UK organisations need to measure fleet emissions for Sustainability Disclosure Requirements
Vehicle carbon reporting will soon be mandatory for companies, but most are ill-equipped to meet their obligations.
UK Sustainability Disclosure Requirements [SDR] will come into effect on 1st January 2026. This leaves a little over 12 months for organisations that need to comply to prepare climate impacts, including fleet emissions.
The goal of SDR is to introduce more consistency in reporting standards, with Scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions all covered, from energy to transport fuel.
According to CrowdCharge, many organisations struggle to get accurate data about emissions from their electric vehicle [EV] fleets. However, those that can have an opportunity to make significant reductions to their output, with possible CO2 savings of 63%.
‘Electric vehicles can help individuals, businesses and the UK as a whole to achieve significantly lower carbon emissions, but only if the EVs are charged with low carbon electricity,’ said Mike Potter, CEO of CrowdCharge. ‘The challenge is that most organisations don’t know what the carbon emissions are each time an EV is charged.’
‘Our AI-driven software measures the carbon emissions involved in charging, and optimises charging to achieve the lowest possible carbon footprint, so ensuring that electric vehicles have significantly lower real-world carbon emissions than petrol vehicles,’ added Americo Lenza, CrowdCharge COO.
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