How do I reduce my Carbon Footprint properly?
Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme Launched
Microbeads : A massive issue! The Countdown to the bead ban begins!
Climate Change standards are now global as ISO 14064 applies to all countries
Carbon Targets Proposed for Infrastructure Sector
Climate Change & Carbon Emission Training - Complete Schedule
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| ISO 14064-1 Measuring your Organization's Carbon Footprint Course - Greenhouse Gas Inventories Course |
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| ISO 14064-2 Reducing your Organizational Environmental Impact (Basic) Course - Greenhouse Gas Projects |
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| ISO 14064-2 Carbon Emissions Reduction (Advanced) Course - Greenhouse Gas Projects |
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| ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Validation Course - Greenhouse Gas Projects | |||
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| ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Verification Course : Greenhouse Gas Inventories Course |
All courses are available on a private basis, for information please contact: Charles Burgess
What is the Paris agreement?
Concern as Ireland is predicted to fail to meet its GHG target by wide margins!
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Why should we care about Greenhouse Gas Management?
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Distressing Climate Change Data from NASA
Coal Use In The UK Hit Its Lowest Level For 150 Years
Why should we care about Greenhouse Gas Management?
New EU Compliance Requirements For Businesses
UK produces a very ambitious fifth carbon budget - Abandoning a Carbon Capture and Storage Project
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New EEU Compulsory Maritime CO2 Declarations
New EU Compulsory Maritime CO2 Declarations
Glee for Climate Campaigners as Chinas new dietary guidelines aim to reduce meat consumption by 50%!
Glee for Climate Campaigners as Chinas new dietary guidelines aim to reduce meat consumption by 50%!
CDP and Carbon Action announce a new UK Strategic Training Partnership.
CDP and Carbon Action announce a new UK Strategic Training Partnership.
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New Free Online Emission Trading Systems (ETS) Course available from November 25th 2015
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Winter UK Promotion 2015
Carbon Action have launched their UK Winter Promotion for 2015, offering up to £200 off all ISO 14064 training courses taking place in London, UK between the beginning of October until the end of the year***
The promotion is open to all students who wish to sign-up for any of our suite of five ISO 14064 courses which are running in London this winter. Carbon Action are offering £100 off all 2-day ISO 14064 courses and £200 off all 3-day ISO 14064 courses.
The courses which are covered in this promotion include:
ISO 14064-1 Measuring Your Organisation's Corporate Carbon Footprint
Normal Cost: £850
Discounted Price: £750
Upcoming London course dates: 24th & 25th of November
ISO 14064-2 GHG Projects - Reducing Your Organisation's Environmental Impact
Normal Cost: £850
Discounted Price: £750
Upcoming London course dates: 26th & 27th of November
ISO 14064-3 Greenhouse Gas Verification Of GHG Inventories And GHG Projects
Normal Cost: £1,250
Discounted Price: £1,050
Upcoming London course dates: 8th, 9th & 10th December 2015
If you would like further information relating to this offer or for any of these courses, please contact Charles Burgess charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk
Change in Government could cause increase in mandatory carbon reporting
Data Centre Support
Carbon Action (part of the Chris Mee Group) is a leading provider of Data Centre GHG Permits and EU-ETS Compliance. Our services include Data Centre GHG Permits and EU-ETS Compliance, energy management consultancy and many more.
We are partnering with numerous data centre operators in the EU who were previously unknowingly in breach of EU and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) legal requirements on GHG emissions. We solve current and legacy compliance issues for our clients.
How do Data Centre Operator's breach EU Legal Requirements and not even know it?
Data centre operators usually install sufficient standby electrical generating capacity to allow for uninterrupted service provision to customers. However, the operators can make erroneous calculations leading to unintentional legalative breaches.
Many facility managers know that 10 MWe of stand-by electrical capacity equates to approximately 27 MW thermal input. The law states that if thermal input of the installed capacity of stand-by or emergency generators exceeds 20 MW then you are required to apply for and obtain a GHG Permit from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Data centre GHG Permits & the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advises as follows:-
Organizations operating emergency generators with a rated thermal input of 20 MW or greater are required to submit GHG permit applications for all qualifying Installations without delay for the activity "Combustion of fuels in installations with a total rated thermal input exceeding 20 MW (except in installations for the incineration of hazardous or municipal waste)".
The above extract relates to GHG Permit compliance from January 2013 onwards – however the earlier legislation is still enforceable, for periods as far back as January 2005, when the EU Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) was initially transposed into local legislation.
How can the Chris Mee Group - Carbon Action help Data Centre owners and Operators?
Carbon Action can advise and assist you in making an appropriate GHG Permit application, should your facilities be above the 20 MWt threshold. We have worked with a large number of data centres in obtaining GHG Permits in the last three years. We have successfully brought those data centres into compliance and avoided enforcement action by the EPA. No enforcement actions have arisen in any case in which we have assisted data centres to achieve compliance.
