Environmental Legislation Discussion• Dr. Wendy Buckley• Client Director• Carbon Footprint Ltd••

wendy.buckley@carbonfootprint.com
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Carbon Footprint Ltd© Carbon Footprint Ltd 2019‘Net Zero’ - UK’s Contribution to
Climate Emergency
Net zero Greenhouse Gas
emissions by 2050
Goes beyond the Climate Change
Act 2008 of an 80% reduction in
GHG’s by 2050 (on 1990 levels). It
should be noted that this varies as
below:• England – Net zero by 2050
• Scotland – Net zero by 2045
• Wales – 95% reduction by 2050

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Net Zero –UK’s Contribution to Climate Emergency• Could be delivered for the same financial cost as the original target(1–2% of GDP)
• Rapid cost reductions as a result of mass deployment of
renewables technologies (such as offshore wind)• Target should cover all sectors of the economy (now incl.
international aviation and shipping)• To be met by UK domestic effort• Coincides with the ‘Climate Emergency’ motion• This target might be legislated in early 2020 in advance of the 2020
UN Climate Change Summit
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Progress with 25 Year Environment Plan
In May 2019 the Government published the first report on progress of theimplementation of the 25 Year Environment Plan
• According to the Report around 90% of its actions have been deliveredor are being progressed (since Jan 2018) including:• cutting down on plastic waste by implementing bans on plastic straws, cottonbuds / stirrers and extending the 5p plastic bag charge;• overhauling the waste system with a comprehensive Resources and Waste
Strategy;• publishing a Clean Air Strategy which sets out plans to cut pollution through amore coherent regulatory framework and stronger powers to local authorities tocontrol sources of air pollution;• protecting precious wildlife habitats by launching a review to strengthen andenhance England's National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty(AONBs).
• Environment Bill to be introduced early in the second session of Parliament.
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Reforming the UK producer responsibility
system for packaging waste
Through Packaging waste: reforming the UK producer
responsibility system for packaging waste it is proposedthat the full net cost of managing packaging waste isplaced on the producers of plastic packaging, consistent
with extended producer responsibility and polluter pays
principle.
•••

Incentives to encourage producers to design anduse packaging that can be recycled;
the businesses that would be obligated under apackaging extended producer responsibility system;
producer funding to pay local authorities for thecollection and management of household packaging
waste.

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Hunt v Johnson

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UK Bottle Return Schemes
Scotland’s new Deposit Return Scheme will include• aluminium and steel cans and drinks containers made of glass andPolyethylene Terephthalate (PET) plastic• The only exempt premises will be those that sell drinks to be
consumed on site, such as pubs
• HDPE-made plastic bottles, which usually carry milk, will be
excluded as milk is seen as an essential product• Consumers will be charged an extra 20p and will be refunded thisamount when the empty container is returned• It is expected to be up and running by 2021 with a 12 monthtransitionary period. England has consulted on bottle returnscheme: this was held in February 2019 and closed in May 2019
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Waitrose Oxford - Bring your own
containers for limited lines
Store trials taking place in Oxford with the aimof reducing unnecessary plastic andpackaging, including:• Shoppers will be able to fill their own
containers with a range of products
from a series of dispensers• Refillable options will include wineand beer, Ecover detergent, pasta, riceand cereals• Will include a pick and mix range offrozen fruit• Prices will be up to 15% cheaper thanthe packaged alternatives• A borrow-a-box scheme will be
introduced to help carry shoppinghome
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CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme ends thisyear
▪ CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (Revoked)▪ Last reporting year is 2018/19▪ Last ‘CRC Annual Report’ to be submitted in July 2019
▪ Last purchase of CRC allowances will be in the ‘buy to comply’ salein June/July 2019
▪ Need to be careful not to over purchase allowances as refunds are‘discretionary’…

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Climate Change Levy (CCL)
An increase in utilities bills• Increased 1st April 2019

Elec ↑45% and Gas ↑67%
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Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting(SECR)
Companies (Directors' Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy andCarbon Report) Regulations SI 2018/1155• Applies to all UK registered listed companies AND applies large privatecompanies meeting at least two criteria of•••

250 employees£36 million turnoverbalance sheet total £18 million•

Applies for reporting years starting 1 April 2019

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Energy Saving Opportunities Scheme (ESOS)– Phase 2 ends 5 December•

Applies to large businesses (250 plus employees OR £44.8 million annual
turnover and balance sheet total of £38.6 million)•

Deadline is 5 December 2019.

