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The Carbon Reduction Commitment and Retailing
Jane MilneDirector of Business Environment
British Retail Consortium
BRC Retail Members
We represent:
• Over 80% of the retail industry.
• 30,000 smaller and medium sized retailers.
• Over 70 major retail members, with over 190 facias
• A broad church of large to small; out of town to high street; food and non-food; stores and online/direct.
Where is energy on your Board’s priorities?
• Insert cost diagram to demonstrate how trivial energy costs are
Retail Stocks
Are you a near miss - or are you still caught?
• If you had at least one HHM but less than 6,000 MWh (~£0.5m) electricity consumption you have to make information disclosures
• If you used over 3,000 MWh (~£0.25m) this includes total annual consumption
• If your non-inventory turnover is around [£12m] pa as a non-food retailer this could apply to you - or a lower figure for a food retailer with refrigeration
Are you a tenant - or a landlord?
• Wherever you are a tenant, if your landlord is the counterparty for the electricity supply, they are responsible for the emissions - but do you understand what is being done to improve energy efficiency and what the impact on your service charges will be?
• Wherever you are a landlord, the reverse will be true - what are you doing about it?
Groups, parents and franchises• All fascia should be under a single registration and report, with any single subsidiary which would qualify in its own right separately identified (M&A)
• Default is for parent company to report, but if the group includes manufacturing capacity, would this company have more expertise?
• Are you able to capture and verify data from franchisees? Are you building provisions into your franchise contracts to require information exchange and incentivise energy efficiency