Consultation on draft guidance for how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions

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• Consultation on draft guidance for how to measure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• Directly input into the consultation on the draft
  guidance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• Presentation by Defra on Draft Guidance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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IEMAs Strategy

• This consultation event fits in with IEMAs 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 IEMAs 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 technical_at_iema.net if you want to
  get involved

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Contact Information

• E-mail j.nobbs_at_iema.net
• Tel [phone]

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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

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Introduction

• Climate Change Act requirements (Clauses 83
  85)
• Publish voluntary guidance (by Oct 2009)
• Review effectiveness of reporting (by Dec 2010)
• Potential that SoS introduces mandatory reporting
  requirements (by April 2012)
• Existing guidance on Defra website on corporate
  carbon reporting

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Objectives of guidance

• Promote emissions management to reduce UK
  business contribution to GHG emissions
• Improve consistency and transparency in corporate
  carbon reporting
• Accessible to both first time reporters and more
  experienced reporters

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Organisational Emissions
Source The Greenhouse Gas Protocol A corporate
accounting and reporting standard
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Corporate Footprint Regulated schemes
Scope 2
CRC
EU ETS
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
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Corporate product footprint
Scope 2
Scope 1
Scope 2
Scope 3
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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)

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Overview of the draft guidance (cont.)

• Guidance split into standard practice and best
  practice
• Standard practice is what organisations should,
  as a minimum, measure and report on
• Best practice is what organisations can choose to
  do if they seek to go further than our suggested
  minimum standard

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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
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Overview Operational Boundary
Establish which activities in your organisation
release GHG emissions
Categorise activities into scopes
Scope 1 (direct emissions)
Scope 3 (other indirect emissions)
Scope 2 (energy indirect emissions)
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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
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Example Activity Data
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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
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Example Defra / DECC emission factors
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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
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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.

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Example Corporate Footprint Report
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Public Consultation Responses

• How should I respond
• Visit the Defra website http//www.defra.gov.uk/c
  orporate/consult/greenhouse-gas/index.htm
• Download consultation package
• Respond in writing by consultation by 7th of
  August

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Process for workshop

• Split into smaller breakout groups
• Discuss consultation question groups
• What and how to measure
• What and how to report
• Feedback from breakout groups

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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)

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Process for workshop (cont.)

• Dont 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.

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Any questions?

• Sam Balch
• Defra
• Area 5C,
• Ergon House
• Horseferry Road,
• London,
• SW1P 2AL
• Email ghgreporting_at_defra.gsi.gov.uk
• IEMA, Nick Blyth n.blyth_at_iema.net