•

Most organisations select energy data running with Financial Year•To be compliant:••••Appoint a registered ESOS Lead Assessor
Calculate Total Energy Consumption (TEC)
Complete Energy Audits and a Transport Assessment may be required!
Regulator (EA) notification must be submitted by 5 December

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Refrigeration and freezer equipment:
Changes to refrigerant gases that can beused – New Guidance Available
The 2020 Ban - under UK and EU legislation, a ban is coming into force on 1
January 2020 that will ban refrigerants with a global warming potential (GWP)
greater than 2500 being used to service or refill your refrigeration or freezer
system.
Published: May 2019
Available from Environment Agency
What you will need to do:•Guidance
Calculatefor:the carbon dioxide equivalent of your refrigerant• Ask your refrigeration service provider or maintenance technician
Any business that has refrigeration or freezer units
for advice on what steps you can take to manage the impacts ofthat
HFC
refrigerant
theuses
F-Gas
Regulations✓
Small tohermeticallysealedsystems;• Switchan alternativerefrigeration
system✓ Condensing units;• Central pack systems;
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Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases Regulations– fines• Introduction of new civil penalties from £50k - £200k:– £200k – intentional release of gases or failure to comply with enforcement
notice– £100k – breach of measures to minimise leakage– £50K – failure to keep and maintain records• Records can be kept by third parties• Organisations must be able to present these in 28 days
• The Regulator in England is the Environment Agency

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Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting(SECR) – new guidance March 19
Environmental reporting guidelines: including Streamlined Energy and Carbon
Reporting requirements
Updated: 31 March 2019, - BEIS (Gov.UK)

Updates include:• Group reporting legislation• Public sector reporting requirements• Mandatory GHG reporting requirement;

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Carbon Footprinting ISO Standard Updates
ISO 14064 – Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3
Used to report on Greenhouse Gases▪ ISO 14064 – Part 1 Organisation GHG Inventory• Updated in December 2018

▪ ISO 14064 – Part 2: Project GHG Inventory• Update published in May 2019▪ ISO 14064 – Part 3: Verifying GHG Statements• Update published in May 2019

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Southern Water’s £126M Fines andCriminal Action
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Southern Water fined a record £126m forspills of wastewater into the environment
from sewage plants & deliberately
misreporting its performance.
Customers to get a rebate of at least £61
each.
"What we found in this case is shocking,"
said Rachel Fletcher, the head of water
regulator Ofwat, while Southern said itwas "deeply sorry".
The Environment Agency has launched acriminal investigation into the case.
"We are pursuing our own criminal
investigation into Southern Water due tosuspected permit breaches at a number of
its sites," the EA said in a statement.

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Sewage pollution leads to £200,000
restorative charity donation• Yorkshire Water Services paid £200,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife
Trust - burst water sewer caused raw sewage leakage into River
Trent• Yorkshire Water Services cleaned the watercourse and repaired
the rising main that burst (causing the pollution) cost £235,000;• The Environment Agency issued an Enforcement Undertaking donation of £200,000 to the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will be used
to fund the Humberhead Levels Nature Improvement Area.

