Carbon Legal

What is Carbon Legal

Carbon Legal is a specialized UK-based carbon compliance consultancy launching in Q3 2026. The firm helps listed companies, large private businesses, financial institutions, and public-sector bodies navigate their energy and emissions obligations with regulatory rigour. Carbon Legal delivers robust footprinting, reporting, and assurance readiness services to ensure disclosures stand up to scrutiny from both boards and auditors.

Key Features

• End-to-End Compliance Assessments: Comprehensive mapping of current reporting practices against SECR, ESOS, TCFD, and UK SRS to identify compliance gaps and upcoming deadlines.
• Implementation Roadmaps: Prioritized compliance planning sequenced by deadline, resource availability, and materiality.
• GHG Protocol Footprinting: Detailed Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas measurement using up-to-date DESNZ conversion factors.
• Transition & Strategy Advisory: Tailored guidance on moving disclosures from TCFD to the new UK SRS baseline, establishing science-based targets, and making credible carbon-neutrality claims under ISO 14068-1.

Use Cases

• Meeting SECR Reporting Obligations: Helping large unquoted companies, quoted companies, and LLPs determine if they meet the SECR thresholds (turnover above £36m, balance sheet total above £18m, or more than 250 employees) and drafting compliant Directors' Reports.
• Preparing for the ESOS Phase 4 Deadline: Guiding qualifying organizations through energy audits and Environment Agency notifications ahead of the December 5, 2027 deadline.
• Transitioning to UK SRS: Assisting listed companies in preparing for proposed mandatory climate disclosures under UK SRS S2 starting from January 1, 2027.

Frequently Asked Questions About Carbon Legal

What does a carbon compliance consultancy do?

A carbon compliance consultancy helps businesses meet UK regulatory obligations for energy and emissions. It calculates carbon footprints, drafts necessary disclosures, and prepares organizations for audit and assurance processes.

When is the ESOS Phase 4 deadline?

The qualification date for ESOS Phase 4 is December 31, 2026, and the compliance notification deadline is December 5, 2027.

When does UK SRS become mandatory in the UK?

Under FCA consultation CP26/5, UK SRS S2 climate disclosures are proposed to become mandatory for in-scope listed companies for accounting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2027.