06/10/2009: Report published: Guidance on carbon neutrality from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has published guidance on carbon neutrality, to provide anyone who wants to achieve carbon neutrality with the information and guidance they need to help them do so effectively.

The report follows from the “Consultation on the term ‘carbon neutral’: its definition and recommendations for good practice” earlier in the year.

The guidance sets out a three-stage process of calculating, reducing and offsetting emissions.

DECC is also publishing the summary of responses to the consultation.
These documents are available at http://www.decc.gov.uk/en/content/cms/consultations/open/carbon_neutrali...

In addition the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), in partnership with DECC, has published guidance to help organisations report on the emissions that they are responsible for.

The guidance explains how businesses and organisations can measure and report their greenhouse gas emissions as well as set targets to reduce them. It is aimed at all sizes of business as well as public and third sector organisations.

This includes two documents:

· ‘Guidance on how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions’

· ‘Small Business User Guide: Guidance on how to measure and report your greenhouse gas emissions’

These documents are available at: http://www.defra.gov.uk/environment/business/reporting/index.htm