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£500,000 penalty for sewage discharge at
Sutton Park
• Severn Trent Water sentenced for discharging thousands ofgallons of raw sewage from sewer network onto land at Sutton
Park, West Midlands.
• The polluted area was environmentally sensitive & an Site ofSpecial Scientific Interest (SSSI)• Fined £500,000, ordered to pay prosecution costs of £50,693,
and a victim surcharge of £120.
• Sewer discharging into Longmore Valley 0.65 hectares of rare
and sensitive plants being destroyed.

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Carbon Footprint Ltd© Carbon Footprint Ltd 201927 illegal waste sites uncovered byEnvironment Agency and HMRC
• Officers from the Environment Agency and HMRC visited more than 50
suspected illegal waste sites across the East of England in a single day(May 2019)• Officers found:– 4 sites where waste had been burnt illegally;– 4 sites which were actively and illegally treating and transferring waste;– Some of the sites contained overflowing skips and more than 5,000 tonnes ofwaste being stored illegally

If convicted of illegal waste activity, offenders face unlimited fines and up
to five years in prison.
Illegal waste activity is estimated to have cost >£600 million in 2015 inEngland alone.

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Carbon Footprint Ltd© Carbon Footprint Ltd 2019£28,000 penalty for farming companies who
caused pollution• 2 Nottinghamshire farming companies have been fined a total of£28,800 for causing pollution to a pond through the discharge ofmaize silage effluent;• The excessive amount of maize stored, coupled with the mannerin which it was kept, caused a runoff of highly polluting maizesilage effluent;• Resulted in the death of 35 fish and at the time caused asignificant impact on the local groundwater.
• Fined £8,800 and ordered to pay costs of £20,000

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Environmental Legislation Discussion
Dr. Wendy Buckley
Client Director
Carbon Footprint Ltd
wendy.buckley@carbonfootprint.com
01256 592599

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Streamlined Energy andCarbon Reporting
Gary Shanahan, Head – Business and Industrial Energy Efficiency, Taxand Reporting

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Vision and Objectives

Clean Growth Strategy• The Clean Growth Strategy sets an ambition to improvebusiness productivity by enabling businesses to improveenergy efficiency by at least 20 per cent by 2030.
• This means that energy use would need to fall by 20% andenergy intensity by 45% in 2030 compared to 2015 levels.
• This will deliver:• Up to £6bn in cost savings for businesses• Carbon savings of up to 22 MtCO2e

Helping businesses to improve the way
they use energy• Call for Evidence (Jul 2018) sought views on how to deliver the 20%
ambition - responses due to be published later this year

• We sought views on a number of proposals and approaches to makebuildings more energy efficient e.g.:• Improving energy efficiency requirements for new & existing buildings• use of more sustainable technologies, benchmarking building
performance and tools to monitor and evaluate building energy use
and performance.

Energy demand for businesses andindustry• Since 2000, energy use has beensteadily decreasing

600,000
500,000

400,000• Over 90% of the decrease has beendelivered through increased energy
efficiency in sectors like chemicals• Energy use in the commercial
sector has more or less remained
flat. As floor area has increased,energy intensity has improved

1 July, 2019

300,000
200,000
100,000
2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016

Commercial Services

Industry

Total

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
Who are theViews ontrustedavailability
partners thatand quality of
could
informationinfluencefor SMEs?
How couldSMEs?
SMEs beencouraged
to takeaction?

1 July, 2019

Energy (All uses,…
Energy (buildings)
Turnover

Employment
Businesses
0%
Micro (<10 employees)

20%

40%

Small (10-49)

60%Medium (50-249)

80%

100%

Large (250+)

SMEs – Budget 2018 Announcement

The government will issue a call for evidence on introducing
a new Business Energy Efficiency Scheme, focused on
smaller businesses. Over time, this scheme will reducebusiness energy bills and carbon emissions. The call forevidence sought views on a range of possible delivery
options.

