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Consultation on draft guidance for how to
measure and report your greenhouse gas
emissions
Cambridge Consultation Event
27th July 2009
Jonathan Nobbs
Senior Development Advisor
Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
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Aims and Objectives of the Session
• Directly input into the consultation on the draft guidance
• To meet policy officials responsible for its development
• To gain an early insight into the likely content of the guidance and
implications for businesses and environmental management
• Input with colleagues into an IEMA Response
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Itinerary...
18.00
Introductions
18.05
Introduction, objectives, context and background – Jonathan Nobbs
18.20
Presentation by Defra on Draft Guidance
Sam Balch (Policy Advisor – Defra)
18.40
Questions and Answer Session
19.00
Breakout groups
20.15
Feedback
20.50
Concluding Remarks
IEMA & Defra
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IEMA’s Strategy
This consultation event fits in with IEMA’s new strategy…
• Promotion of the role and views of the environmental profession to Policy
makers
• Respond to appropriate public consultations
• Foster good links with Government Departments
• Help make environment a mainstream business issue
• Inclusive in our approach in engaging with members
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Key Considerations
• How does the new guidance complement existing practice on
environmental reporting?
• Post Climate Change Act, and UK annual carbon budget will the
emerging mix of standards, policy, guidance and regulation lead to the
required reductions in GHG emissions?
• If there are any ‘gaps’ in the developing UK package of GHG reduction
measures, what are they and how can they best be filled?
• IEMA is developing a practitioner for late 2009 on organisational GHG
reporting and reduction – where can this add value?
• How will implementation be reviewed?
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IEMA ‘Practitioner’ guidance
• Managing climate change emissions – a business guide (2001)
• Energy management in buildings (2003)
• Environmental Data Management – for emissions trading and other purposes
(2005)
New and developing in 2009…
• Adaptation practitioner due in July 2009 (with UKCIP) (in latest Practitioner)
• Reporting and mitigation practitioner in late 2009. Complimenting the Defra /
DECC guidance with case studies and proposals to help enable practitioners
to achieve significant reduction programmes
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IEMA consultation process
When responding to consultations IEMA’s key aims are:
• To inform decision-making, based on robust and relevant
information available at the time.
• To remain independent and seeking to offer impartial, credible
professional advice.
• Where possible to consult and engage with a range of interests
and groups within the IEMA membership.
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Next Steps...
• IEMA will write up the notes
• Add to the SIGS to add value and enable wider
proportion of members to get involved
• Provide a consolidated response
• Article in the Environmentalist and Downloaded
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IEMA consultation response
Title: Consultation on guidance for the measurement and reporting of
greenhouse gas emissions.
Organisation: Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra) & Department for Energy and Climate Change (Decc)
Issued: June 5th June 2009
IEMA Deadline: 5th August 2009
Final Deadline: 7th August 2009
Status: OPEN - Consultation is still receiving comments
Please email [email protected] if you want to get involved
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Contact Information
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1522 540069
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Guidance on how UK organisations
should measure and report their
greenhouse gas emissions
Sustainable Business & Resource Efficiency Team
18.06.09
Introduction
• Climate Change Act requirements (Clauses 83 – 85):
1. Publish voluntary guidance (by Oct 2009)
2. Review effectiveness of reporting (by Dec 2010)
3. Potential that SoS introduces mandatory reporting
requirements (by April 2012)
• Existing guidance on Defra website on corporate carbon
reporting
Objectives of guidance
1. Promote emissions management to reduce UK
business contribution to GHG emissions
2. Improve consistency and transparency in corporate
carbon reporting
3. Accessible to both first time reporters and more
experienced reporters
Organisational Emissions
Source: The Greenhouse Gas Protocol: A corporate accounting and reporting standard
Corporate Footprint & Regulated schemes
CRC
EU
Scope
ETS 2
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
Corporate & product footprint
Raw
Materials
Manufacturing
/ Production
Distribution /
Retailing2
Scope
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
Use
End of Life
Overview of the draft guidance
• It is based on the GHG Protocol
• It is a general guidance document. It does not provide
sector-specific guidance
• It comprises of:
• A high-level summary guidance document
• Technical annexes providing practical advice on more
complex areas (e.g. Scope 3 emissions, GHG intensity
ratios, emission reductions)
Overview of the draft guidance (cont.)
