Carbon Net Zero Emissions Beacon Project
Transcript of Carbon Net Zero Emissions Beacon Project
20th October 2020
Carbon Net Zero Emissions
Beacon Project TotalDECOM EXPO 2020
Steve Hardy, Director of Environment
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
Outline
• Context of the Nuclear
Decommissioning Authority and its
businesses
• What a Beacon Project and why is it
needed for this challenge
• Outline of the Project and project
progress
• Cross Industry Learning and Sharing
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Delivering the roadmapto net carbon zero
NDA is committed to undertaking our mission
in a sustainable way.
To enable this we are taking the following
steps:
• Understand and baseline current position
across the group
• Develop the strategy, policy and roadmap
to net carbon zero for One NDA
• Develop a phased and resourced plan to
deliver the road map
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Carbon Net Zero for NDA GroupWhy it matters and why a group key target?
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Carbon Net-Zero Beacon Project Aims
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Aim of the Project
To set science based carbon reduction
targets to support the UK Government’s
2050 and Scottish Government’s 2045
net-zero commitments and develop a
roadmap of opportunities for delivery.
Inclusivity is important. The Project
covers the whole NDA GroupSellafield, Low Level Waste Repository, Dounreay
Site Restoration Ltd, Magnox, Direct Rail Services,
International Nuclear Services, Radioactive Waste
Management, NDA Archive, NDA Properties, NDA
Corporate Centre, Energus
We have procured the services of the
Carbon Trust as subject matter experts
to help us deliver the project scope
Carbon Net-Zero Beacon Project
Governance Arrangements
Steering Group: Chaired by Alan
Cumming and Gwen Parry-Jones,
who are the sponsors of the Project,
the Steering Group comprises senior
managers from our businesses. The
role of the Group is to set direction,
manage risks and ensure resources
are available
Task Group: The Task Group is the
delivery group and comprises
representatives from each of our
businesses who act as the key
interface between the Project and
their business
Shadow Advisory Group: This is a
small group of people from our
businesses who are passionate about
tackling climate change and they offer
independent challenge and ideas to
the Project.
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Steering
Group
Shadow Advisory
Group
Task Group
What does net zero actually mean?
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an ambitious 1.5°C aligned Science Based
Target
A net-zero organisation will set and pursue:
for all emissions sources covered within
its full value chain reporting level of the
corporate standard of the greenhouse gas
protocol (GHG)
Any remaining hard-to-decarbonise
emissions can be compensated with
certified greenhouse gas removal
(GGR). Credit: Carbon Trust
Carbon Net-Zero Beacon Project Progress Update
10Progress: Overall – on schedule
Stage Progress
Stage 1: Carbon footprint for NDA Group for 2019/20
Draft report available, completion end of October.
Stage 2: Future scenarios Predicting how the carbon footprint will change as the mission progresses out to 2050. Data gathering has started. Report complete end of October.
Stage 3: Carbon reduction opportunities
Workshops with NDA Group businesses are starting in October. Opportunities for avoiding emissions, greater efficiency, use of renewables etc.
Stage 4: Target setting & Roadmap
To be complete in February 2021
NDA footprint 19-20
Scope 1 & 2
341 Ktonnes CO2e
Scope 3
1054 Ktonnes CO2e
NDA performance in this area
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Cross-Industry Workshop
September 2020 Cross-Industry Workshop on Carbon Net Zero
• To share learning which could help
individual strategy development,
and hear about challenges and best
practice from across a range of
industries
• To provide a focus on Scope 3; why
it matters and how to measure it
• To share ideas which could help
organisations develop their
employee engagement and culture
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Insights from the workshop
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• Risk of “greenwash” with people declaring Net Zero
ambitions – particularly related to offsets – maintain
focus on reduction of your emissions
• Scope 3 is the challenge but also a big opportunity –
NDA Scope 3 is approx 3 times Scope 1+2
• Need for action – not to wait for government lead etc
• Competitive advantage to be had for those companies
who are delivering on carbon reduction and
demonstrate good carbon management, maybe some
short term economic costs but strategically a business
imperative
• Focus needed on low carbon construction – use of PAS
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• Focus needed on Carbon Removal
Carbon Net-Zero Project
Initial Culture Change Programme
• We need a ‘low carbon mentality’ in all aspects of our
businesses
• We need this to be our normal way of working
• We need a ‘culture change’
• Strongly supported by our Project co-sponsors Alan
Cumming and Gwen Parry-Jones
• We have engaged the services of the Carbon Trust to
help us deliver an initial ‘culture change’ programme,
working with our Comms teams to take learning from
ED&I and Mental Health programmes
• It’s the start of a journey, not the end
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Senior leaders to understand
the language, impacts,
challenges and opportunities
associated with tackling climate
change (Jan/Feb).
Senior Leader Workshop
Culture Change
Targeted culture change
campaign, informed by focus
groups in each of our businesses,
which Carbon Trust will run with
support from NDA Group Comms.
Cross Industry Workshop: Culture Change
• People are not necessarily averse to change but are averse to being changed
• Small but deep change is needed: behavioural change is part of that but it needs to start with understanding the values and motivators of those who work in our industry
• Capitalise on existing motivators: we have a strong safety culture in the nuclear industry, can we harness this for environmental improvement?
• Performance management systems are limited for this area. Don’t focus on ‘measuring culture change’ – we will see the evidence in the outcomes
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Thanks for listening.
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