The Chilly Chain Federation has efficiently negotiated extra achievable vitality effectivity targets for the UK’s Local weather Change Settlement (CCA), delivering important monetary aid and operational certainty for chilly storage companies throughout the nation.
The CCA is a vital initiative, designed by the UK Authorities to encourage vitality effectivity, and gives important tax financial savings to firms dedicated to decreasing their vitality consumption and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The Chilly Chain Federation oversees CCAs for the chilly storage business. It at the moment contains round 420 frozen and chilled warehouses throughout the UK, which collectively save roughly £11 million every year from the scheme.
It’s crucial for the UK residents security that the storage of fifty% of the nation’s meals and important drugs and blood provides transfer as distant from an more and more unreliable and beneath stress nationwide vitality provide. The renewal of the CCA is an important step from authorities in encouraging the sector to put money into vitality effectivity, which is a technique of taking management of vitality demand.
“The CCA is an important catalyst to the adoption of extra vitality environment friendly know-how and one that may permit the chilly chain sector to higher provide life saving drugs and meals in instances of disaster. The CCF welcomes the continuing assist for the sector in reaching its objective of internet zero.”
Phil Pluck, Chief Government, Chilly Chain Federation
New CCA Scheme from January 2026
A refreshed CCA Scheme for chilly storage will start in January 2026, following intensive campaigning by the CCF. The scheme will present members with an estimated £11 million in vitality invoice financial savings per 12 months till at the least March 2033.
To profit from these financial savings, taking part chilly storage companies should decide to vitality effectivity targets. Failure to satisfy targets incurs a penalty price, referred to as a carbon buyout. CCF has efficiently negotiated a discount within the proposed goal from 20% to 11% by 2030, measured towards a 2022 benchmark 12 months. This reasonable negotiated goal will save members a whole bunch of hundreds of kilos in potential penalties and displays a serious win for the sector.
“ The 20% goal initially proposed by the federal government was clearly unachievable and risked undermining enterprise confidence within the scheme and considerably growing monetary penalties for our members. By utilising information from companies to exhibit an alternate goal that was nonetheless difficult, however possible, now we have secured a deal that delivers for the chilly storage business while supporting the federal government’s efforts to maneuver in the direction of internet zero.”
Tom Southall, Deputy Chief Government, Chilly Chain Federation
Interim Targets and Better Flexibility
In addition to an 11% goal by 2030, the CCF has additionally secured beneficial interim vitality effectivity targets which chilly storage companies should additionally meet:
- 75% by the tip of 2026
- 75% by the tip of 2028
Moreover, from January 2026, new websites will be capable to be part of the CCA Scheme at any time, changing the earlier system of restricted ‘home windows’ each few years, offering companies with extra flexibility to take part.
Power Effectivity Achievements and Ongoing Assist
For the primary time in 2024, the sector as an entire narrowly missed its vitality effectivity goal, reaching 9.7% towards a goal of 10% (based mostly on a 2018 benchmark). This demonstrates the growing problem of discovering additional vitality enhancements.
The Chilly Chain Federation stays dedicated to supporting its members in enhancing vitality effectivity, providing providers such because the Power Benchmarking Service, reviews and steering, and business occasions to assist members proceed to save lots of vitality, meet the brand new targets, and scale back prices.