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Summer UK Promotion 2017
Carbon Action have launched their UK Summer Promotion for 2017, offering up to £200 off all ISO 14064 training courses taking place in Dublin between the beginning of May and the end of September 2017
The promotion is open to all students who wish to sign-up for any of our suite of five ISO 14064 courses which are running in London this summer. Carbon Action are offering £100 off all 2-day ISO 14064 courses and £200 off all 3-day ISO 14064 courses.
The courses which are covered in this promotion include:
Normal Cost: £850
Discounted Price: £695
Upcoming Dublin course dates: See Course Page
ISO Reducing Your Carbon Emissions
Normal Cost: £850
Discounted Price: £695
Upcoming Dublin course dates: See Course Page
ISO Carbon Emission Reduction Project Expert
Normal Cost: £1,250
Discounted Price: £1,050
Upcoming Dublin course dates: See Course Page
Normal Cost: £850
Discounted Price: £750
Upcoming Dublin course dates: See Course Page
ISO Greenhouse Gas Verification (Inventories & Projects)
Normal Cost: £1,250
Discounted Price: £1,050
Upcoming Dublin course dates: See Course Page
If you would like further information relating to this offer or for any of these courses, please contact Charles Burgess charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk
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South Africa Public Courses
Upcoming ISO 14064 Carbon Courses in South Africa
Course: Carbon Footprint Measurement Course
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates: TBC
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £850
Course: Carbon Emission Reduction Basic Course
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates: TBC
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £850
Course: Carbon Emission Reduction Expert Course
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates: TBC
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £850
Course: Greenhouse Gas Validation Course
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates: TBC
Duration: 2 days
Cost: £850
Course: Greenhouse Gas Verification Course
Venue: Johannesburg, South Africa
Dates: TBC
Duration: 3 days
Cost: £1,250
Find out more about these : email charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk or telephone us today on +44 207 397 8500
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Course Developers
These courses were developed by CSA Standards and is delivered by Carbon Action. Carbon Action is a leading provider of carbon training in the UK and South Africa and has the exclusive rights to provide CSA developed training courses to ISO 14064, the ONLY globally recognised standard.
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Carbon Action - New Consultancy Services
Benchmarking Sustainable Supply Chain
The following key attributes are critical to a robust framework for developing a system for sustainable supply chains:
1. It should segment the end-to-end supply chain into a series of well-defined operational categories so that an evaluation can be made of sustainable performance throughout the supply chain. We recognise five key categories. The approach closely follows the Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model, including the plan, source, make and deliver stages, with the addition of a design product stage. The plan and source categories are further divided into strategy development and metrics-related subcategories.
2. In addition to evaluating sustainable activities within each of the supply chain operational categories, supply chain executives may be able to combine these individual scores to determine an overall sustainable supply chain evaluation score. The scoring system should allow a direct evaluation of a company's performance, as well as allow it to be benchmarked against other companies by geography, sector, supply chain type or other factors.
3. There is little merit in replicating existing collations on corporate, facility, or supply chain energy and water consumption, and emissions and waste generation. These are well accommodated by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and other schemes. Ideally, a strategy and execution focused framework should complement resource-based reporting frameworks, allowing them to be interpreted in the context of supply chain processes, throughputs and outcomes - linking resource consumption to business activities down to the facility, process and product levels.
4. Given the highly contrasting nature of resource consumption, packaging, manufacturing processes and a whole host of other factors, a statistical transformation that allows for performance data to be standardised should be developed, enabling intersector and other comparisons. This is even more significant for materials conversion yields or resource consumption rates, which are the core focus of existing rankings mentioned above.
How We Do It
- Establishing a quantitive methodology via a series of questions or other criteria on which to score performance for a series of key supply chain operational categories
- Developing a dynamic and regularly updated database of sustainable supply chain performance from large global enterprises
- Assessing and benchmarking individual companies by comparison with the database to identify areas of leadership as well as opportunities for improvement
The methodology combines strategic and metrics-focused scorecards consisting of approximately 12 questions in each of the five identified key supply chain categories. We have additionally subdivided supply chain sourcing into separate subcategories to assess the extent to which strategic planning is followed through and operationalised by the assessment of reporting metrics.
Action Plan For Sustainable Supply Chain Benchmarking
- Establish a team to develop your sustainable business value proposition. Establish executive committment and sponsorship, and ensure that your organisation is willing to commit capital to improve sustainable performance.
- Use our sustainable supply chain benchmarking and assessment toolkit to quantify your benchmarking program.
- Undertake a current-state analysis, which establishes internal performance levels as well as comparisons against peers. Peer-to-peer comparisons may be based on geography, industry or other factors, such as the supply chain model employed.
- Identify areas of good performance, and share this information internally, with partners and externally. Understand what drivers inside your organisation led to existing positive outcomes, and seek to employ similar frameworks and innovations in other areas.
