Facilities Management

Carbon Reduction Plan for Facilities Management Companies

Q: If we manage a building's energy, do those building emissions go in our CRP?

Only if you are the named energy account holder or the energy cost is billed to your company. Where you manage on behalf of a client and the bill is in the client's name, those are the client's Scope 1 or 2 emissions, not yours.

Q: We have hundreds of mobile workers. How do we calculate commuting emissions?

CarbonVerified uses a survey-based approach with DESNZ commuting factors. You can enter average commute data by employee category rather than tracking every individual journey, which is the accepted method under GHG Protocol.

Q: Does our CRP need to cover every single client contract separately?

No. Your CRP is a single organisational document covering your entire business. You do not need separate CRPs per contract. One compliant CRP can be submitted across all your public sector tenders.

FM contracts with NHS trusts, local councils, and central government departments increasingly require a verified CRP at the point of tender. CarbonVerified covers the complex, multi-site emission sources typical of FM operations.

Emissions sources in Facilities Management

Your Carbon Reduction Plan must quantify all material emission sources. Here are the typical sources for your sector.

Scope 1 – Direct Emissions

Emissions from sources you own or control directly.

Fleet vehicles (vans, mobile plant, powered access equipment)
Refrigerant gases in HVAC systems maintained by your engineers
Gas consumption in boiler plant you operate on behalf of clients (where billed to you)
Diesel in standby generators you manage on site

Scope 2 – Indirect Energy

Emissions from purchased electricity, heat, or steam.

Electricity in your own offices and depots
Electricity consumed in client buildings where you hold the energy account

Scope 3 – Value Chain

Indirect emissions across your supply chain and activities.

Subcontracted specialist trades (electrical, plumbing, pest control)
Cleaning chemicals and consumables procurement
Waste management and disposal from sites you manage
Employee commuting across distributed site-based workforce
Business travel and management site visits

Every CRP submitted under PPN 006 must meet the same six-point standard regardless of sector — covering baseline footprint, net zero commitment, interim milestones, Scope 1 and 2 data, Scope 3 disclosure, and a signed director declaration. Full CRP requirements →

Common challenges for Facilities Management suppliers

These are the data and reporting hurdles we see most often in this sector.

Separating your own operational emissions from those of the buildings and clients you serve

Fleet telemetry data is often in a different system to finance, making fuel burn hard to extract

Refrigerant top-up records are spread across individual engineers' job sheets

Multi-site, multi-client contracts mean emissions vary significantly year on year

Frequently asked questions

If we manage a building's energy, do those building emissions go in our CRP?

We have hundreds of mobile workers. How do we calculate commuting emissions?

Does our CRP need to cover every single client contract separately?

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Related tools and guides

PPN 006 Compliance Checker — check whether your existing CRP meets the standard
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How CarbonVerified works — measure your full Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions

Carbon Reduction Plan for Facilities Management Companies

Emissions sources in Facilities Management

Scope 1 – Direct Emissions

Scope 2 – Indirect Energy

Scope 3 – Value Chain

Common challenges for Facilities Management suppliers

Frequently asked questions

Create my free Carbon Reduction Plan

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