC-backed receivables that cannot fund capex outright but can comfortably service payments aligned to their cycle.
What you get
Terms that reflect the group relationship
Preferential energy pricing
Pre-qualified vendors access better rates under PPA or lease structures than they would negotiate alone, which matters most in supply contracts where margins are already tight.
Faster execution
Inventory allocated ahead of build and permitting run through a dedicated pipeline, so lead times compress. Module and inverter availability is usually the long pole, and pre-allocation removes it.
Payment aligned to your cycle
Deferred windows matched to LC or invoice schedules, and contract durations set against the buyer-seller agreement rather than an arbitrary term.
A route to ownership
Renewal or conversion to ownership at the end of the term, agreed at the outset so the residual value is not left ambiguous.
Process
How enrolment runs
Eligibility
Corporate endorsement confirmed, order volume, credit profile and facility capacity reviewed. This is the step that unlocks the terms, so it comes first.
Technical screening
Site audit, load analysis, roof structural check and net metering suitability, run quickly through a dedicated pipeline rather than the general queue.
Structuring
PPA, lease-to-own or a blended EPC and debt package, shaped to the individual factory. Vendors in the same programme do not all need the same structure.
Build and commissioning
Priority execution against pre-booked inventory, with approvals handled alongside rather than after construction.
Monitoring and reporting
Managed O&M, generation dashboards and carbon reporting, formatted so the lead corporate can consolidate it across the programme.
For the lead corporate
Why a buying house should enrol its vendors
Scope 3 is where your footprint actually is
For most brands and buying houses, emissions from purchased goods dwarf anything happening on their own premises. You cannot reduce that number without reaching into the supply chain, and vendors will not act on it unaided.
Consistency across tiers
One programme, one engineering standard and one reporting format across many vendors is far easier to audit than dozens of separate installations with different equipment and no comparable data.
Cost stability in your supply base
Energy is a real input cost for your suppliers. Tariffs rose 16.68% on average from the June 2026 billing cycle, and that pressure arrives in your prices eventually. Fixing part of it protects both sides.
Evidence, not undertakings
Metered generation data per site, consolidated across the programme, gives your own reporting something verifiable to stand on when a customer or regulator asks.
Run a programme across your vendors
Whether you are the buying house or the supplier, tell us the relationship and roughly how many sites are involved and we will come back with a structure.