ESOS... a Little Less Conversation, a Little More Action Please!

The advent of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive and the subsequent creation of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) has been a positive step towards addressing rising energy costs and the pressing need to tackle climate change. Many organisations that have not previously engaged with the energy and climate agenda are now making positive steps in the right direction. For those organisations that were already on their own energy management journey, ESOS has provided a formal framework for accounting and reporting to their executive.

However, there is a widespread view that many ESOS audit recommendations simply don’t get implemented; indeed some participating organisations view ESOS as a compliance burden rather than a business opportunity.