- Identify areas of underperformance, and undertake root cause analysis to establish whether problems are systematic or are linked to other factors.
- Develop a phased plan with clearly specified outcomes and mileposts that link both sustainability and financial impacts. Ensure that the plan is clearly aligned with other business objectives, and where possible, seek out co-innovation with supply chain partners.
- Annually, or more frequently, track relative improvements and their financial costs, as well as re-benchmark performance against peers and the overall maturity model position.
- Ensure that your plan is focused on achieving new efficiencies and reducing risks in the current state. In addition, ensure it plans out a future that delivers improved sustainable and more general business performance through focused innovation and repositioning.
- Include a communications plan. Use it internally to share sustainable wins and to assist in employee motivation and organisational change management. Use it externally to promote new organisational sustainability credentials and to confirm reputational legitimacy.
Contact us on +44 207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk for more details on our Benchmarking Of Sustainable Supply Chain Performance services.
Waste Management
Waste reduction and management are now seen as crucial in all business sectors.
Carbon Action Waste Management Services
Our environmental consultancy waste management services include:
- Waste licence applications to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for waste handling facilities
- Waste permit applications to the local authorities
- Implementation of waste management systems
- Waste audits
- Advice on waste management and waste treatment options
Contact us on +44 207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk for more details on our Waste Management services.
IPC / IED Licensing
Carbon Action are experts in the preparation of Integrated Pollution Control / Industrial Emissions Directive (IPC / IED) Licences. Carbon Action can work in close collaboration with your managers to prepare your licence application submission and complete the process.
The aim of a licence is to prevent or reduce emissions to air, water and land, reduce waste and use energy and resources as efficiently as possible. An IPC / IED licence is a single integrated licence, and is issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. It covers all emissions from the facility, and controls the environmental management of the site and all related operations.
Carbon Action Environmental Services
Carbon Action will organise and manage for you the following:
- Permit application project management
- Site condition baseline investigations
- Completion of full IPC / IED permit applications
- Support with regulatory issues, forms and guidances
- Full site condition report services
- Follow-on support to ensure permit compliance
AER Reports
IPC / IED licence holders must submit an Annual Environmental Report (AER) to the EPA by March 31st each year. This is a report of the environmental performance of the activity for the previous year as required by the licence, along with the programme of work for the coming year to ensure compliance. Carbon Action offers independent assistance in the preparation of AERs for all businesses.
Activities That Require An IPC / IED
Categories of activity needing an IPC / IED licence include:
- Minerals and other materials
- Energy
- Metals
- Mineral fibres and glass
- Chemicals
- Intensive agriculture (poultry and pigs)
- Food and drink
- Wood, paper, textiles and leather
- Fossil fuels
- Cement
- Waste (recovery or disposal in a facility connected or associated with an IPC / IED activity)
- Surface coatings
- A wide range of "Other Activities" including testing of engines, manufacture of printed circuit boards, production of lime in a kiln and manufacture of ceramic products
EC Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industril emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)
The Industrial Emissions Directive came into force on 6th January 2011 and merges seven directives into one including the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive and Large Combustion Plant (LCP) Directive. The main thrust of the directive is to increase the use of "best available techniques" (BATs), an obligation to ensure that industrial operators use the most cost-effective techniques to achieve a high level of environmental protection. Member States of 2 years in which to implement the Directive into national legislation.
Defra is currently consulting on the implementation of the Directive in England and Wales. The consultation closed on 1st June 2012.
EC Directive 96/61 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control
The aim of the Directive is to prevent or minimise the pollution of air, land and water by potentially polluting industrial processes "so as to achieve a high level of protection for the environment as a whole". The Directive requires competent authorities to ensure that "installations are operated in such a way that all the appropriate preventative measures are taken against pollution, in particular through the application of Best Available Techniques (BAT)". In addition the Directive states that "the technical characteristics of the installation, its geographical location and the local environmental conditions" will be taken into account when setting permit conditions. This Directive is now replaced by the Industrial Emissions Directive. However, the new Directive is not yet implemented in the UK.
EC Directive 2008/1/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control
The IPPC Directive has recently been codified (Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15th January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control). The codified act includes all the previous amendments to the Directive 96/61/EC. The substance of Directive 96/61/EC has not changed and the adopted new legal act is without prejudice to the new Proposal for a Directive on Industrial Emissions. This Directive is now replaced by the Industrial Emissions Directive. However, the new Directive is not yet implemented in the UK.
Pollution Prevention and Control Act 1999
The Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2013. This Order may be cited as the Pollution Prevention and Control (Designation of Directives) (England and Wales) Order 2013 and came into force from 10th February 2013.
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 (SI 2013/390). These regulations can be cited as the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2013.
Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations (SSI 2012/360) have been published and replace the previous Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations (SSI 2000/323).
