Streamline Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR) is a UK Regulatory compliance requirement for organisations above a certain size or with a certain balance sheet value requiring them to disclose energy and carbon emissions in their annual report.

The Legislation

The background legislation to SECR comes from two sources:

Companies Act 2006 (Strategic Report and Directors’ Report) Regulations 2013;

and

The Companies (Directors’ Report) and Limited Liability Partnerships (Energy and Carbon Report) Regulations 2018:

Which organisations are affected?

All quoted companies;

Large unquoted Companies (including charitable companies); and

Large Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs).

‘Large’ is defined by the Companies Act 2006 as being one which has two of the following::

250 or more employees;

A Balance Sheet total of £18M or more;

A financial turnover of £36M or more.

Excluded Companies and Organisations

Companies incorporated outside the UK;

Low Energy Users;

If disclosure would be seriously prejudicial to the Company’s interests; and

Where it is not practical to obtain the data.

What needs to be reported

Direct Greenhouse gas Emissions from activities owned and/or controlled by the organisation;

Indirect Greenhouse gas emissions from purchased electricity and heat, etc.;

Other indirect emissions from activities not owned or controlled by the organisation;

Intensity Ratios of the energy used;

Energy efficiency actions undertaken; and

Methodologies used

How West London Energy Assessors can help.

The SECR process is well established, but if required West London Energy Assessors (WLEA) can provide guidance on:

Data collection and validation;

Conversion of collected data into measures of carbon;

Report content.

WLEA has supported and supplied energy management and reporting guidance to a broad range of businesses ranging across heavy industry, manufacturing, transport, and the service sectors.