Carbon and ESG regulation is not always obvious. Yet tens of thousands of UK businesses are already required to report some form of sustainability data. This course will help you to identify which business activities might require sustainability information whilst learning how to comply using data that already exists within your business. You’ll learn why carbon (including Scope 3) and ESG reporting doesn’t have to be a headache.
Who should attend?
If you are a business owner/director - or in charge of Finance, Compliance or Sustainability - and your business is involved in one or more of the following activities, this course is for you:
- Streamline Energy and Carbon Reporting (SECR): Applying to quoted companies or large unquoted companies or LLPs meeting at least two of the following criteria: >250 employees; turnover > £36 million; balance sheet total > £18 million
- Selling to the UK government or local authorities (PPN 06/21 form)
- In the supply chain of a large corporate
- Seeking (re)financing
- Raising external capital
- Seeking SBTi accreditation
- Corporate clients or investors asking for sustainability data (including via CDP)
Course Content
- Overview of the business activities that are most likely to trigger a sustainability disclosure compliance event.
- Basic understanding of the data requirements for each.
- Likely consequences of non-compliance.
- How to best prepare your business from a data collection and reporting perspective.
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the sustainability disclosure compliance trigger events.
- Understand how best to prepare your business for sustainability disclosures.
- Understand the risk and consequences of non-compliance.
Who is delivering the session?
The BVRLA has partnered with ESG expert Jamie Craze at Omnevue to provide an insightful online session with takeaway resources for you and your business.
Jamie is an ESG Specialist at Omnevue. He holds an MSc in Climate Change Finance and Investment from the University of Edinburgh Business School, where his research focused on carbon and sustainability reporting in private businesses. Before joining Omnevue, Jamie was responsible for analysing ESG credit factors within corporates and financial institutions at S&P Global.
Duration
10am - 11am
Cost
*Book your spaces 2 weeks or more in advance of the course date and receive a £100 discount on the course fee*
Instructor-led Online Price:
Member Fee £299 + VAT (Full Price £199 + VAT less than 2 weeks before the course date)
Non-Member Fee £199 + VAT (Full Price £299 + VAT less than 2 weeks before the course date)
2025 Pricing
*Book your spaces 2 weeks or more in advance of the course date and receive a £100 discount on the course fee*
Member Fee £329 + VAT (Full Price £429 + VAT less than 2 weeks before the course date)
Non-Member Fee £629 + VAT (Full Price £529 + VAT less than 2 weeks before the course date)
Cancellation Policy
Requests for cancellation of a training course booking must be received in writing via email to [email protected] for the attention of the Learning and Development Professional. Requests for cancellation received more than 30 days prior to the course start date incur an administrative charge for the processing of the refund at the rate of 25% of the course fee. Requests for cancellation received more 15-30 days prior to the course start date incur an administrative charge for the processing of the refund at the rate of 50% of the course fee. There is no refund on cancellations made 14 days or less prior to the course start date as there is an impact on other delegates who have booked to attend and could result in the course being cancelled overall.
Postponements
Postponement of attendance from one course to a later course can be requested in writing as per the cancellations policy above to training @bvrla.co.uk. Requests to postpone more than 30 days prior to the course start date will incur an administration charge of £35 + VAT. Requests to postpone more 15-30 days prior to the course will incur an administration charge of £70 + VAT. Requests to postpone 14 days or less prior to the course will be treated as a cancellation, with no refund payable.
Substitutions
You can request the substitution of a delegate for another in writing as per the cancellations policy above to [email protected]. There is no charge for this. Requests for substitution must be made no later than one business day prior to the scheduled course start date.
Please note that photographs and/or footage will be taken throughout this training course. These will be used by the BVRLA for marketing and publicity in our publications, on our website and social media platforms.
If you would not like to be included in any photographs or footage please let us know by emailing [email protected].