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Carbon Reduction Plan

Baseline Emission Footprint

Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured. As it happens the baseline year of 2019 was the start of the Covid-19 pandemic which affected actual utilisation of the office facilities, this continued until 2021. The current reporting year 2023 is a better representation of back to normal working conditions, however it already benefited from carbon reduction programmes that were put in place between 2019 to date.

Baseline Year 2019

  • Scope 1: 5.5 metric tons
  • Scope 2: 5.6 metric tons
  • Scope 3 23.5 metric tons
Current Emission Reporting

Reporting Year to December 2023

  • Scope 1: 4.6 metric tons
  • Scope 2: 7 metric tons
  • Scope 3: 56.3 metric tons
With the pandemic Covid-19 in 2019 it has skewed the baseline due to staff absences while 2020 and 2021 were characterised with lock-downs in the UK and other countries where AWTG have customers and do businesses. 2022 and 2023 represents the more realistic emissions with working in offices being back to normal. With businesses returning to normal in 2022 AWTG have been growing as a business with the number of employees increasing steadily. With these business growth AWTG have continued to maintain its emissions target per person and is consistently below companies of the same size in the tech sector.

Emission Reduction Targets

We have adopted the following carbon reduction targets to continue our march toward achieving Net Zero.

  • We will reduce our carbon emissions from Scope 1 and 2 emissions to achieve NetZero by 2045 and will put in place interim targets to ensure sufficient progress is made.
  • We will continuously reduce our Scope 3 emissions per person.
  • We will continuously update and adjust our report as we identify possible gaps in our reporting
  • We will maintain our ISO 14001 certification

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Projects

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since the 2019/2020 baseline. 

  • We reported CDP annually and reported our energy use and carbon emissions through Ecovadis 
  • We initiated our internal Net Zero project. This included gathering data to inform our baseline scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions and production and measure our annual carbon emissions 
  • We ran internal awareness campaigns to educate and drive awareness to all our employees and contractors 
  • We have launched a hybrid approach to working for our staff, which supports homeworking and brings a reduction in the amount of carbon generated through employee commuting 
  • We have shared our definition of Net Zero through firm wide meetings 
  • We have begun consultation with stakeholders to establish a target date, which we will aim to reach Net Zero 
  • We have launched an environmental policy which outlines our commitment to minimising the negative environmental impact of our activities. 
  • We are swapping our computing systems with more power efficient machines with less consumptions 
  • We provision TEAMS and other e-meeting tools to facilitate online meetings for all staff, reducing the need for travel to our sites and facilities 

Planned Projects

Over the next 5 years we plan to implement further measures to continuously drive down our emissions 

  • Continuously measure and gather data on our emissions to aid reduction. 
  • Develop a roadmap towards achieving Net Zero 
  • Work with our suppliers and contractors to achieve Net Zero based on the UK target of Net Zero by 2050. 
  • Procure renewable energy to our sites and facilities. 
  • Reduce gas  and electricity consumption by making sustainable choices for our heating and cooling needs. 
  • Start carbon off-setting initiatives to staff such as joining existing carbon off-setting programmes 
  • Developing external communications plan such as publishing CSR with focus on carbon reduction in our websites and applications 

Declaration and Sign off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans. Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting. Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported (where available) in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the management team.

 

Signed on behalf of the supplier:

Abbey Alidoosti
Chief Executive Officer
Date: 4th September 2024