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Streamlined Energy and Carbon Report (SECR)
UK ENERGY USE AND ASSOCIATED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Current UK based annual energy usage and associated annual greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions are reported pursuant to the Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018 (“the 2018 Regulations”) that came into force 1 April 2019.
ORGANISATIONAL BOUNDARY
Energy use and associated GHG emissions are reported across the Group as defined by the operational control approach. This includes operations in the UK, Channel Islands (‘North West’), Belgium (‘West’) and across Estonia, Finland, Poland, Sweden, Turkey & Spain (‘North East’). This exceeds the minimum mandatory requirements set out in the 2018 Regulations for ‘large unquoted companies’, which only require reporting of UK based energy use and emissions.
REPORTING PERIOD
The annual reporting period is 1st January to 31st December each year and the energy and carbon emissions are aligned to this period.
QUANTIFICATION AND REPORTING METHODOLOGY
The data was prepared with reference to the 2019 UK Government Environmental Reporting Guidelines and the
GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard (revised edition). Emissions calculations were based on emission factors published in the 2023 UK Government GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting, Statistics Finland Fuel Classification 2023, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Emission Factors 2022, and the latest available factors from the Association of Issuing Bodies (2022), Jersey Electricity and Guernsey Electricity. The report has been reviewed independently by Briar Consulting Engineers Limited. Electricity and gas consumption were based on invoice records, consumption data and estimation techniques such as the direct comparison and pro-rata extrapolation to complete missing data. Transport usage was calculated from a combination of mileage and fuel records; however, outside the UK and Channel Islands, transport fuel is included with other site fuel usage associated with stationary assets. Gross calorific values were used except for mileage energy calculations as per Government GHG Conversion Factors.
The emissions are divided into mandatory and voluntary emissions according to the 2018 Regulations, then further divided into the direct combustion of fuels and the operation of facilities (scope 1), indirect emissions from purchased electricity (scope 2) and further indirect emissions that occur as a consequence of company activities but occur from sources not owned or controlled by the organisation (scope 3).
Board members and Ronez MD Mike Osborne on site in Jersey