The Act implements in the UK Council Directive 96/61. This Act replaced Part 1 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990.
Pollution Prevention and Control (England and Wales) Regulation 2000 as amended
Pollution Prevention and Control (Scotland) Regulations 2000 as amended
These Regulations are the key instrument for PPC application in the UK and provide detailed regulatory requirements for IPPC control. Activities falling under the Regulations are listed in Schedule 1 to the Regulations.
Contact us on +44 207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk for more details on our IPC / IED Licensing services.
EMAS And ISO 14001
Carbon Action assist public and private sector clients in achieving the relevant ISO 14001 or EMAS standard. We assess the likely impact on your business of environmental and social issues, new regulations, consumer concerns, and supply chain issues. We then help you to develop appropriate policies and management systems to manage these business risks. Our Environmental Management Systems (EMS) team will prepare your submission and work through the management system accreditation process to help you achieve the standard.
Eco Management And Audit Scheme (EMAS) and ISO 14001
Under the EU's Eco Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), companies and other organisations commit themselves to evaluate, manage and improve their environmental performance. ISO 14001 acts as a stepping stone in moving towards EMAS.
Phased Introduction
Instead of implementing full EMS such as ISO 14001 or EMAS, some businesses prefer to achieve accreditation in a staged or phased way, minimising interruption to core activities. Phased introduction of an EMS is suitable for manufacturing SMEs and may be grant-aided. Carbon Action can assist and provide guidance on these grants. Such as EMS could also include the Green Dragon System. A phased approach to EMS typically consists of achieving the following series of levels:
- Quantifying material inputs and outputs (waste, water, air and noise emissions)
- Establishing a register of relevant environmental legislation and compliance requirements
- Identifying significant environmental impacts
- Developing and establishing an environmental programme and appropriate operational controls for site activity
- Ongoing review and modification for continuous improvement and meeting the committments laid down in a company Environmental Policy Statement
Saving Costs and Reaping Benefits
Certified systems such as EMAS or ISO 14001 may not realise tangible benefits if they are poorly set up and implemented, or merely left as a plan to gather dust on a shelf. At Carbon Action, our EMS team has extensive experience in preparing and implementing practical systems. Our goal is to facilitate the companies we work with in developing an EMS that will drive both environmental and business performances - achieving real savings and real benefits.
Contact us on +44 207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk for more details on our EMAS and ISO 14001 services.
ELRA Advisors
Carbon Action provide Environmental Liability Risk Assessments (ELRAs) by following a systematic approach to the assessment and management of environmental liabilities for full compliance with your IPC / IED and Waste Licence conditions.
- Environmental Liability Risk Assessment (ELRAs)
- Residual Management Planning (CRAMP or RMP) and
- Financial Provision (FP)
We carry out risk assessments in the initial screening of the ELRA process, helping to reduce the requirement to carry out a full ELRA and RMP reports and make financial provision. We advise high-risk facilities on how to reduce their risk profile through risk management in order to reduce the costs of making financial provisions.
The Carbon Action Benefits
Carbon Action has practical experience of delivering successful ELRA and CRAMP programmes. The benefits include:
- Reduced potential for environmental damage as the result of accidents
- Minimising residual / long-term impacts from manufacturing and waste management facilities upon closure
- Forward financial planning for environmental liabilities
- A reduction in the financial provision required
Environmental Liability Directive
Carbon Action helps companies to achieve compliance with additional ELRA requirements to each AER under the Environmental Liability Directive. The directive requires businesses to take preventative measures to avoid damage occuring, and imposes strict liability on those who cause environmental damage (damage to biodiversity and water resources and land contamination that causes significant risk of harm to human health). It covers the operation of installations under:
- The IPC / IED Directive (integrated pollution prevention and control)
- The Waste Framework Directive
- The Landfill Directive
- The Waste Incineration Directive
The Environmental Liability Directive will also apply to activities under the proposed Extractive Industry Waste Directive. Under the directive, licensees must as part of their AER (Annual Environmental Report) provide an annual statement about preventative measures and measures in place in relation to the underwriting of costs for remedial actions following anticipated events (including closure) or accidents and incidents.
Following the closure or planned stoppage for more than 6 months of all or part of a sites licensed activity, holders of IPC / IED and Waste Licenses have various responsibilities in terms of decommissioning or closing the site, and in planning this process.
Contact us on +44 207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk for more details on our Environmental Liability Risk Assessment (ELRA) services.
Environmental Impact Assessment
Carbon Action is a leading provider of Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs). These are required for certain developments as part of planning application. Carbon Action project manages the EIA process with a team of suitably qualified experts as required by the project.
Where a proposed development is found to create an adverse impact on the environment, mitigation measures will be needed to minimise this impact. Carbon Action project manages ecological survey techniques including:
- Mapping of habitats
- Identification of protected species or signs of their presence
- Providing a report of results and conclusions, with appropriate recommendations for any necessary further investigation or actions
We also ensure that the common problems found with EIA / EIS are avoided by regular quality checks and continued focus on the project.
