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Expert CCA Support Tailored to You
At Renew & Sustain, we help businesses in eligible sectors join and manage a Climate Change Agreement, which reduces your Climate Change Levy bill by up to 92% on electricity and 89% on gas, in exchange for meeting an energy-efficiency or carbon-reduction target. A new six-year CCA phase began on 1 January 2026 and runs to the end of 2030, with reduced-rate certification available until March 2033, so this is an active window for businesses that haven’t yet joined a scheme in their sector.
As an independent energy consultancy, our advice is built around whether your sector actually has an eligible route in, and what target you’d realistically need to hit, not around selling you a fixed package regardless of fit.
Our team supports you through joining an eligible sector agreement, apply your CCL discount with your supplier, and complete the biennial reporting cycle that keeps it active.
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Trusted by Businesses Across Eligible CCA Sectors
CCA Eligibility & Sector Assessment
We check whether your sector has an agreed umbrella agreement with the Environment Agency, and help you join as a target unit under your sector association’s scheme.
CCL Discount Application
Once your agreement is in place, we apply your reduced Climate Change Levy rate to your electricity and gas supplier, so the saving appears on your bill rather than going unclaimed.
Target Period Reporting & Buy-Out Management
We manage your biennial progress reporting against your energy-efficiency or carbon-reduction target, and help you plan if a buy-out payment looks likely, rather than it becoming a surprise at the end of the target period.
How Our Climate Change Agreement Process Works
Qualifying for a Climate Change Agreement isn’t simply a case of filling in an application. Every business needs to confirm sector eligibility, join the correct agreement, apply the levy discount correctly, and stay on top of reporting throughout the scheme’s life.
Renew & Sustain manages the entire process from initial assessment through ongoing compliance, giving you one point of contact throughout.
1. Check Sector Eligibility
We confirm whether your business operates within one of the eligible Climate Change Agreement sectors and whether the relevant umbrella agreement is open to new target units. If there’s no route into the scheme, we’ll tell you that up front.
2. Assess Your Target Unit
We review how your facilities should be structured in the agreement, identify the correct target unit, and explain the energy-efficiency or carbon-reduction targets your business is expected to achieve.
3. Manage Your Application
We prepare the documentation needed to join your sector’s agreement and guide you through the application process, helping reduce delays and avoid common errors.
4. Apply Your Climate Change Levy Discount
Once your agreement is in place, we help ensure the reduced Climate Change Levy rate is correctly applied by your energy supplier, so the financial benefit appears on your electricity and gas bills.
5. Keep Target Period Reporting on Track
We help you collect the information needed for each reporting period, monitor progress against your targets, and prepare submissions well before deadlines.
6. Support Renewals and Future Reporting
Our support doesn’t stop once your agreement is approved. We continue to manage reporting deadlines, renewals, supplier changes, and any issues that arise throughout the lifetime of your Climate Change Agreement.
Whether you’re applying for the first time or already have a Climate Change Agreement in place, our role is to ensure the scheme continues to deliver value year after year, while fitting into your wider energy strategy.
Why Businesses Miss Out on Climate Change Agreements
Many organisations that qualify for a Climate Change Agreement never apply. Some assume the scheme only applies to large industrial manufacturers. Others believe the reporting requirements outweigh the savings, or simply don’t realise their sector already has an eligible agreement in place.
In reality, eligibility is determined by your sector and the activities you carry out, not simply by the size of your business or your annual energy bill. That’s why assumptions can be expensive. A short eligibility assessment quickly answers the questions that matter:
- Does your sector qualify?
- Can your facilities join an existing agreement?
- What level of Climate Change Levy discount could your business receive?
- What reporting commitments would you need to meet?
- Would a Climate Change Agreement deliver enough value to justify joining?
If a Climate Change Agreement is the right fit, we’ll guide you through the process. If another route would deliver greater value for your business, we’ll tell you that instead. That’s the advantage of working with an independent energy consultancy whose advice is based on your circumstances, not a predetermined solution.