• Guidance split into standard practice and best practice:
1. Standard practice is what organisations should, as a
minimum, measure and report on
2. Best practice is what organisations can choose to do
if they seek to go further than our suggested
minimum standard
Overview – Organisational Boundary
Establish which parts of your organisation you should
collect data from
I do not own 100% of my
organisation
Identify the
operations to
collect data from
I own 100% of my
organisation
Overview – Operational Boundary
Establish which activities in your organisation release
GHG emissions
Categorise activities
into scopes
Scope 1
(direct
emissions)
Scope 2 (energy
indirect
emissions)
Scope 3
(other indirect
emissions)
Overview – Collect Data
Establish what information you need to collect from
these activities to calculate your GHG emissions
Collect activity data
Collect information
for 12 month period
Example Activity Data
Common Activity Data
Fuel use (e.g. natural gas, petrol,
diesel, coal, LPG)
Common Measurement Units
Litres, Kilowatt hours (kWh), Cubic
Metres (m3), Therms, Tonnes
Electricity use
Kilowatt hours (kWh)
Vehicle mileage
Miles, Kilometres (km)
Passenger travel
Miles, Kilometres (km)
Freight transport (road, rail,
shipping and air)
Tonne Kilometres (km) or Vehicle
Kilometres (km)
Water supplied and water treated
Cubic metres (m3) or million litres
Waste disposal / Recycling
Tonnes of waste treated by waste
type (e.g. paper and card, glass)
Overview – Calculate emissions
Calculate your GHG emissions
Convert activity data into
GHG emissions using
Defra / DECC emission
factors
Calculate emissions
for all six Kyoto
GHGs
Calculate emissions
for non-Kyoto
GHGs
Publically report on your GHG emissions
Example Defra / DECC emission factors
Standard Road Transport Fuel Conversion Factors
Fuel used
Total units used Units
x kg CO2
per unit
CO2
Total kg CO2
CH4
kg CO2eq Total
per unit
kg
CO2eq
N2O
kg CO2eq Total kg
per unit CO2eq
Total GHG
kg
Total kg
CO2eq CO2eq
per unit
Petrol
litres
2.3035
0.0047
0.0226
2.3307
litres
2.6391
0.0019
0.0283
2.6694
kg
2.7278
0.0042
0.0016
2.7336
litres
1.4951
Diesel
Compressed Natural
Gas (CNG)
Liquid Petroleum Gas
(LPG)
Total
0.0006
0
0.0011
0
1.4968
0
0
Overview – Set target
Set an emission reduction target
Organisation-wide (UK
and overseas)
Inclusive of all
emissions measured
Achieved over 5 – 10 year timescale
Intensity-based target
Absolute target
Example Targets
• Cisco Systems, Inc. pledges to reduce total
global GHG emissions by 25 percent from
2007 to 2012.
• Unilever pledges to reduce global GHG
emissions by 25 percent per ton of
production from 2004 to 2012.
Example Corporate Footprint Report
Public Consultation Responses
How should I respond:
• Visit the Defra website:
http://www.defra.gov.uk/corporate/consult/greenhouse
-gas/index.htm
• Download consultation package
• Respond in writing by consultation by 7th of August
Process for workshop
• Split into smaller breakout groups
• Discuss consultation question groups:
1. What and how to measure
2. What and how to report
• Feedback from breakout groups
Process for workshop (cont.)
• Defra officials will participate in workshops
(may move between groups)
• Choose a table representative to take notes
and feedback comments
• Keep an eye on time (IEMA reps will prompt
as well)
Process for workshop (cont.)
• Don’t be afraid to write things down! It will
help IEMA and us to write up notes at the
end.
• Aim to summarise notes in 1 side of flipchart
paper at the end of the group to present back
comments.
Any questions?
Sam Balch
Defra
Area 5C,
Ergon House
Horseferry Road,
London,
SW1P 2AL
Email: [email protected]
IEMA, Nick Blyth – [email protected]