The easy-to-use Energy Footprint Tool will tell your church what your 'carbon footprint' is annually, based on the energy you use to heat and light your buildings.
You can find the Energy Footprint Tool on the Online Parish Returns System.
The system uses the information we already hold about your church to populate your answers.
This means churches will only be asked for a small amount of additional information. You will need your 2023 electricity and gas/oil bills to hand.
The deadline for entries to be included in national statistics is the end of July 2024.
Overall, the Energy Footprint Tool helps build a national picture of our baseline and progress towards becoming net zero carbon by 2030. It also allows you locally to know where you are starting from and how much progress you are making.
General Synod voted in February 2020 for the whole of the Church of England to achieve net zero carbon by 2030. The vote recognised that responding to the climate crisis is an essential part of our responsibility to safeguard God’s creation and achieve a just world.
On the Church of England's Routemap to Net Zero Carbon by 2030, the first milestone for churches in 2023 is to start using the Energy Footprint Tool if you haven’t already.
How to fill out the Energy Footprint Tool - a detailed screen by screen walk through to help you fill out the tool.