SECR reporting by industry

Every sector has its own SECR pitfalls — the emissions sources auditors scrutinise, the data that hides in service reports, and the intensity ratio your investors actually compare against. Pick your sector for what your filing must address.

SECR for manufacturing

Manufacturing is the SECR sector where the energy and emissions data is most operationally complex — and where the auditor scrutinises your scope 1 and 2 disclosures hardest.

SECR for logistics & transport

Logistics is the SECR sector where scope 1 (your own fleet) and scope 3 (sub-contracted hauliers, last-mile delivery, customer freight) are both materially large — and where data is fragmented across telematics, fuel cards and third-party invoices.

SECR for property & real estate

Property is the SECR sector where the operational-control boundary decision shapes 90% of the report. Get it wrong and you either over-count emissions that aren't legally yours, or under-count emissions your investors and lenders expect to see.

SECR for retail

Retail is the SECR sector with the largest distributed estate to data-collect across, the highest F-gas refrigerant leakage rates, and the most contested scope 3 boundary.

SECR for hospitality & leisure

Hospitality is the SECR sector where kitchen energy, refrigeration F-gases and food-waste-to-emissions are all material, and where the intensity ratio is room-night or cover, not turnover.

SECR for construction

Construction is the SECR sector with the most-decentralised operational footprint, the largest scope 3 line (embodied carbon in materials), and the most complex subcontractor boundary.

SECR for professional services

Professional services is the SECR sector where scope 1 and 2 are typically small, but scope 3 — business travel, IT services, employee commuting and leased office energy — dominates the picture.

SECR for healthcare

Healthcare is the SECR sector with the most-distinctive scope 1 sources (anaesthetic gases, medical gas leakage, clinical waste), the most highly-regulated waste streams, and the most well-developed sector decarbonisation framework (NHS Net Zero).

SECR for food & beverage

Food and beverage is the SECR sector where on-site refrigeration (F-gas leakage), processing thermal energy and agricultural supply chain scope 3 (raw ingredients, especially meat and dairy) all matter materially.

SECR for financial services

Financial services is the SECR sector where operational emissions (scope 1 and 2) are typically minimal — but financed emissions (scope 3 category 15, investments) are orders of magnitude larger and now the focus of regulatory and investor scrutiny.

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