https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog News on UK carbon reporting rules and practical answers for small businesses. en-GB https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/water-use-carbon-footprint https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/water-use-carbon-footprint Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 water supply and wastewater factors, which scope they sit in, a worked example and why hot water matters more. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/plastic-packaging-tax-carbon https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/plastic-packaging-tax-carbon Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 rate, who registers, the April 2027 changes and where plastic packaging sits in your Scope 3 footprint. 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Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/green-claims-code-small-business https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/green-claims-code-small-business Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The CMA's six principles in plain English, the claims small firms get wrong, supplier claims you repeat, and the 10% fines. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/green-claims-net-zero-target-wording https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/green-claims-net-zero-target-wording Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What the CMA and the ASA say about net zero claims, risky wording and safer versions, and why a factor drop isn't your progress. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/agency-consultancy-carbon-footprint https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/agency-consultancy-carbon-footprint Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Counting commuting, homeworking, travel and bought-in freelancers for an agency or consultancy, with a worked example and where to cut. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/event-conference-carbon-footprint https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/event-conference-carbon-footprint Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What to include in an event footprint, how to collect the data, and a worked example for a one-day, 200-person conference. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/msp-carbon-footprint https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/msp-carbon-footprint Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The carbon questions MSP customers ask, how to work out one customer's share, and why resold hardware matters. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/care-provider-carbon-reduction-plan https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/care-provider-carbon-reduction-plan Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT When care homes and home care agencies need a Carbon Reduction Plan or a Net Zero Commitment, and what their footprint looks like. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/haulage-tonne-km-emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/haulage-tonne-km-emissions Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT How to give each customer their share of your fleet's emissions per tonne-km, with chilled loads, subcontracted legs and a worked example. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/restaurant-cafe-carbon-footprint https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/restaurant-cafe-carbon-footprint Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT How to count the food and drink you buy, kitchen gas, refrigerant and food waste, with a worked example for a 40-cover restaurant. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/cleaning-company-carbon-footprint https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/cleaning-company-carbon-footprint Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a cleaning firm's footprint is made of, how to count chemicals and consumables from spend, and a worked example. 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Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/what-is-co2e https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/what-is-co2e Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Carbon dioxide equivalent in plain English: global warming potentials, the 2026 values for methane, nitrous oxide and refrigerants, and a worked example. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/uk-grid-carbon-intensity-trend https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/uk-grid-carbon-intensity-trend Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The government's UK electricity factor for every year since 2019, why it falls, why it sometimes rises, and what the 2026 method change did. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/ccs-framework-carbon-reduction-plan https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/ccs-framework-carbon-reduction-plan Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT When a CCS (now GCA) framework needs a PPN 006 plan, what is checked at award and call-off, and why plans fail. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/secr-llp https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/secr-llp Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which LLPs must report, the separate energy and carbon report, who approves and signs it, and a worked example. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/tnfd-nature-reporting-small-business https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/tnfd-nature-reporting-small-business Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What TNFD and the LEAP approach ask, what is and isn't required in the UK, and where nature and carbon reporting overlap. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/climate-risk-small-suppliers-tcfd https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/climate-risk-small-suppliers-tcfd Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Physical and transition risks, the four TCFD pillars, and a one-page answer for a customer's climate risk question. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/uk-srs-s2-suppliers https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/uk-srs-s2-suppliers Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT How UK SRS S2's Scope 3 rules shape the data listed customers ask for, and a checklist for your reply. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/transition-plan-small-business https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/transition-plan-small-business Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What a climate transition plan is, who has to have one in 2026, and how a Carbon Reduction Plan gets a small firm most of the way there. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/multi-site-franchise-carbon-reporting https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/multi-site-franchise-carbon-reporting Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Choosing a boundary, who reports a franchise's emissions, collecting data site by site, and group rules for SECR and PPN 006. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/supplier-science-based-target-request https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/supplier-science-based-target-request Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why customers ask, what the SBTi criteria actually require of suppliers, and the target a small firm can set. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/net-zero-vs-carbon-neutral https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/net-zero-vs-carbon-neutral Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What each term means, which standard sits behind it, and what a small firm can safely say. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/insetting-vs-offsetting https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/insetting-vs-offsetting Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Why a cut made with a supplier or haulier lowers your Scope 3 and a bought credit doesn't, with a worked example. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/woodland-carbon-code-peatland-code https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/woodland-carbon-code-peatland-code Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Pending and verified units, what they cost, how to report them and what you can say after buying them. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-offsets-vs-removals https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-offsets-vs-removals Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The difference between avoidance credits and removals, why only removals count at net zero, and how either is reported. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reporting-in-claude-chatgpt-copilot https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reporting-in-claude-chatgpt-copilot Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Connect your AI assistant to your Carbon Recycling account and it can read your footprint and enter data from bills and spreadsheets for you. Carbon Recycling news https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/green-tariff-location-vs-market-based https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/green-tariff-location-vs-market-based Sun, 18 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The two Scope 2 figures, what REGOs do, and which number goes in your Carbon Reduction Plan. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/restate-carbon-baseline https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/restate-carbon-baseline Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT When an acquisition, a sale, a better method or an error means recalculating your carbon baseline, and when it doesn't. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/purchased-goods-services-emissions-small-business https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/purchased-goods-services-emissions-small-business Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What goes in Scope 3 category 1, the four calculation methods, and a worked example showing which purchases matter most. