Guidance: Climate change agreements: operations manual
Summary
The Environment Agency has updated its Climate Change Agreements Operations Manual to reflect the launch of a new CCA scheme in January 2026. The revisions include new target methodology, facility-level reporting, updated compliance and eligibility review processes, revised reporting tools, and removal of outdated guidance and templates.
Why it matters
While the scheme is aimed at industry operators rather than surveyors directly, it signals evolving compliance and reporting expectations in the wider built environment and energy-efficiency policy landscape. Surveyors advising on industrial, commercial or mixed-use assets may need to be aware of the updated framework where CCA-related obligations affect occupiers or asset management decisions.
Key points
- New CCA scheme rules take effect from January 2026.
- Reporting has shifted to facility-level requirements with a new target methodology.
- The manual adds updated compliance, eligibility review and non-compliance guidance.
- Several legacy templates and calculation spreadsheets have been removed or replaced.
- Accessibility improvements and alternative formats have been added to the manual.
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