ESOS Action Plan and ongoing compliance for Phase 3

Submit your ESOS Action Plan, detailing planned energy-saving actions, dates of planned implementation, predictive kWh savings and calculation methodology.

The action plan is intended to require consideration of which actions from the ESOS audit (or alternative compliance routes) to carry out before the next ESOS assessment, as well as to plan future actions for implementing energy savings and making a public commitment to them.

A board-level director must sign off the ESOS Action Plan, which must be submitted on time via the ESOS compliance system and comply with the Environment Agency’s guidance for ESOS Action Plans.​ With ongoing annual reviews requiring comment of performance against plan, the ESOS Action Plan must be robust in its technical assessments and calculation methodology.

Submit your First Annual Update, reporting actions against the submitted ESOS Action Plan and demonstrated performance of energy savings from the previous 12 months.

The progress updates serve to publicly report the actions taken by ESOS participants and to motivate action on organisational energy-savings commitments.

This update requires board-level approval, must be evidence based, comply with the Environment Agency’s guidelines and be submitted on time via the ESOS compliance system.

Additional unplanned actions may be reported on as well as commentary on any planned items that have yet to be actioned, which will be made public.

Submit your Second Annual Update, reporting actions against the previously submitted ESOS Action Plan and Annual Update and demonstrated performance of energy savings from the required period.

Following the same format as the First Annual Update, this update requires board-level approval, must be evidence based and comply with the Environment Agency’s guidelines.

Submit your Final Phase 3 Annual Update, reporting actions against the previously submitted ESOS Action Plan and Annual Updates and demonstrated performance of energy savings from the required period.

Following the same format as the Annual Updates, this update requires board-level approval, must be evidence based and comply with the Environment Agency’s guidelines.