Reporting Carbon Emissions

Action Sustainability, working in partnership with Build UK member the Supply Chain Sustainability School, has developed a free Carbon Calculator that enables businesses in construction to measure their carbon emissions and then share the information with their clients. Under the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting Regulations (SERC), large companies must report their scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions and are strongly encouraged to report their scope 3 carbon emissions.

With an increasing number of businesses across the sector now collecting this data, the Carbon Calculator offers a standardised solution which is already being used by UK Tier 1 Contractors including BAM, Canary Wharf Group and Willmott Dixon. Adopting it across the whole supply chain will ensure consistent, accurate and timely data, avoid unnecessary duplication and waste, and help the industry respond to the net zero challenge.

For more information on measuring carbon emissions, check out the CIP Environmental Manual.