role in launching commitment
The Carbon Trust Standard is not easy to achieve because there must have been continuous
reduction in the applicant’s carbon footprint on a like-for-like basis over three years.
be enrolled in) the Carbon Trust Local Authori- house Gas Protocol and with ISO 14064 Indirect
ties Carbon Management Programme, a emissions, which arise from outsourcing, are
scheme to assist those organisations in within scope 3 of the GHG Protocol and are
rationalising their carbon usage. not covered.”
To all intents and purposes, therefore, the Trust
is probably qualified to set up as a standards-
issuing authority. But what of the CTS itself?
No lower limits on CTS
We turned to Harry Morrison, who heads the Many of the carbon reduction initiatives cur-
team managing the Standard, for his ‘take’ on rently in place in the UK have a threshold be-
the concept. “It is the first certification low which they do not need to be implemented
scheme or award for organisations which by an organisation.
demonstrate that they can measure, manage In the case of Display Energy Certificates,
and reduce their carbon footprint. for example, 1000 square metres of qualifying
“We think that the stance is distinctive be- floor area is the criterion, while the installa- Opposite: The Manchester
cause it focuses on actions that organisations tion of Half Hourly Meters and 6 million KWh Airports Group, which includes
have already taken, and on a quantitative re- of electricty consumption passing through the airports of Bournemouth,
duction of their emissions. No less important, them is the entry point for the Carbon Reduction East Midlands and Humberside,
it is tough to achieve because there must have Commitment, or CRC. has ambitions to have carbon
been continuous reduction in the carbon foot- There are no similar restrictions applied to neutral site operations by 2015.
print on a like-for-like basis for three years.” the Carbon Trust Standard, which is available The Standard has been a positive
to large and small organisations across the boost to show it is on the right
More complex than it appears
private and public sectors. As Mr Morrison track to delivering that aim.
noted, “We are trying to encourage small busi-
The CTS relates specifically to an organisa- nesses with only a few tonnes to apply for the Below: Morrisons Plc is a large CTS
tion’s consumption of fuel, gas and electric- Standard to show that they can measure and holder which falls within the CRC.
ity. But that definition is not quite as straight- save carbon too.” It has taken radical steps to reduce
forward as it might at first seem. The fact that the Carbon Trust had been talk- carbon, including the building of
The calculation of fuel consumption relates ing in terms of participants demonstrating a energy-efficient properties such as
only to vehicles which the CTS participant three-year track record in reducing carbon must its 'BREEAM excellent' rated store
actually owns. It specifically does not include surely prevent most SMEs from qualifying in at Kidderminster.
situations where the party outsources its
logistics to specialists. That would be the
case, for example, with the largest supermar-
ket chains which have long-term contracts
with vehicle fleet operators.
Were the organisation only a fraction of the
size, and it felt that outsourcing transport was
unnecessary, fuel consumption would be cal-
culated into its footprint. This would be a dis-
proportionate imposition on the smaller busi-
ness, whose management would have another
responsibility added to their workload.
Harry Morrison resolved that apparent para-
dox. “The CTS is concerned primarily with
emissions over which the participant can ex-
ercise control. That approach is consistent
with international best practice, with report-
ing scope 1 and 2 emissions under the Green-
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