Vision and Objectives

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CRC/SECR• In March 2016 Government announced that CRC would
close after the end of current phase – final CRC reports
would be required by July 2019 and allowancessurrendered by October 2019.
• The reporting element of CRC would be replaced by a
new streamlined energy and carbon reporting framework(SECR) on which we would consult;• Public consultation on SECR was published on 12
October 2017 which ran until 4 January 2018 (over 150
responses). Government published response / decisions
on 18 July 2018.
Vision and Objectives

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CRC/SECR• CRC legislation laid on 18 July 2019 makes this current
phase the last one and HMT have already legislated to movethe price signal to CCL (with increased rates from 1 April
2019 and increased CCA discounts)• SECR came into force on 1 April 2019. The Companies(Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy
and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 were made on 6
November.
• Synergies with (unchanged) ESOS requirements for all large
undertakings.
Vision and Objectives

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• Different approaches for:• quoted companies – builds on existing MGHG
– and doesn’t just apply to large; and• unquoted/LLPs• Guidance published on 31 January:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environmental-reporting-guidelinesincluding-mandatory-greenhouse-gasemissions-reporting-guidance

Vision and Objectives

Quoted companies
Continue to require all UK incorporated quoted (not just on LSE)
companies to report in Directors’ report on:• global scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions (scope 3 voluntary);• methodology used; and• intensity metric.
SECR requires total underlying energy use and energy efficiency
action taken.

15Unquoted companies/LLPs
Require large unquoted companies and large LLPs to
include within Directors’ report (or LLP equivalent):• UK energy use and associated emissions (as a minimum)- UK energy use = electricity, gas & transport (as aminimum)• intensity metric (chosen by companies), Energy
efficiency action taken in period of report andMethodologies used in calculation of disclosures• Large as per Companies Act – at least 2 of balance sheet(£18M+), turnover (£36M+) and employees (250+);

SECR• Electronic reporting – can be done on voluntary basis but
not mandatory• Directors to confirm if any information withheld on grounds ofbeing seriously prejudicial to company, not being
practical to obtain or if organisation uses 40MWh or lessenergy in reporting period• If the relevant report is a group report, the company or LLP
must make the required statements on the basis of its
information and its subsidiaries

SECR verification / assurance
External verification or assurance
There is no requirement in the legislation for independent assurane; however,
we would recommend it as best practice. Voluntary independent assurance on
the accuracy, completeness and consistency of energy use, GHG emissions dataand energy efficiency action is encouraged as beneficial to both internal
decision-making and for external stakeholders.
As part of their overall responsibilities in an audit of financial statements, theauditor is required to state in the auditor’s report whether, based on the work
undertaken in the course of the audit, the information in the Directors’ Report:• Is consistent with the financial statements;• Has been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements; and• Contains any material mis-statements.

SECR – When?
“These Regulations have effect in respect of financial years
beginning on or after 1st April 2019.” So:a.
if a company’s financial year ran from 01/04/2019 –31/03/2020 the first time they would need to comply with SECR
would be in their first set of accounts published following thisperiod in 2020
b. If a company’s financial year ran from 01/01/2019 –31/12/2019, they would need to comply for the period
01/01/2020 – 31/12/2020

Will still be reporting under MGHG and CRC (by July) in 2019

Public Sector
Will still have commitments under CRC if participants in current Phase. Will also haveobligations under SECR if include limited company or LLP elements and meet
eligibility thresholds.
Public bodies may also be covered under either the Greening Government
Commitments, which commits central Government departments to a 43% reduction
in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020; or the voluntary target set for the wider public
sector in England under the Emissions Reduction Pledge which encourages
organisations to sign up to a 30% carbon reduction target from 2009/10 to 2020/21.

