Carbon Management

'What gets measured gets managed'. Having successfully measured your carbon emissions using the Carbon Dashboard it's time to get to grips with carbon management.

The Carbon Saver Standard™ sets out a series of qualitative criteria to show that an organisation is acting effectively to respond to climate change and manage its carbon emissions.

Assessment will be made based on the strength of evidence and site visits as required. Assessment will take into account the size of the organisation and length of time the organisation has been certified against the Carbon Saver Standard. Please see examples below.

Example A - Small organisation

A small organisation with less than £50k energy bill and in its first year of certification is likely to have less sophisticated carbon management practices than an experienced multinational. It is important to assess organisations based upon their size and the potential resources they could deploy for carbon management activities.

For example:

The person responsible for climate change matters may be the owner/proprietor of the business rather than a dedicated full time professional
Carbon data systems may be a simple spreadsheets
Investment may be limited to low capital items
Training may be on the job, rather than a structured classroom based programme, and behaviour change focused

Example B - Large organisation

A large organisation with an energy bill running into £ millions should have sophisticated carbon management practices. Again, it is important to assess organisations based upon their size and the potential resources they could deploy for carbon management activities.

For example: