CSR Tip of the Week: Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC)
The carbon reduction commitment was created by Defra in order to reduce businesses carbon emissions. The scheme will be put in to place in January 2010 and will impose fines on any business or organisation that fulfils the entry criteria but does not participate or comply fully.
If your organisation, including any parent company and subsidiaries, spends more than £500,000 a year on electricity then you’re likely to be included. The proposed annual consumption threshold is over 6GWh across all of your half hourly metered sites.
Although the CRC doesn’t start until 2010, you will be expected to submit your company details, including records of 2008′s energy consumption (this includes all energy sources) in 2009. Organisations will have to confirm to Defra whether or not they will be liable for CRC.
For more information about the carbon reduction commitment, go to http://www.decc.gov.uk
