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CBAM and imports

UK CBAM: HMRC says Carbon Price Relief must use the same emissions as your CBAM report, default or actual

HMRC's 2 November update to its Carbon Price Relief guidance ties the relief to the emissions method you report on. What changed, a worked steel example on both routes, and what importers should do before 1 January 2027.

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Biodiversity net gain now mandatory for nationally significant infrastructure projects: what changes from 2 November 2026

Big energy, transport and water projects in England applying for development consent must now deliver a 10% biodiversity gain. What Defra's rules say, who they reach and how nature sits beside carbon.

Climate risk and nature

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Government carbon value is £317 a tonne in 2026: what DESNZ's updated appraisal guidance means for public sector bids

DESNZ restated its carbon values in 2025 prices and added guidance on time-of-use electricity and traded emissions. What a tonne is worth in a public sector business case, with a worked heat pump example.

Energy and the grid

Essential reading

The guides that answer the questions most people start with.

  1. Scope 1, 2 and 3 explained
  2. Carbon Reduction Plans and PPN 006
  3. SECR reporting
  4. How to calculate your footprint
  5. Claiming back Climate Change Levy
  6. UK carbon conversion factors 2026

SECR and company reporting

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Only 782 heat networks have registered with Ofgem: who must register by 26 January 2027

Ofgem's first monthly count shows about 5.5% of an estimated 14,000-plus heat networks registered, and it warns of enforcement. Who counts as a heat network, what to do before the deadline, and how the same fuel facts feed your carbon report.

Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders

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PPN 026 guidance: central government social value is jobs and skills from January, and carbon moves outside it

The Cabinet Office published guidance for PPN 026 on 28 October 2026. From 1 January 2027 the Social Value Model has no carbon outcome, but buyers can still score carbon separately and PPN 006 Carbon Reduction Plans are unchanged above £5 million a year. What changes in your bids.

NHS suppliers

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Care providers: Carbon Reduction Plans for NHS-funded care

When care homes and home care agencies need a Carbon Reduction Plan or a Net Zero Commitment, and what their footprint looks like.

CBAM and imports

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Budget 2026: CBAM to cover refined fuels, Landfill Tax rises and energy from waste stays out of the UK ETS

The Budget sets country-specific UK CBAM default values from 2029, consults on adding petrol, diesel and jet fuel to CBAM until 20 January 2027, raises Landfill Tax to £136.70 a tonne from April 2027, delays energy from waste in the UK ETS and makes recycled plastic certification mandatory for Plastic Packaging Tax from 2030.

Energy and the grid

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Britain's biggest substation for a Teesside AI data centre: what 3.2 GW means in electricity and carbon

National Grid has agreed to buy land at Dorman Point for a giant substation next to a planned AI data centre. Our calculation of what up to 3.2 GW would use and emit, and what the new draft planning policy for data centres asks of them.

Climate Change Levy

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Budget 2026 and business energy: BICS funded, Climate Change Levy on electricity frozen, Carbon Price Support to go

Up to 25% off electricity for over 10,000 manufacturers from April 2027, the CCL electricity rate frozen from April 2028, Carbon Price Support removed, the Gas Shipper Obligation scrapped and no new policy costs on bills until 2027. What each means for your bills, and why none changes your carbon footprint.

    Climate risk and nature

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    ISSB proposes nature-related reporting requirements: what it means for suppliers

    The ISSB's draft nature Practice Statement is open for comment until 19 February 2027. It is voluntary unless adopted, but customers may ask suppliers about water, waste and sites.

    Around the world

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    US proposes looser methane rules and MEPs back a three-year EU delay: what it means for UK gas emissions

    EPA has proposed rolling back its 2024 oil and gas methane standards and the European Parliament wants importers' methane checks pushed to 2031. Neither is final. Why methane matters, how much UK gas comes from the US, and why your 2026 gas factor doesn't change.

    How to

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    State of the Cryosphere 2026: overshoot to 3°C could release up to 230 billion tonnes CO2e from permafrost. What it means for your business

    ICCI and UNEP find overshooting 1.5°C would cause large, often permanent ice loss. Our comparison of the permafrost figures with UK emissions, what changes for a business (nothing in the rules) and a worked 10% cut.

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