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/free-carbon-reduction-plan-checker-launched https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/free-carbon-reduction-plan-checker-launched Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Three questions about your customer and contract tell you whether PPN 006 or the NHS rules mean you need a plan. Free, no sign-up. Carbon Recycling news https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/spend-based-scope-3-uk-multipliers https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/spend-based-scope-3-uk-multipliers Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Turn your purchase ledger into a Scope 3 estimate with Defra's spend-based emissions multipliers: what to leave out, a worked example and how to improve it. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/electric-vehicle-charging-emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/electric-vehicle-charging-emissions Wed, 14 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which scope EV charging goes in, the 2026 per-mile factors next to petrol and diesel, and how to avoid counting depot charging twice. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/refrigerant-leaks-scope-1 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/refrigerant-leaks-scope-1 Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Kilograms topped up times the 2026 factor for the gas, where your F gas records come in, and why one leak can outweigh a year of electricity. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/homeworking-emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/homeworking-emissions Tue, 13 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 homeworking factor per full-time-equivalent hour, what it covers, a worked example for a hybrid team, and where it sits in Scope 3. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/business-flights-radiative-forcing https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/business-flights-radiative-forcing Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What radiative forcing is, how much it adds to the 2026 flight factors, and the 8% distance mistake to avoid. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/hotel-stay-emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/hotel-stay-emissions Mon, 12 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Room nights times the government factor for the country: the 2026 figures, a worked example, and the mistakes to avoid. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reporting-deadlines-2027 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reporting-deadlines-2027 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT CBAM, UK SRS, Simpler Recycling, the new NHS rules, ESOS and your own SECR and Carbon Reduction Plan dates, on one page. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/pas-2060-withdrawn-iso-14068 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/pas-2060-withdrawn-iso-14068 Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT PAS 2060 has gone and ISO 14068:2026 replaced it. The dates, what changed, and whether a small business should claim carbon neutral at all. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/uk-cbam-2027-suppliers https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/uk-cbam-2027-suppliers Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Which goods are covered, who registers at £50,000, the key dates, and what suppliers of steel, aluminium and cement will be asked. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/secr-reform-2026 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/secr-reform-2026 Wed, 07 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The directors' report is going, a DESNZ review of SECR and ESOS is coming, and today's thresholds still apply. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/is-carbon-reporting-mandatory-for-uk-smes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/is-carbon-reporting-mandatory-for-uk-smes Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What the law requires, where tenders and customers make it a condition of winning work, and what is changing. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/supplier-carbon-data-requests https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/supplier-carbon-data-requests Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Standard carbon data requests, the ones worth questioning, and how to respond without refusing outright. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/answer-customer-carbon-questionnaire https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/answer-customer-carbon-questionnaire Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Model answers to the common questions, and what to write when you don't have the figures yet. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reduction-plan-template-word https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reduction-plan-template-word Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Yes. What the plan must contain whatever the format, tips for writing it in Word, and whether to publish a PDF. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/do-small-companies-need-secr https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/do-small-companies-need-secr Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Almost never. The three SECR tests, the 2025 size change trap, and who asks small firms for the same figures anyway. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reduction-plan-cost https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/carbon-reduction-plan-cost Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Doing it yourself, per-report software, subscriptions and consultants, with published prices and the yearly cost. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/why-carbon-footprint-dropped-2026 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/why-carbon-footprint-dropped-2026 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The 2026 electricity factor fell sharply. A worked example that separates the factor change from your own savings. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/nhs-supplier-roadmap-april-2027 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/nhs-supplier-roadmap-april-2027 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Global boundaries and all relevant Scope 3 for larger contracts and new frameworks, and what to start gathering now. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/nhs-evergreen-level-1 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/nhs-evergreen-level-1 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The three things Level 1 needs, in plain English, and a checklist to finish before an NHS Supply Chain tender closes. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/ppn-006-vs-ppn-06-21 https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/ppn-006-vs-ppn-06-21 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT The new note side by side with the old one, and the few things to update in a plan written under PPN 06/21. News and rule changes https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/waste-emissions-from-waste-contractor-data https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/waste-emissions-from-waste-contractor-data Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Tonnes by waste stream and disposal route, the 2026 waste factors, and what to do when you only know the number of bin lifts. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/employee-commuting-emissions-sample-survey https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/employee-commuting-emissions-sample-survey Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Survey a sample, scale it up to your headcount, add homeworking, and explain the method in your plan. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/company-car-grey-fleet-emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/company-car-grey-fleet-emissions Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Litres or miles, which 2026 car factor to use, and why company cars are Scope 1 but employees' own cars are Scope 3. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/gas-meter-reading-to-kwh-and-co2e https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/gas-meter-reading-to-kwh-and-co2e Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Metric and imperial meters, the volume correction factor, calorific value and the 2026 gas factor, with a worked example. Working out your emissions https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/choose-carbon-baseline-year https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/choose-carbon-baseline-year Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Choosing a baseline year you can evidence, filling gaps honestly, and when to recalculate it later. Reporting basics https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/who-signs-carbon-reduction-plan https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/who-signs-carbon-reduction-plan Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT A director, on behalf of the board or equivalent management body, with a date. No auditor or consultant signature is needed. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/publish-carbon-reduction-plan-on-website https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/publish-carbon-reduction-plan-on-website Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Where the plan should live, what the page needs to show, and how to keep the link working when you update it each year. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/ppn-006-scope-3-categories https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/ppn-006-scope-3-categories Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT Categories 4, 5, 6, 7 and 9 in plain English, with a worked example for a 25-person firm using the 2026 government factors. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/write-carbon-reduction-plan-without-consultant https://carbonrecycling.co.uk/blog/write-carbon-reduction-plan-without-consultant Tue, 06 Oct 2026 08:00:00 GMT What PPN 006 actually requires, what you need to collect, and the few places where outside help is worth paying for. Carbon Reduction Plans and tenders