The emissions captured here will be buildings emissions, domestic travel and fugitive
emissions. Separate arrangements may apply in other parts of the UK.
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Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme• ESOS established in 2014 - a mandatory energy assessment
scheme for large undertakings in the UK.
• Assessments carried out every 4 years to identify cost-effectiveenergy saving measures.
• Key dates:• 31 December 2018 – was qualification date for Phase 2 of ESOS

• 5 December 2019 - compliance deadline of 5 December 2019 for
qualifying companies• ESOS evaluation is underway and due to be published in 201938

ESOS – Phase 2• Guidance Minor Changes, now published and new portal• ISO 50001:2011 superseded by ISO 50001:2018 - certification
under either of the 2011 and 2018 versions of the standard is
accepted;• Qualification date 31 December 2018
• Compliance deadline of 5 December 2019

Energy Services & Technology Association - aM&T Conference39Industrial Energy Efficiency
Industrial Energy Efficiency Accelerator : £9.2M competition to identify and accelerate
deployment of new energy efficient technologies and processes to UK industry / manufacturingsectors
Climate Change Agreements - Now in Final Target Period (2019 and 2020) – with CCL
discounts to March 2023 - evaluating to inform decisions on future schemes
Industrial Heat Recovery Support Programme - £18M available to co-fund feasibility
studies and capital equipment
Industrial Energy Transformation Fund – up to £315 million of investment, to support
businesses with high energy use to transition to a low carbon future and to cut their bills
through increased energy efficiency.
Industrial decarbonisation challenge - Establish the world’s first net-zero carbon industrial
cluster by 2040 and at least 1 low-carbon cluster by 2030

Questions?
Schemes
CCA – cca-help@environment-agency.gov.uk
CRC – CRChelp@environment-agency.gov.uk
ESOS – ESOS@environment-agency.gov.uk
SECR – Reporting@beis.gov.uk
Evaluations
CCA – CCAResearch@beis.gov.uk
ESOS - esos@beis.gov.uk
Vision and Objectives

ISO50001
Amanda Pakes
Product Champion
June 2019

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Cost

Compliance

Environment`

Reputation

Risk
Management

Management
buy inResources`

What Do Our Customers Say About ISO50001?

“We don’t trumpet our standards – they’re a business tool, not amarketing tool, there to drive performance. They help achieve
consistency in our production processes, and drive the right behaviours.”
Denise Graham, Technical Manager, Tata Global Beverages

A series of projects, including fitting intelligence software to compressors to help
them work more efficiently, saw the company make overall savings of £56,000 in
the first year alone, and an additional £28,000 in the second year. “We may wellhave made some of those savings without certification, but it focused our minds
and helped us to achieve the savings more speedily,” says Denise Graham.

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What Do Our Customers Say About ISO50001?

Viridor“Achieving ISO 50001 not only helps shape our own desire to be a socially responsible
business, but demonstrates to our customers and stakeholders that Viridor is committed totransforming itself into a company with reduced costs and less reliance on fossil fuels, ready forthe future”.
Andrew Whitehorn, Head of Sustainable Business, Viridor

Morgan Lovell“Morgan Lovell has always been an environmentally conscious organization. However the ISO
50001 energy management standard provides a credible benchmark against which we canmonitor and continually improve our performance going forwards.”
Sophie Hutchinson, Sustainability Manager, Morgan Lovell

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Some Practical Tips

A

Review ISO50001

B

Management buy inCReview energy
consumption

Gap analysis

DE

Monitor, report andreview performance

EnPIs and baselines

F
G

Identify areas for
improvement

How Can BSI Help?

Gap
analysis

Training

www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/iso-50001-energy-management/

GHG & Environmental Information
Verification

Questions

OUR JOURNEY TO CARBON
NEUTRALITY AND BEYOND
PRESENTATION BY PETER SHARMANASSOCIATE DIRECTOR FOR SUSTAINABILITY AT MULALLEYFRIDAY 28TH JUNE 2019