Below Threshold Works
In some instances an Environmental Impact Assessment may not be required due to the scale and nature of the development. An environmental report or feasability study can be carried out in the early planning stages to determine the developments environmental impact at a particular site, without going into the detailed assessment required for an EIA / EIS.
Carbon Action has carried out such 'below threshold' projects using in-house suitably qualifies experts, and we also develop Environmental Reports, Environmental Risk Assessments and Feasability Studies.
Contact us on +44 207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk for more details on our Environmental Impact Assessment services.
DGSA And ADR
Dangerous Goods Safety Advisor (DGSA) and ADR
Carbon Action is a leading provider of Dangerous Goods Safety Advisors (DGSA) and ADR services. Our experts play a vital role in helping our clients to ensure safe transportation of dangerous goods by road, rail, sea and air.
Carbon Action DGSA Services
Our DGSA experts can carry out the following duties for you in relation to the transport of dangerous goods:
- Provide expert and practical advice on Road, Rail, Sea and Air transportation safety legislation
- Prepare your annual report for you as required by legislation
- Monitor procedures and practices
- Investigate and prepare reports on any accidents or emergencies
Relevant Legislation
Any business involved in activities such as the transport, or related loading or unloading of dangerous goods by road, rail, sea or air is required to appoint one or more DGSAs (part time or full time).
These advisors must be competent in the area of safe transportation by road, rail, sea or air of dangerous goods and the associated legislation. The DGSA is responsible for helping to prevent accidents to people, property and the environment from transportation activities.
ADR
- Part 1. Introduction, High level aims and duties, exemptions
- Part 2. Classification
- Part 3. The dangerous goods list (including special provisions and exemptions related to limited quantities.
- Part 4. Packing and tank provisions
- Part 5. Consignment procedures, including documentation and vehicle marking
- Part 6. Construction and testing of packagings, intermediate bulk containers (IBC), large packagings and tanks
- Part 7. Carriage, loading, unloading and handling
- Part 8. Vehicle crews, equipment, operation and documentation (including driver training)
- Part 9. Construction and approval of vehicles
Regulations 2009
The Carriage of Dangerous Goods and Use of Transportable Pressure Equipment Regulations 2009 (CDG Regs) set the legal framework in the UK.
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Find out more about this and other services, email info@carbonaction.co.uk or telephone us today on +44 207 397 8500
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EU-ETS Greenhouse Gas Permitting
What is the EU-ETS?
The EU ETS is the largest multi-country, multi-sector greenhouse gas emissions trading system in the world. It includes around 11,000 installations (excluding aviation) accounting for about 45 percent of EU carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
The European Union Emissions Trading System applies to the following business activities:
- Combustion installations with a rated thermal input exceeding 20 megawatts e.g. operating boilers, electricity generators and combined heat and power (CHP) schemes
- Metal ore (including Sulphide ore) or sintering installation
- Iron and steel businesses
- Mineral oil refineries
- Coke Ovens
- The mineral industry (cement, glass, ceramics, lime production)
- Production of pulp from timber or other fibrous materials
- Paper and board with a production capacity greater than 20 tons per day
- Nitric acid production.
What does Carbon Action do for our clients? Carbon Action assists organisations with GHG Permitting applications for submission to the environmental protection agencies. Contact us for more information on 0207 397 8500 or email info@carbonaction.co.uk
EU ETS Operational Phases
EU-ETS has three operational phases:
- Phase I (1 January 2005 to 31 December 2007) was an initial learning by doing phase and is now complete. This phase didn't cover aviation activities.
- Phase II (1 January 2008 to 31 December 2012) included revised monitoring and reporting rules, more stringent emissions caps and additional combustion sources. Aviation activities were covered from 2010.
- Phase III (1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020) brings harmonised EU allocation methodologies and covers additional greenhouse gases and emission sources. Phase III for installations also allows eligible small emitters and hospitals to choose to be excluded from certain EU ETS obligations.
EU ETS PHASE III
The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading System Regulations 2012 require all installations that carry out regulated activities to hold a greenhouse gas emissions permit or an excluded installation emissions permit. Regulated activities are any of the activities listed in Annex I to the EU ETS Directive – To download a full copy of the EU-ETS legislation CLICK HERE
The conditions of these permits require installations to monitor and report emissions from 2013 onwards in accordance with the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation. The European Commission has published Phase III guidance to help you with monitoring and reporting, verification and changes to capacity and activity levels.
In addition to this, by the end of 2013 all EU-ETS verifiers are required to apply for accreditation to ISO 14065. Carbon Action delivers the necessary ISO 14064-3 GHG Verification Training for verifiers to meet the requirements to become accredited.
