Battery storage

The organization shall apply and document a process to determine which indirect emissions to include, defining and explaining its own predetermined significance criteria in the light of the intended use (magnitude, influence, access to information, data accuracy; a risk assessment may be used), which should not be used to exclude substantial quantities or evade obligations; it shall identify and evaluate its indirect emissions against those criteria, quantify and report the significant ones, and justify any exclusion of significant indirect emissions; the criteria may be revised periodically with the revisions documented (Annex H).

Identify candidate strategies and solutions by the extent to which they meet the requirement to continue and recover prioritized activities within the identified time frames and agreed capacity, protect those activities, reduce the likelihood of disruption, shorten its duration, limit its impact on products and services, and provide for adequate resources.

Document and maintain business continuity plans that guide teams through response and recovery, collectively containing the actions to continue or recover prioritized activities within predetermined time frames, the means of monitoring the disruption and the response, the pre defined thresholds and process for activating the response, procedures to deliver products and services at agreed capacity, and how the immediate consequences are managed with regard to individual welfare, prevention of further loss and environmental impact; each plan must state purpose, scope and objectives, the roles and responsibilities of the implementing team, the actions implementing the solutions, the supporting information needed to activate, operate, coordinate and communicate including activation criteria, internal and external interdependencies, resource requirements, reporting requirements and a stand down process, and must be usable and available at the time and place it is needed.

Plan, implement and control the processes related to the SEUs that are needed to meet requirements and implement the actions of 6.2, by establishing criteria for the processes including effective operation and maintenance of facilities, equipment, systems and energy-using processes where their absence can lead to a significant deviation from intended energy performance; communicating the criteria to the relevant persons; implementing control in accordance with the criteria; and keeping documented information to have confidence the processes were carried out as planned. Control planned changes and review the consequences of unintended changes, mitigating adverse effects; ensure outsourced SEUs or processes related to SEUs are controlled.

Consider energy performance improvement opportunities and operational control in the design of new, modified and renovated facilities, equipment, systems and energy-using processes that can significantly impact energy performance over their planned or expected operating lifetime; where applicable incorporate the results into specification, design and procurement activities; retain documented information of design activities related to energy performance.