1. BCSD
SME Workshop
23rd June 2011
Warren McIntyre
Low Carbon Collaborations Manager – Scotland
The Carbon Trust
2. The Carbon Trust & Our
Mission
The Carbon Trust is a private company set up by
Government in response to the threat of climate
change.
We are driven by a mission to:
Accelerate the move to a low carbon economy
by:
– Helping organisations reduce their carbon
emissions and;
– Develop commercial low carbon technologies.
3. How can the Carbon Trust
help?
Advice: On-Site & Telephone
Web Tools
Publications
Carbon Reduction Workshops
Carbon Management Plan assistance
4. Advice: On-site and Telephone
Reduced energy bills by £34 - £43 million
pounds in 2009/10.
Energy spend >£30k – on site energy survey
by Carbon Trust.
Between £5K-30K telephone support,
publications, online tools.
Tel 0800 085 2005
5. SME Carbon Management
Programme
Benefits of Carbon Management Programme
Motivation for organisations
What the programme delivers
Timeline of programme and support provided.
6. Benefits of Carbon Management
It engages with Senior Management by
addressing a number of key corporate
challenges
Regulation
…. leads to Senior
Management commitment
- Robust policy framework
- Leadership
- Cost effective Action plans
Costs Carbon Management …. Delivering
- Reduced cost
- Compliance
- Enhanced reputation
- Local leadership
Reputation
Leadership
7. Enhanced Reputation
Easily accessible information for Environmental
Reporting
Assists with customer requests for info’ on
environmental performance / credentials.
Improve standing with local community, partners
and stakeholders
Help increase staff motivation and morale
8. Benefits of programme
Tried and tested structured approach
Financial savings
Risk avoidance (e.g. increasing utility costs /
procurement requirements)
Opportunity to learn from others
Early action allows additional time to develop
9. The Programme Delivers
Senior management backing for the programme at
the top of the organisation
Understanding of your current energy usage and
emissions and setting of firm, stretching reduction
targets
Prioritisation of opportunities for improvement
Integrated governance of existing energy
management initiative to ‘sweat’ them for
maximum benefit
Positioning for a further generation of initiatives
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Setting long-term carbon saving plans and delivering quick results
Setting long-term carbon saving plans and delivering quick results
10. Carbon Trust seeks Carbon Management
formal commitment For Smaller Businesses
and ‘signs up’
participants Participant begins internal
preparation: securing resource,
Participants
and identifying information
organised into
regional cohorts sources
Develop baseline using
tools as provided
Starter
Pack Identify and qualify opportunities for
1. Planning, Vision
short and long term emissions
and Scope
reduction
Cohort kick-off Project plan Finalise
and quantification
Baseline 2. Baseline
Baseline complete
Workshop
Prepare Carbon
3. Opportunities Management Plan
Opportunities Workshop Case for Action
Cohort Event
Participant Event/Document 4. Prepare Carbon Management Plan
Draft CMP Final CMP
5. Implementation
Month 1 Month 2 Month 3 Month 4 Month 5 10
email and
telephone support
11. CONTENTS
CMP Template Foreword from Chief Executive/managing Director
Foreword from the Carbon Trust
Executive Summary
Describing the organisation’s required end- 1 Introduction and Context
state 1.1 Context and drivers for Carbon Management
2 Carbon Management Strategy
Complementary to the baseline spreadsheet
tool: describing the effect of the plan on 2.2 Our low carbon vision
Business as usual emissions and financial 2.3 Strategic themes
P
forecasts 2.4 Targets and objectives
3 Emissions Baseline and Projections)
M
Summarising the actions/projects planned to 3.1 Scope
achieve the target state of the organisation 3.2 Baseline
including strategic, policy-based and 3.3 Projections and Value at Stake
C
technical projects across the agreed scope)
4 Carbon Management Projects
4.1 Existing projects
Describing how the management of the
projects, opportunities will be funded and 4.2 Planned / funded projects
managed through to benefits realisation and 4.3 Near term projects
how what organisational and process changes 4.4 Medium to long term projects
will be implemented to maintain a corporate
4.5 Projected achievement towards target
control on the long term reduction in
emissions 5 Implementation
5.1 Financing
5.2 Governance for Implementation
One one-page plan summary with financing,
timescales, impact for each opportunity
5.3 Resource Commitment
according to a defined template format 5.4 Implementation Plan
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Appendix A: Definition of Projects