Climate Change Agreement savings calculator
Estimate your potential Climate Change Levy saving under a Climate Change Agreement, and check whether your sector is likely to be covered.
Estimated annual CCA saving
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Based on the 2026/27 Climate Change Levy main rate of 0.801p/kWh, with CCA discounts of 92% on electricity and 89% on gas. LPG and solid fuel savings aren't included here as rates vary, ask us for a full assessment if these apply to you. This is an indicative estimate, not a formal quote, and eligibility depends on your sector holding an agreed umbrella agreement with the Environment Agency.
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Steel, aluminium, and non-ferrous metals
Foundries, metalforming, and surface engineering
Chemicals, plastics, and cement
Ceramics, glass, and gypsum products
Food and drink, including dairy, meat, poultry, and brewing
Paper, printing, and packaging
Textiles
Data centres, supermarkets, and laundries
Most businesses that miss out on a CCA never actually checked whether their sector was covered. With 53 sectors included, from steel and chemicals through to supermarkets and data centres, that’s ten minutes of checking most businesses simply haven’t done yet. Joe Glendinning, Founder, Renew & Sustain
Understand Your CCA Position Before Your Next Target Period Report
Missing a biennial report, joining the wrong target unit, or simply never applying because you assumed your sector wasn’t covered can mean paying full Climate Change Levy rates you don’t have to. A CCA eligibility assessment tells you exactly where you stand.
Let’s find out whether your business qualifies.
Why choose us
Business Energy Audits
An audit identifies the efficiency measures that help you hit your CCA target, and often surfaces savings beyond the levy discount itself.
Energy Efficiency
Practical efficiency measures are usually the most direct route to hitting your target period commitments.
Energy Procurement
Your electricity and gas contracts need to reflect your CCA discount correctly once it's applied.
Account Management
Your dedicated account manager keeps reporting deadlines, certifications and renewals on track throughout the agreement.
Climate Change Agreement FAQs
Sector eligibility, target setting, and biennial reporting each have their own rules. Here are the questions we’re asked most often.
Eligibility depends on your sector having an agreed umbrella agreement with the Environment Agency. 53 sectors currently do. It’s worth checking even if you assumed your sector wasn’t covered or your business felt too small.
A target period is the two-year reporting cycle used within the Climate Change Agreement Scheme to measure your progress against your agreed energy-efficiency or carbon-reduction target. At the end of each target period, you’ll submit performance data showing whether you’ve achieved your target. If you’ve fallen short, you may still be able to remain in the scheme by making a buy-out payment, rather than losing your Climate Change Levy discount altogether.
The current Climate Change Agreement phase began on 1 January 2026 and runs until the end of 2030. Businesses can join only through an eligible sector’s umbrella agreement, and joining windows vary across sector associations. Once accepted, you’ll need to complete the certification process before your Climate Change Levy discount can be applied by your energy supplier. If you’re unsure whether your sector is currently accepting applications, we can check this as part of your eligibility assessment.
Current CCL discounts are 92% on electricity, 89% on gas, and 77% on LPG and solid fuels, applied to your Climate Change Levy costs once your agreement and discount are in place.
BICS uses SIC codes and a lower-intensity threshold, opening support to more manufacturers, with Year 1 applications running from 1 October to 30 November 2026 and support backdated to April 2026. You can’t claim both. Where you qualify for EII, it offers a higher level of support, so that’s the route to take first.
Targets are assessed every two years across the current target period, which runs from 2026 to the end of 2030, with reduced-rate certification available until March 2033.
Yes. We check your sector’s eligibility, help you join as a target unit under the relevant umbrella agreement, and manage your discount application and ongoing target reporting.
Expert CCA Support with Ongoing Reporting Management
While you’ll have a dedicated point of contact for continuity, you’ll also benefit from the combined expertise of our full team of energy consultants, on hand to advise across eligibility, discount application and target reporting.
Your dedicated contact coordinates your agreement, reporting calendar and wider energy strategy, while drawing on the expertise of Renew & Sustain’s broader consultancy team.