Carbon Reduction Policy

The UK Government amended the Climate Change Act 2008 in 2019 by introducing a target of at least 100% reduction in the net UK carbon account (i.e. a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions when compared to 1990 levels) by 2050.  As a result, Central Government Departments, their Executive Agencies and Non-Departmental Public Bodies are required to ensure that suppliers to contracts with an annual value of in excess of £5 million (excluding VAT) per year are committed to achieving “Net Zero by 2050” for all procurements after 30^th September 2021.  

This has led to PPN 06/21 which applies to all new procurements from this date including framework call-offs and Dynamic Purchasing Systems where the anticipated individual value of the call-off or DPS is £5 million or more (excluding VAT) per annum.  To demonstrate compliance, we have set out our environmental management measures in our Carbon Reduction Plan which includes:

• Confirming our commitment to achieving Net Zero by 2050 for our UK operations.
• Details of our carbon footprint/current emissions for the sources included in Scope 1 and 2 of the GHG Protocol and a defined subset of Scope 3 emissions.
• Providing emissions reporting of the CO2e (Carbon Dioxide Equivalent) for the greenhouse gases covered by the Kyoto Protocol (predominantly carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide).
• Setting out the environmental management measures we have adopted including specific carbon reduction measures.
• Publication of our Carbon Reduction Plan on our website.

Carbon Reduction Plan

The table below show our carbon footprint of the baseline year 01/2021, when we first started measuring our emissions.   

Considerations for Next Reporting Period 

During this reporting period, emissions have increased from the baseline year. This is due to an increase in the number of employees who are commuting to the office. In addition to this, more client meetings were held in person and has increased travel emissions. We will continue to monitor this throughout the next reporting year to seek lower carbon alternatives.   

Carbon Reduction Commitments/Actions

BDI Resourcing is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2050 and as part of this commitment, has an interim target of reducing emissions by 50% by 2030. This plan is reviewed annually by the Directors to check progress and establish if changes should be made to the actions, we have in place to maximise our reduction in carbon emissions.

The basis of our Carbon strategy is one of Measure – Prioritise – Act – Measure – Repeat.

Measure

We report on the sources of environmental impact over which we have operational control, calculate our carbon footprint monthly in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocols Corporate Standard, and report against the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gasses in terms of:

• Actual targets – absolute reduction targets which compare actual figures in the target year to those in the base year.
• Intensity targets – based on a normalising factor.

We use an online carbon calculator service to manage our data inputs, conduct the required calculations, set and record our intensity metrics, and provide monthly carbon reporting.  The data that sits behind this is the UK Government Greenhouse Gas reporting database, updated when appropriate. 

This provides us with our emissions by source, and total emissions by month, sets our intensity metrics and tracks performance month-on-month. 

Our chosen intensity metric is t/CO₂ per employee. 

Our base year for all measurements is 01/2021 This will not change unless there is a significant change to our company structure (e.g. a merger or acquisition) or a change in the company’s ownership, in which case the base year may move to the reporting year following the structural change.

Specific inputs and output used to calculate figures quoted in our Carbon Reduction Plan include:

• Leased vehicles
• Business transportation 
• Employee commuter mileage by type – walk/cycle/motorcycle/car/bus/train.

Prioritise

Our yearly carbon calculation has enabled us to identify the largest sources of GHG emissions, and to focus those which have most impact. That does not imply however that we are not implementing actions across the board.  We have been able to identify quick and  easy wins which relate to relatively low impact areas whilst also implementing longer term multi-facet strategies for the larger emission areas. Examples includes: 

• Dishwasher used once a day rather than washing each item by hand
• Discounted bus tickets offered to encourage the use of public transport 
• All recyclable items separated 
• Lights turned off every evening 
• Windows opened rather than using air-con

Act

Our action plan involves Behaviour Change, Process Change and Technology Change.

Behaviour Change

We have communicated our Net Zero ambitions across our workforce and have tasked staff with identifying where they can affect carbon reductions through behaviour change.  Examples include:

• Encouraging the turning-off or powering-down of appliances and lights when not in use.
• Video conferencing for meetings 
• Encouraging alternative travel to work e.g. walk, cycle, public transport (discounted prices)

Process Change

We have conducted a thorough review of all our process to identify opportunities to reduce or eliminate physical waste, and making more efficient use of materials (e.g. electronic data storage and moving towards paperless systems).

With this information, we have developed our action plan to implement the Best Available Technology in relation to:

• Reduction in use of paper and consumables through introduction of electronic systems to replace paper-based procedures such as intranet and online induction/training, electronic storage of documents etc. 
• Reduced the amount of printing and focus on using emails and messaging systems. 

Scope 3

Whilst we can influence the Scope 3 emissions arising from our staff travel to work, other upstream and downstream emissions are harder to measure and report. 

Measure

Our yearly carbon reporting means that we are in a continual measurement programme, and by implementing the above actions, we can see how well each specific measure is working and refine our processes accordingly.

Offsetting

Offsetting the emissions that we can’t mitigate will become part of our strategy, but only at the point that we’ve implemented all the possible behavioural, process and technology changes that we can influence. There are different options of how we can offset our carbon footprint and have researched the below options:

1. Forestry and conservation 
2. Renewable Energy 
3. Community Projects 
4. Waste to energy 

Reduction

We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 2.47 t CO2e by 2027. This is a reduction of 10%. 

Declaration

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans, the GHG Reporting Protocol Corporate Standard and we use 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 in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.

We confirm this Carbon Reduction Plan is reviewed and signed off at board level on an annual basis and is available on the home page of our website.  

Signature: 

Name: Tom Calver

Job Title/Designation:  Director

Date:   18^th July 2024