Carbon Reduction Plan for Security Services Companies
Security firms holding or bidding for public sector guarding, CCTV, and access control contracts need a compliant Carbon Reduction Plan under PPN 006. CarbonVerified measures your patrol fleet, control room, and workforce emissions in one place.
Emissions sources in Security Services
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.
- Patrol vehicle fleet fuel consumption
- Rapid response and incident attendance vehicles
- Gas heating in control rooms and operational offices
- Dog unit vehicles and kennel heating (where applicable)
Scope 2 – Indirect Energy
Emissions from purchased electricity, heat, or steam.
- Electricity in control rooms, monitoring centres, and offices
- Electricity for CCTV infrastructure and server rooms
Scope 3 – Value Chain
Indirect emissions across your supply chain and activities.
- Officer commuting across dispersed, shift-based workforce
- Uniform and PPE procurement and disposal
- Business travel for management and contract supervision
- Sub-contractor security guarding on overflow or specialist assignments
- Electronic security equipment manufacture and end-of-life disposal
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 Security Services suppliers
These are the data and reporting hurdles we see most often in this sector.
Large, shift-based, geographically dispersed workforces make commuting emission surveys difficult
Patrol vehicles may be allocated per-officer rather than managed centrally, complicating fuel tracking
CCTV and electronic monitoring infrastructure energy is often bundled into building rates at client sites
Security contracts can be won and lost quickly, leaving little time to prepare CRP documentation
Frequently asked questions
Create my free Carbon Reduction Plan
Answer a few questions about your Security Services operations. We'll calculate your baseline footprint and generate a PPN 006-compliant CRP ready to publish.
- Set up in under 2 minutes
- DESNZ-aligned calculations
- Published, signed, PPN 006-ready
Related tools and guides
- PPN 006 Compliance Checker — check whether your existing CRP meets the standard
- Carbon Reduction Plan tool — generate a compliant, publishable CRP in minutes
- How CarbonVerified works — measure your full Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions