This help page provides guidance on completing section 3.3 ‘Environmental & energy management certification’ of your organisation's Statement on compliance with the 2023 Climate Action Mandate.
§3.3 Environmental & energy management certification
Achieve formal environmental accreditation for large public sector bodies, such as ISO 50001 (Energy Management Standard) or ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System), with a view to going beyond ISO 14001 to adopting EMAS (Eco Management and Audit Scheme). Specifically:
- All public sector bodies with an energy spend greater than €2m per annum to achieve ISO 50001 certification by end-2024;
- All remaining public bodies to implement energy management programmes as per SEAI’s energy management guidance (S.I. 426 of 2014) and report to SEAI annually on M&R.
Please answer this question in relation to the situation at the end of 2023.
A “large public sector body” is defined, for the purposes of the Climate Action Mandate, as an "organisation that consumes over 50 GWh of energy per annum".
Indicate what environmental certification(s) have been achieved and date of certification.
Indicate which environmental certifications are in progress and expected date of certification.
Please explain why not and expected date of certification.
Please confirm why this requirement is not applicable to your organisation.
Please answer this question in relation to the situation at the end of 2023.
Please indicate date of certification.
Please indicate expected date of certification.
Please explain why not and expected date of certification.
Please confirm that your organisation does not meet the threshold of energy spend >€2 million.
Please answer this question in relation to the situation at the end of 2023. The Exemplar Energy Management Guidance linked below indicates level of energy management appropriate for different types of public body.
Please provide a summary of the energy management programme(s) in place.
Please provide a summary of what has been implemented to date.
Please provide an explanation.
If you have already answered Yes or Partially implemented for question 3.3.2, you can answer Not Applicable for this question.