Carbon Action can assist organisations with completing their GHG Permitting applications for submission to the environmental protection agencies.
Contact us for more information on +44 207 397 8500 or Email us at info@carbonaction.co.uk.
Carbon Awareness Course
Carbon Awareness Course is a popular half-day course, designed to provide attendees with a basic understanding of- carbon emissions, carbon footprinting and general climate change issues. The course starts at 8.30am and finishes at 12.30pm and is followed by an optional light lunch.
Course Details
Duration: 1/2 day
Cost: £99 (includes course notes and light refreshments)
For upcoming courses in your area or to host a private course please email charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk or call +44 207 397 8500
*** DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PRIVATE IN-HOUSE TRAINING COURSES. CONTACT CHARLES BURGESS FOR MORE DETAILS***
Target Audience
This course is aimed at two main target audiences. Firstly company directors and managers, management accountants and those with general responsibilities in the area of corporate governance. Secondly our course is aimed at those who have an interest in climate change and methods of carbon emissions reduction.
Course Objectives
This is a carbon emissions awareness course aimed at people looking for a foundation of knowledge in this sector. The course is flexible and in addition to the topics below attendees will be able to ask questions on specfic issues affecting them or on areas of particular interest to you. Attendees will be given an overview of UK and other legislation (both current and proposed). Typically attendees ask about LSE and FTSE requirements; mandatory carbon reporting; CRC; carbon trading; etc. Additional information sources and further courses will also be discussed.
Course Content
- The course will be flexible and driven to some extent by the course attendees. The course programme will cover the following topics at a minimum:
- Definition of carbon emissions
- An understanding of carbon emissions and their affect on climate change
- An outline of the UK and international legislation covering carbon emissions
- Introduction to the GHG protocol for corporate accounting and the GHG protocol for project accounting
- General introduction to carbon footprinting processes
- Carbon trading - Carbon pricing - trading mechanisms and platforms
- Legislative compliance in the FTSE, LSE and other UK contexts
- Carbon accounting and related issues for UK companies
- Related environmental issues affecting climate change
- Carbon emissions, business management and corporate governance
- Commercial opportunities from carbon projects
Please contact us now to book your place on our course
Email charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk or telephone us today on +44 207 397 8500
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How can we help our clients achieve compliance with Mandatory GHG Reporting
1. Carbon Action can advise clients on how to robustly report their GHG performance and we can further help with carbon risk mitigation by reviewing the lease arrangements of assets to proactively reduce clients’ carbon exposure by re-classifying GHG emissions from Scope 1 to Scope 3 – this will apply to buildings, vehicles, and all tangible asset classes.
2. (a) We can either build your GHG inventory or (b) educate your in-house people to robustly do this and thus save you from annual payouts to consultancies
Background
The Government are to introduce regulations on mandatory reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by LSE-quoted companies in April 2013. This reporting of GHG emissions aims to provide transparent GHG reporting such that listed companies are seen to be managing their carbon liabilities. The regulation is given legal force under Section 85 of the Climate Change Act 2008 and under section 416(4) of the Companies Act 2006 requiring the Directors’ report of a company to contain information regarding emissions of GHG for which a company is responsible. The new regulations will be introduced from April 2013 onwards with potential tightening up of these regulations from 2015.
Why is this initiative important?
(1) Government requirement soon to be enacted – thus we must measure and reduce emissions.
(2) GHG reporting is now a board room issue as many investors are concerned about carbon risks associated with large corporations, with pension trustees having a duty to consider all financially material risks and exposures of their long-term funds performance. According to a 2010 report “Carbon Risks in UK Equity Funds” (produced by WWF, Mercer and Trucost) significant improvements can be made in portfolio exposures by the relatively straightforward expedient of moving investment from poor Carbon Performers to less polluting industry, whilst for example maintaining their asset allocation to a specific sector.
What can you do about these GHG risks.
The only practical solution to prepare our businesses and sectors from these real risks is to robustly quantify existing portfolio and industry emissions. This is best done and achieves global acceptance by using the internationally recognised Greenhouse Gas Protocol and its allied international Standard ISO 14064 and conformance to the Mandatory requirements – which owe much of their construction to GHGP/ISO.
In order to manage and reduce carbon exposures Investment managers need to be aware and understand to allow them apply the ISO 14064-1 GHG Standard and the WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol for Corporate Accounting to their portfolios. This will allow managers to develop an understanding of the importance of the design and development of verifiable GHG inventories systems and procedures. This knowledge allows managers to delegate to their staffs and allow GHG practitioners to be able to apply tools, methods and other good practice guidance in the WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol for Corporate Accounting and the requirements of the ISO 14064-1 GHG Standard for the development of inventory requirements.
Responsibility for GHG emissions may also be uncertain and both the WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol for Corporate Accounting and the ISO 14064-1 GHG Standard allow for reporting to be allocated appropriately either using the Control Share approach or the Equity share consolidation methods.
