Pioneering change
Instead of waiting for mandatory environmental changes to come to us, we’re getting ahead of the curve and investing in sustainability.
We’ve partnered with an external consultancy to validate our reporting, understand our environmental impact and measure our performance annually. This has allowed us to consider every angle of our internal and external processes to become truly sustainable and reduce our environmental impact, including reducing our emissions through a target-driven plan and providing qualifying explanatory statements with full public disclosure.
As a family run company, we may not always have the ability to influence all parts of our supply chain; however, this doesn’t prevent us from reducing the impact of our sites, vehicles and how we operate. Our carbon reduction strategy ensures we can meet our future scope 1 & 2 ambitions without the need for large scale offsetting.
Key initiatives driving change
To accelerate our progress, we’ve implemented several impactful initiatives:
Insetting for road emissions
We’ve introduced a verified insetting programme to address residual emissions from fuel card usage. By enabling equivalent switches to HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) within our value chain, we’ve delivered significant emissions reductions, supported by blockchain traceability and sustainability certification.
This approach allows us to cut emissions beyond our direct operations while maintaining transparency and accountability.
Renewable electricity tariffs
We’ve transitioned to renewable energy tariffs supported by Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs), reducing our Scope 2 emissions by 81 tCO₂e.
This ensures that the electricity we procure is matched with renewable generation, supporting the wider transition to clean energy.
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)
To tackle business travel emissions, we’ve invested in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), reducing lifecycle emissions by up to 80% compared to conventional jet fuel.
Through a verified “book-and-claim” system, this initiative supports decarbonisation within the aviation sector while helping us lower our Scope 3 impact.
Reaching net zero is one of the biggest challenges we’ll face
But that’s not stopping us. Net zero requires every single one of us to do our bit; to think and to act differently and to make better, more informed choices. As an organisation, we will inform, engage and empower our staff to be champion sustainability and to support everyone we work with to play their bit in reducing their emissions.
Involving staff in our goals and mission is key to ensure everyone’s onboard. To embed sustainability company-wide, we’ve completed a full change program; we’ve delivered 800+ hours of staff training, led by our MD, and formed a sustainability team made up of passionate senior managers and volunteers from across the group. All team members are undergoing sustainability training and are given time out of their roles to seek ways to improve efficiency and processes while continually reducing our environmental impact.
Emission targets
Our short-term target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across all scopes by 42%.
Our long-term targets are to:
- Achieve net zero for scope 1 and scope 2 emissions by 2030
- Reduce scope 3 emissions by 75% to 1,472 tCO2e by 2040
- Complete net zero by 2050
These targets reflect our commitment to meaningful, achievable, and measurable change.
