Compliance

At the Hub we aim to provide organisations with independent advice, news and information on UK energy efficiency and carbon reporting legislation. Stay up to date with SECR, ESOS and other mandatory compliance schemes here.

Does your commercial building meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards?

Does your commercial building meet the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards?

Changes to the Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards will come into force on 1st April – rendering non-domestic buildings unlettable unless they have an EPC...

Reporting transport energy consumption: getting started

Many businesses need to report on their transport energy consumption because of mandatory schemes such as the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) and Streamlined Energy and Carbon...

How to report staff EV and hybrid mileage under SECR

Our recent post on staff mileage and SECR explained how to calculate your employees’ emissions when they are driving a petrol or diesel vehicle for work...
What are the routes to ESOS compliance? Here we list the four routes that are currently valid at the time of writing (March 2022).

Routes to ESOS compliance

We are currently in Phase 3 of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), which ends in December 2023. At the time of writing (Dec...
Waste may not be a priority within your company’s net zero or ESG strategy, but taking control of this can pay green & financial dividends

Why waste should be a key part of your ESG strategy

Waste may not yet be a priority within your company’s net zero or ESG strategy, but taking control of this surprisingly impactful stream can...
P375

What is “P375” and what does it mean for battery storage?

What is "P375" and what does it mean for the future of battery storage? The introduction of modification P375 has been seen by many across...
Government outlines new corporate sustainability reporting rules in a bid to weed out greenwashing. Click the link for more details...

Government outlines new corporate sustainability reporting rules to tackle greenwashing

The Treasury has set out new plans which will require some large businesses to disclose their environmental impact, in a bid to weed out greenwashing.
The Treasury has published its Green Finance Roadmap, but what do the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements mean for UK businesses?

SDR: what do the Sustainability Disclosure Requirements mean for UK businesses?

Since 2019, the government has been working on ways to use the finance sector as a driver for the green transition. Some policies may...
The government has published plans to set stronger standards for the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), here are the key changes...

Government confirms plans to strengthen ESOS scheme: what’s changing?

The government has published plans to set stronger standards for the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS), aligning it more closely with the UK’s net...
Almost 30,000 companies, worth US$24.5 trillion, failed to respond to environmental disclosure requests from the organisation.

CDP report finds 29,500 companies ignoring environmental disclosure

A new report from CDP, a charity that sets the ‘gold standards’ for global disclosure systems, found almost 30,000 companies, worth US$24.5 trillion, failed...

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