Using the Control Share Consolidation approach, the organization accounts for all quantified GHG emissions from facilities over which it has financial or operational control.
The alternative approach uses Equity share, where the organization accounts for all quantified GHG emissions from respective facilities in which it has equity.
Emission types
1. Direct GHG Emissions: Emissions within company’s organizational boundary from sources that company owns or controls such as business travel in company cars.
2. Energy Indirect GHG Emissions: Emissions from the generation of imported electricity heat or steam.
3. Other Indirect GHG Emissions: Indirect GHG Emissions other than from the generation of imported electricity heat or steam.
Examples include:
• employee commuting
• outsourced activities
• contract manufacturing and franchises
• waste generated by the organization but managed by another organization
• emissions from the use and end-of-life phases of the organization’s products and services
• GHG emissions from the production of purchased raw or primary materials
The ISO 14064 GHG Standard is flexible so it can be used for different types and sizes of organizations and for different voluntary and mandatory objectives. The ISO 14064 GHG Standard can be used stand alone, but is intended to be used in accordance with established procedures from good practice guidance (e.g., API, CAPP, INGAA, IPIECA, WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol, EU-ETS, VCS, and Government Reporting requirements).
An organization reporting against ISO 14064-1 should be informed by the WBCSD/WRI GHG Protocol. In the majority of cases, an organization GHG report that meets ISO needs would also meet GHGP needs, and vice versa.
Inventory adjustment procedures are important because organizations are dynamic, operations may vary over time. To ensure a fair comparison of current GHG emissions over time it is often necessary to recalculate the base year depending on variations in the organizations, mergers, outsourcing and other structural changes which will impact the organization’s organization and operational boundaries. By implementing a standard procedure for recalculation, (i.e. what triggers a recalculation and the process to follow) organizations will create consistency and transparency in their GHG inventories.
Carbon Action are Strategic alliance Partners of the Canadian Standards Association who have developed a complete suite of training courses and seminars to equip both business leaders and GHG practitioners with the skills and tools to make sense of and fully understand the issues of GHG reporting in a verifiable and transparent way.
Contact Carbon Action charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk or on 0207 397 8500 for advice or clarification on any these issues.
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Risk Management Course
About ISO 31000 Risk Management Training Course
Risk Management Course provides knowledge and understanding to help your organisations manage their risks. It reviews how and why your organisation should develop, implement and continuously improve a framework with the purpose of integrating the process for managing risk into the overall governance, strategy and planning, management, reporting processes, policies values and culture.
Once implemented and maintained, ISO 31000 the management of risk enables your organisation to increase the likelihood of achieving objectives, encourage proactive management, be aware of the need to identify and treat risk throughout the organisation. The course teaches how improvements in the identification of opportunities and threats can be achieved as a result of having a risk management framework in place as well as ensuring that compliance with relevant legal and regulatory requirements and norms are met.
In addition it is a reliable basis for decision making and planning, improving controls, enhancing health and safety performance, as well as environmental protection, minimise losses and improve organisational resilience.
Course Details:
Duration: 2 days
Price: Available on request
Course Dates:
London, UK - "For upcoming courses in your area or to host a private course please email charlesburgess@carbonaction.co.uk or call +44 207 397 8500"
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Why you should attend this course- Key benefits are:
Who should attend this course?
- Individuals responsible for developing risk management policy.
- Individuals accountable for ensuring that risk is effectively managed.
- Individuals evaluating their organisations effectiveness in risk management.
- Developers of standards, guides, procedures and codes of practice.
Key Course Objectives
• Your organisation will have a current, correct and comprehensive understanding of its risks.
• Your organisations risk should be within its risk criteria.
• Your organisation will have the ability to utilize risk management performance assessment as an integral part of the overall organisation’s performance assessment and measurement system.
Who Should Attend
• Individuals responsible for developing risk management policy within the organisation.
• Individuals accountable for ensuring that risk is effectively managed within the organisation as a whole or within a specific area, project or activity.
• Individuals who need to evaluate their organisations effectiveness in managing risk.
• Developers of standards, guides, procedures and codes of practice that, in whole or part, set out how risk is to be managed within the specific context of risk documents.
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Energy Management Systems Implementation Course
ISO 50001 Course Overview
Based on ISO 50001:2011, the two-day Energy Management Systems Implementation course provides guidance on how to implement an energy management system. The course enables practitioners to build the necessary systems and processes to improve energy efficiency, help reduce consumption and their associated costs and improve overall energy performance in their organization's operations.
An experienced energy management practitioner will serve as expert resource and instructor as you review the requirements of the standard with a focus on the practical demands of the implementation process. Case work and provided resources will help you to gain an appreciation of the various strategies and tactics you can employ to deal with various constraints and typical roadblocks that need to be addressed during the implementation process.
