The new Streamlined Energy Carbon Reporting scheme means more firms need to get to grips with their energy management. npower Business Solutions’ Owain Wood offers his advice.
Ever since the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change were established, the UK has been on a journey – a journey to become a low-carbon nation. The recent announcement of the Streamlined Energy Carbon Reporting scheme (SECR), designed to help businesses as they become more energy conscious, is just the latest stage in this transition.
The SECR is a proposed new reporting scheme from the government. It is set to replace the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC), which is due to end in 2019. It aims to use energy efficiency as a mechanism to help increase business productivity. And it will also improve the security of energy supplies, as the goal is to reduce current use by at least 20 per cent before 2030.
So who will this affect and what will it involve?
SECR is aimed at companies with at least 250 employees or an annual turnov
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