Could you be caught out by SECR Reporting?

What is SECR?

In short, the legislation requires organisations with two out of three of the above factors to annually report their energy consumption and carbon emissions within the business. This requires a lot of time to be able to ensure accurate readings.  

SECR Elegibility

Two of the following factors:

• More than 250 employees

• Greater than £36 million in annual revenue
• A balance sheet greater than £18 million

What needs to be reported for SECR

The legislation is fairly complex, but the following factors must be reported for SECR: 

• Scope 1 and 2 emissions 

• Some travel-related Scope 3 emissions 

• Associated energy and fuel data 

• Previous year’s figures 

• Energy efficiency actions 

• Intensity ratio 

• Methodology  

Failure to comply with SECR

Failing to complete the reporting requirements can lead to large fines or prison sentences for company directors responsible of submitting the annual reports.  

Most businesses are fairly well placed to report on the Electricity and Gas consumption, after all it is on their bills or contained in their half hourly data feed, but how does a business report on its energy usage in transport, grey fleet or even plant and machinery? 

Going digital is the solution

You’re not in this alone! Imagine having some support with your reporting, to save the manual paperwork and the administration time. The perfect solution for this it to implement a telematics system onto your fleet of vehicles, that will provide useful data to assist with your reporting.  

The ABAX Triplog can provide data around: 

• Fleet efficiency 

• Fuel consumption reduction 

• Reporting Co2 emissions 

• Vehicle tracking 

• Fleet management – monitoring vehicle usage 

• Driving behaviour 

• Grey fleet management 

It is important to note that the annual reporting must be completed in the same format every year, so a change from a manual process to an electronic process is accepted by the auditors, however it is difficult to reverse from an electronic process back to a manual one, as it is therefore deemed inaccurate.   

ABAX are not tax advisors. It is therefore recommended that you contact your tax advisor to understand the many exclusions to the legislation.