Addressing Energy-Related Emissions

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The extreme volatility in the energy market over the past few years has caused energy prices to rise dramatically, leading to significant financial costs for businesses. At the same time, thousands of companies have begun to understand the consequences of failing to act on climate change and are subsequently setting emissions reduction targets to achieve net zero by 2050 at the latest.

These changes have led many businesses to implement energy management systems and explore options for reducing their reliance on fossil fuel-derived energy. Despite the scaling up of renewable energy generation and advances in energy storage capacity, significant barriers remain for businesses to reduce their reliance on carbon intensive energy and protect themselves from price volatility.

The UN Global Compact Network UK hosted a three-part 'Addressing Energy Related Emissions' webinar series. The series was developed to help attendees:

Take practical steps to improve energy efficiencies & productivity in buildings while reducing overall energy demand
Explore best practices for renewable energy procurement and on-site energy generation
Effectively support the increasing generation & storage capacity of renewable energies
Better understand and evaluate how they can meet their renewable electricity targets through various methods such as off-site power purchase agreements; on site self-funded generation; and green tariffs

Past Sessions

Improving Energy Efficiency

21st March 10:00 - 11:30 GMT

In this session, we focussed on business best practices for improving energy efficiency in their properties. We covered guidance from The Climate Group’s EP100 initiative and looked at the role of both property owners and building occupiers. Challenges related to retrofitting older buildings were also explored.

Speakers:

Toby Morgan, Senior Manager, Built Environment, Climate Group

Morwenna Slade
Head of Historic Building Climate Change Adaptation
Historic England

Andy Mazzucchelli
Senior Energy Manager
Landsec
Richard Eaton
Energy & Utilities Lead
NatWest Group

Increasing Renewable Energy Procurement and On-Site Renewables Generation and Storage Capacity

Thursday 19^th Sept, 10:00 – 11:30 BST

This webinar took a deeper dive into the best practices for on-site energy development and renewable energy procurement from the grid, including exploring the benefits and potential challenges of both methods in meeting company’s electricity demand. Areas of discussion included: funding models for on-site generation; the potential to participate in demand-side response; and guidance on choosing a green energy supplier.

Speakers

Tom Wigg Senior Advisor – Net Zero Carbon Buildings, UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)
Simon Shaw Sustainability Manager, Good Energy
Ethan O’Brien Operations Sustainability Director, Klockner Pentaplast

Increasing Renewables Generation and Storage Capacity Via Off-Site Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs)

Thursday 3^rd October, 10:00 – 11:30 BST

The final webinar in the series explored the use of off-site corporate power purchase agreements (PPAs) to meet increasing demand for renewable energy. This webinar supported companies to understand the types of power purchase agreements they can enter into and what they need to consider before making any related decisions. It also included an introduction from the new National Energy System Operator, setting out their plan to address some of the major blockers to renewable energy generation in the UK.

Speakers

Julian Leslie Director of Strategic Energy Planning, National Energy System Operator
Eilidh Maxwell Senior Business Analyst, Scottish Power Renewables
Natasha Luther-Jones Partner and Global Chair – Energy and Resources Sector, DLA Piper
Andreas Gunst Partner, DLA Piper
Andrei-Ciprian Pop, Procurement Business Partner, Nestlé

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SPEAKERS

Toby Morgan
Senior Manager, Built Environment
Climate Group

Morwenna Slade
Head of Historic Building Climate Change Adaptation
Historic England

Andy Mazzucchelli
Senior Energy Manager
Landsec

Richard Eaton
Energy & Utilities Lead
NatWest Group

Tom Wigg
Senior Advisor – Net Zero Carbon Buildings
UK Green Building Council (UKGBC)

Simon Shaw
Sustainability Manager
Good Energy

Ethan O’Brien
Operations Sustainability Director
Klockner Pentaplast

Julian Leslie
Director of Strategic Energy Planning
National Energy System Operator

Eilidh Maxwell
Senior Business Analyst
Scottish Power Renewables

Natasha Luther-Jones
Partner and Global Chair – Energy and Resources Sector
DLA Piper

Andreas Gunst
Partner
DLA Piper

Andrei-Ciprian Pop
Procurement Business Partner
Nestlé

Contact

For any questions about the Addressing Energy Related Emissions webinar series, please contact Justin Marshall, Project Manager - Environment.