Need help with CRC monitoring and reporting?

Posted March 1, 2010

The registration window for the CRC opens in April. If you are included (you'll already know if you are), there will be administrative work to complete to register your organisation and any subsidiaries. Although you won't need to submit your carbon footprint report until July next year, you need to have a system in place for monitoring energy by April. You should also do some work now to understand how many credits you’ll need to buy in the first sale in April 2011. We can help you comply in a cost effective way and ensure your CRC activities line up with your carbon management plans. We can:

  • provide support for the administrative work involved in the CRC, including registration and preparing evidence packs;
  • model the potential cashflow impact of buying credits in April 2011 and what you might gain or lose from revenue recycling through the league table;
  • provide recommendations on whether you should pursue the 'early action metrics' (the Carbon Trust Standard and your use of automatic meters) to improve your position in the league table; and
  • support your ongoing monitoring and annual reporting for the CRC.

We've given some of the upcoming key dates in the CRC below. To discuss your specific requirements or questions around the CRC, please get in touch.

Date Events
April 2010
  • Registration for Phase 1 begins
  • Qualification for Phase 2 begins
September 2010
  • Registration for Phase 1 ends
March 2011
  • Qualification for Phase 2 ends
April 2011
  • First sale of credits (at a fixed price of £12)
  • Registration for Phase 2 begins
July 2011
  • First reports to the Environment Agency on your energy use, organisational scope and carbon footprint

For a quick introduction, You and Yours on Radio 4 had a short feature on the CRC at 12.15pm on 25th February, which you can listen again to here.