The context
Aurora’s early platform, built elsewhere over more than a year, had become difficult to maintain. What began as an engagement to finish its MVP became a rebuild of the underlying application.
Tweak Carbon · Climate technology
A rebuilt, configurable carbon-scoring platform, originally known as Aurora Sustainability.
Acquired by Old Mutual and offered as its Tweak app

Aurora’s early platform, built elsewhere over more than a year, had become difficult to maintain. What began as an engagement to finish its MVP became a rebuild of the underlying application.
We rebuilt the web application, APIs, and configurable questionnaire and calculation engine, reverse-engineering the original emissions calculations into a scalable engine. The wider Tweak Carbon work connected carbon scoring with banking data, added payment integrations, supported a white-label platform, and took the app to the iOS and Android stores with React Native.
A rebranded MVP launched first and the full platform followed within the same year. Now known as Tweak Carbon, the platform has been used by Spar and Investec, and was acquired by Old Mutual, which offered it as its Tweak sustainability app, documented in Vodacom’s 2023 social report.
“Bluebird Technologies worked quickly without compromising the quality of their work. They maintained an excellent communication approach and provided regular updates on the progress of deliverables. Their skillset in development was impressive.”
Danielle LaityHead of Strategy · Tweak Carbon (formerly Aurora)A good place to start
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Original engagement material and client information. These links open in a new tab.
Original Tweak Carbon case study · Software Station Tweak in Vodacom’s 2023 social report (PDF, page 13)