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Free Carbon Reduction Plan Template
The official Annex A template published alongside PPN 006, in Word format. Fill it in and publish it to meet the requirement for UK government and NHS tenders.
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What is in the template
Seven sections, fixed by the Cabinet Office. Buyers compare submissions against this structure, so changing it is one of the most common reasons plans get rejected.
1.Commitment to achieving net zero
Your dated, public commitment to net zero by 2050, or 2045 if you supply the NHS.
2.Baseline emissions footprint
The reference year everything else is measured against, with a note on how it was calculated.
3.Baseline year emissions
Scope 1, Scope 2 and the five required Scope 3 categories, in tCO2e.
4.Current emissions reporting
The same table for your latest reporting year, so progress is visible.
5.Emissions reduction targets
Where you expect to be in five years, as a figure and a percentage.
6.Carbon reduction projects
What you have already completed, and what you plan next.
7.Declaration and sign-off
The wording confirming GHG Protocol methodology, plus a director's signature.
The template contains Crown copyright material published by the Cabinet Office, reproduced under the Open Government Licence v3.0. We have not changed its structure. For the policy itself, read what PPN 006 requires.
Who has to publish one?
Any business bidding for central government contracts above £5 million per year, regardless of company size: the threshold is based on contract value, not headcount. NHS suppliers are in scope at any contract value. If you only sell to the private sector you are not legally required to publish one, though buyers increasingly ask for one as a condition of supply.
How to fill in each section
Start with your baseline year and work through Scope 1, then Scope 2, then the five required Scope 3 categories, calculated to the GHG Protocol using current DEFRA factors. Set your reduction target once the baseline is fixed, list what you have already done and what comes next, then take it to a director for sign-off before publishing it on your website.
Want to see a completed one?
A blank template tells you the headings. It does not tell you what good looks like. The completion pack sends you a real, published Carbon Reduction Plan we prepared for an NHS supplier, alongside the checklist we run every plan through before submission.
- A published NHS supplier plan with real figures, Scope 3 broken down by category
- The pre-submission checklist we use, covering the failure points that get plans rejected
- Which DEFRA factor set to use, and how to state your methodology so it passes
Get the completion pack
A real published plan, plus our pre-submission checklist
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Would you rather we wrote it?
The template is free and yours to use. If you would rather not do the emissions work, we calculate Scope 1, 2 and 3 to the GHG Protocol, write the plan in this format, and take it through director sign-off. Fixed fee, typically 2 to 4 weeks, with a 100% pass rate on submitted plans.
Common questions
Working through the form itself? Read our section-by-section walkthrough, or browse all our PPN 006 guides.
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