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Consultation on draft guidance for how to measure and report your greenhouse gas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• Directly input into the consultation on the draft guidance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
Introductions18.05
Introduction, objectives, context and background – Jonathan Nobbs18.20
Presentation by Defra on Draft GuidanceSam Balch (Policy Advisor – Defra)
18.40Questions and Answer Session
19.00Breakout groups
20.15Feedback
20.50Concluding Remarks
IEMA & Defra
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IEMA’s StrategyThis 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 processWhen 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 2009IEMA Deadline: 5th August 2009Final Deadline: 7th August 2009Status: OPEN - Consultation is still receiving commentsPlease email [email protected] if you want to get involved
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Contact Information
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel: +44 (0)1522 540069
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
Scope 2
Scope 2
Scope 3
Scope 1
Corporate Footprint & Regulated schemes
EU ETS
CRC
Scope 2
Scope 2
Scope 3
Scope 1
Corporate & product footprint
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
I own 100% of my organisation
Identify the operations to collect data from
Overview – Operational Boundary
Establish which activities in your organisation release GHG emissions
Categorise activities into scopes
Scope 2 (energy indirect
emissions)
Scope 1 (direct
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 Common Measurement Units
Fuel use (e.g. natural gas, petrol, diesel, coal, LPG)
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 CO2 CH4 N2O Total GHGFuel used Total units used Units x kg CO2
per unitTotal kg CO2
kg CO2eq per unit
Total kg CO2eq
kg CO2eq per unit
Total kg CO2eq
kg CO2eq per unit
Total kg CO2eq
Petrol litres 2.3035 0.0047 0.0226 2.3307
Diesel litres 2.6391 0.0019 0.0283 2.6694
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
kg 2.7278 0.0042 0.0016 2.7336 Liquid Petroleum Gas (LPG)
litres 1.4951 0.0006 0.0011 1.4968 Total 0 0 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
DefraArea 5C,Ergon HouseHorseferry Road,London,SW1P 2AL
Email: [email protected]
IEMA, Nick Blyth – [email protected]