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Key Benefits of ISO 50001 Training Course:
- Planning your ISO 50001 based Energy Management System.
- Evaluating available resources to support your ISO 50001 implementation
- Developing your energy policies and processes
- Defining and developing your baseline energy performance indicators
- Maximizing energy performance with best practice benchmarks and measures
Who should attend this course
- Practitioners who want to implement an energy management system.
- Those with responsibility for energy management in their organization
- Practitioners responsible for improving energy performance and energy efficiency
- Energy managers, operations managers, plant managers, facility managers
- Those responsible for coordination of specific elements or aspects of energy systems (engineering, integrated processes, and environmental)
- Energy System Auditors
- Energy Services Providers
Key Course Objectives
Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:
- Develop a plan to implement and ISO 50001 based Energy Management System
- Use provided resources to support the implementation of ISO 50001
- Develop energy policies and processes
- Define and develop baseline energy performance indicators
- Create appropriate measures and internal benchmarks for improving energy performance
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Carbon Action's Important Courses:
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Leading businesses to disclose greenhouse gas emissions
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Carbon Action – registered training provider with Engineers Ireland.
U.S. Military Forges Ahead with Plans to Combat Climate Change
Collaboration between Google Finances and CDP
US Proposal to restrict coal fired power generators’ emissions
U.K. Considers Environment Tax to Replace Carbon ‘Burden’
European Sustainable Energy Award for Prisons
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Delivering Sustainable Supply Chains
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Unavoidable European Aviation Emissions Trading
COP 17: Measuring, Reporting and Verifying Emissions Reductions
Emissions traders jailed for tax evasion
Canada withdraws from Kyoto Protocol
Carbon Action Carbon Courses Ireland and the UK
China starts carbon emission rights trading scheme
Do listed fossil fuel reserves take us to unburnable carbon?
First Energy Efficiency Performance League Table Published
Firms that voluntarily disclose GHGs
EU ETS Aviation Scheme
Policy and Corporate News
Global carbon budget
$23* For Every Ton Of Carbon Emmitted
Choosing Suppliers Based on CO2 Emissions
The European Sustainable Energy Award for Prisons
Carbon Action/CMSE Awarded European Sustainable Energy Award for Prisons Programme
Carbon Action in China
Carbon Action visit to China
The New UK CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
A career in GHG management
Carbon Reduction Commitment
What is the meant by the abbreviation CRC ?
CRC is an abbreviation for Carbon Reduction Commitment. The CRC is required under the UK Climate Change Act 2008. The CRC is a mandatory emissions trading scheme required under statute and began in April 2010. Around 20,000 organisations in the UK were affected by the new law and 5,000 organisations participated in a Carbon Reduction Commitment League Table.
What companies/organisations will be affected by the CRC?
If your organisation used more than 6,000 MWh electricity in 2008 then it is possible that your organisation will be affected by the CRC. Another way of looking at it is organisations with annual electricity bills of £ 500,000 and over will be affected. Please contact Carbon Action if you need more specific information for your own organisation.
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-Carbon Emission Training Courses in UK & Ireland
-Carbon Emission Consultancy services in UK & Ireland
What does a CRC affected organisation/company need to do to comply ?
Organisations that are affected by the CRC will have to put together an annual report detailing the exact carbon emissions of the organisation. This report must be very accurate because the Environment Agency will audit and verify one in five company reports.
Who can carry out the Carbon Emissions Report ?
Any COMPETENT Carbon Consultant can measure your carbon emissions and formulate your carbon emissions report. This is called carbon quantification.
How do I know if the consultant is competent?
All COMPETENT consultants should have had training in carbon measurement to a recognised standard such as BS ISO 14064 or the Carbon Trust Standard. Make sure you ask the consultants for a copy of their Training Certificate for your files. The Carbon consultants who formulate the report should have successfully completed an accredited Carbon Quantification Course.
What will happen if I dont formulate my report?
The organisation will be fined for every breach. The fines outlined in the Act are very high and commence at £5,000 for not formulating the report. The fines can run into significant sums depending on the carbon footprint of the organisation !
What must I do if I exceed my limits?
If your organisation exceeds imposed limits then you must purchase carbon allowances for the company excess from the Government. This requirement comes into force from April 2011.
What do you need to do now about CRC?
Many organisations have not yet considered the financial, legal compliance, audit and carbon management implications of the new law. It is therefore important that you get a clear understanding of your legal obligations and CRC commitments.
Carbon Action's Hot Courses:
-Carbon Footprint Measurement Training Courses in UK & Ireland
-Greenhouse Gas Verification Training Course in UK & Ireland
Do you need more information on CRC or the UK Climate Change Act ?
Carbon Action is a leading provider in Carbon Consultancy and Training in the UK. Our expert consultants can walk you through the process and ensure you are meeting all your legal obligations in a cost effective and practical way. Please contact us on info@carbonaction.co.uk