Recap andQuestions

SECR

Who we(Mulalley)are
In thebeginning

Achieving
CarbonNeutrality

The SDGs

Our initial
CF
Reports

ESOS

Carbonneutrality

ISO5001
and our
EnMSMULALLEY – WHO WE ARE• Mulalley is a private (family) owned business with a turnover in excess of £150 million per annum.
• We commenced trading in 1972 and were set up by the O'Malley family. Our primary business is construction
and construction related activities.The majority of these projects are delivered under Partnering arrangementswith our Partner Clients who include RSL's, Councils, ALMOs, educational and health authorities.
• We operate from our main offices in Woodford Green, Essex, where our 400+ professional, administrative andoperative staff are based.
• Additionally, we currently have a number of satellite offices and depots throughout London and the South East,each with staff numbers ranging between 5 and 30.
• http://www.mulalley.co.uk

THE BEGINNING OFOUR JOURNEY• October 2012 initial commissioning• November 2012 – project put on hold• Business case, case studies, meetings . . .
• March 2013 back on!

• January 2014 data complete –• February 2014 – hallelujah!

INITIALREPORT
BREAKDOWN

Downham!

SECOND CARBON
FOOTPRINTREPORT

Our second report in October
2014 for the 2013/14 year
showed an increase in absoluteemissions but a reduction of
6.8% based on turnover

THANK GOODNESS FOR ESOS!

• First aware in August 2014
• Reviewed various options and chose the ISO50001 route• Approved and committed to BSI in January 2015
• Created our Energy Management System – see slide to follow• Initiated our Energy Performance Review Panel & Comms – see slide to follow• Created our Energy Management Workbook – see slides to follow• Commissioned Carbon Footprint to carry out our Head Office Energy AuditOPPORTUNITIES – ACHIEVED AND PENDING

Opportunities Achieved• Board buy-in and support, EPRP, communications and e-learning• Massive improvements in fleet• ECO cabins and green energy, site awareness, lighting, TRV improvements• Maintained ISO50001 and revised policies and objectives
Opportunities Pending• LEDs! Fabric, boilers, air conditioning, PCs, printing, monitoring . . .

CARBON NEUTRALITYSHARING BEST PRACTICE WITH THE CCSOur planet faces massive economic, social and environmental challenges. To combat these, the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs) define global priorities and aspirations for 2030.They represent anunprecedented opportunity to eliminate extreme poverty and put the world on a sustainable path.

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) define global sustainable development priorities andaspirations for 2030 and seek to mobilize global efforts around a common set of goals and targets. The
SDGs call for worldwide action among governments, business and civil society to end poverty and createa life of dignity and opportunity for all, within the boundaries of the planet.

“Business is a vital partner in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. Companies can contribute
through their core activities, and we ask companies everywhere to assess their impact, set ambitious
goals and communicate transparently about the results.”

Ban Ki-moon, United Nations Secretary-General

OUR CHOSEN SDGS:FIRST
COMPANY TO
ESOS PHASE 2
COMPLIANT!

SECR PROMOTED TO THE BOARD (AND ESOS)• SECR – the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting framework will replace the CRC or the
Carbon Reduction Commitment and applies to large UK companies. The start date for SECR
will be 1st April 2019 and it is possible that your first reports could be submitted in April 2020.
• The idea of the SECR is to simplify carbon and energy reporting for UK companies whilst also
allowing a company to identify areas where they could save on energy costs and reducecarbon emissions.
• SECR has a degree of cross over with the Energy Saving Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) scheme.
• SECR will not charge for emissions like CRC does, instead the CCL (the Climate Change Levy)
will be increased to cover reduced tax revenue.The increase will be from 0.583 p/kWh to
0.847 p/kWh.
• I intend produce a SECR compliant report this year as a benchmark and trial

A QUICK RECAP OF OUR JOURNEY• Tricky start• Then came ESOS!

• Achieved ISO50001 and ESOS compliance• Became carbon neutral and have maintained this• First company to be ESOS Phase 2 compliant• Embarking on adopting the SDGs
• Preparing for SECR

• But the journey never ends and there is always more to do . . .
• “The Greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Robert
SwannTO FINISH, MY FAVOURITE PROJECT - TREE PLANTING IN KENYA!