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Carbon Reduction Plan

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Publication date: March 2024

SafeLives is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050. We will keep this date under review, bringing it forward if possible as our carbon reduction plans develop.

Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline Year: 2022/23 (1 July – 30 June)

Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.

This baseline represents our first calculation of the carbon footprint of the organisation
Baseline year emissions (tCO2e):
Scope 1 1.2
Scope 2 2.0
Scope 3 353.6
Included Scope 3 categories 1. Purchased goods & services 130.5
2. Capital goods 71.2
3. Fuel- and energy-related activities 19.31This includes: emissions from electricity transmission & distribution losses; well-to-tank emissions associated with electricity generation; and well-to-tank emissions from fuel use.
4.Upstream transportation & distribution 1.3
5. Waste generated in operations 0.02This includes solid waste and emissions associated wastewater treatment.
6. Business travel 81.2
7. Employee commuting 50.23This includes emissions from Employee Telecommuting, a sub-category of Category 7.
9. Downstream transportation & distribution 0.04The organisation does not sell or supply any physical products so there is no downstream transportation.
Total Emissions 356.8

Reporting Year Emissions Footprint

Reporting Year: 2022/23 (1 July – 30 June)

Additional Details relating to the Reporting year Emissions calculations.

This baseline represents our first calculation of the carbon footprint of the organisation
Baseline year emissions (tCO2e):
Scope 1 1.2
Scope 2 2.0
Scope 3 353.6
Included Scope 3 categories 1. Purchased goods & services 130.5
2. Capital goods 71.2
3. Fuel- and energy-related activities 19.35This includes: emissions from electricity transmission & distribution losses; well-to-tank emissions associated with electricity generation; and well-to-tank emissions from fuel use.
4.Upstream transportation & distribution 1.3
5. Waste generated in operations 0.06This includes solid waste and emissions associated wastewater treatment.
6. Business travel 81.2
7. Employee commuting 50.27This includes emissions from Employee Telecommuting, a sub-category of Category 7.
9. Downstream transportation & distribution 0.08The organisation does not sell or supply any physical products so there is no downstream transportation.
Total Emissions 356.8

Emissions reduction targets

The organisation is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050 at the latest. We will keep this date under review, bringing it forward if possible as our carbon reduction plans develop.

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed:

  • The organisation achieved Green Small Business Certification in March 2024, having developed an environmental policy and comprehensive action plan addressing all of the significant environmental impacts of the business.
  • We operate a partial hybrid working model, which reduces emissions from staff commuting.
  • Business travel has been reduced through extensive use of video-conferencing.

Planned Carbon Reduction Initiatives

Our environmental action plan commits us to the implementation of further measures which we anticipate will reduce the carbon intensity of the business, such as:

  • Implementing a ‘use of transport’ policy to ensure that emissions from business travel are consistently low.
  • Ensuring environmentally responsible purchasing for all goods and services.
  • Providing our staff with information on environmentally responsible behaviour whilst working remotely and facilitating good practice.
  • Appointing a lead on environmental sustainability within the organisation, with lead responsibility for driving delivery of our environmental policy.
  • Reducing waste and increasing levels of recycling.
  • Adopting a Data Retention Policy to ensure that the data held by the company is rationalised on a regular basis, thereby avoiding unnecessary carbon emissions from cloud storage.

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 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 board of directors (or equivalent management body).