17. Centerprise
Scope 1 and 2 emissions (market-based): 145 tCO2e (-48%)
Revenue: £122m
Emissions per £1m revenue: 1.2 tCO2e
This PC builder, reseller and distributor commenced a rollout of electric vehicles in its year to 31 August 2023, according to its latest SECR disclosure.
The period also saw it cut the ribbon on larger warehouse facilities, complete with solar panels, at its Welsh site.
Centerprise saw its reported (market-based) Scope 2 emissions fall from 169 tCO2e to zero in its fiscal 2023, thanks to the zero-carbon electricity supplied by its utility group (it did not appear to disclose a location-based figure). Its Scope 1 emissions rose from 110 to 145 tCO2e, meanwhile.
According to its latest Carbon Reduction plan, Centerprise pegged its Scope 3 emissions for the period at 57,414 tCO2e. That would put it at 99.7% of its total emissions.
16. Wavenet
Scope 1 and 2 emissions: 119 tCO2e (-68%)
Revenue: £131m
Emissions per £1m revenue: 0.9 tCO2e
Wavenet upped its status with Ecovadis from Silver to Gold in its fiscal 2023, it stressed in its latest SECR disclosure. It now scores at the 97th percentile with the sustainability assessment platform.
The Bowmark Capital-backed unified comms specialist saw its reported Scope 1 and 2 emissions fall by over two-thirds to 119 tCO2e during the period (a number it expects to slash to below 37 tCO2e by 2050).
A number of environmental management actions, including an electric car scheme for employees, have been completed or are underway, it stated.
15. CAE Technology Services
Scope 1 and 2 emissions:
Location based: 114 tCo2e (+9%)
Market based: 30 tCo2e (-72%)
Revenue: Circa £180m
Emissions per £1m revenue: 0.6 tCO2e (location based), 0.2 tCO2e (market based)
This Cisco and Dell partner is committed to reducing its carbon emissions gradually by 25% every five years, it said in its latest annual Carbon Reduction Plan, covering its year to 30 June 2023.
CAE’s Scope 1 and location-based Scope 2 emissions stood at a respective 25 and 88.6 tCO2e during the period (although factoring in its move to green tariffs, emissions were much lower, at 30 tCO2e).
It pegged its Scope 3 emissions (which encompassed business travel, employee commuting, waste and transmission & distribution of electricity) at 171.9 tCO2e in its latest year.
The Hemel Hempstead-based outfit promotes its sustainability strategy under the CARE banner.
14. Redcentric
Scope 1 and 2 emissions (location based): 10,246 tCO2e (+154%)
Revenue: £142m
Emissions per £1m revenue: 72.3 tCO2e
This LSE-listed MSP is in the process of concocting a net zero plan that adheres to the Science Based Targets initiative, it said in its most recent annual report.
Redcentric’s location-based Scope 2 emissions more than doubled to 10,055 tCO2e in its year to 31 March 2023, which it chalked up to the pandemic ending and normal operations resuming. This means it has the second highest Scope 1 and 2 carbon intensity measure of the firms we looked at.
As it purchases renewable electricity for all its facilities, its market-based Scope 2 emissions were zero, it noted, however.
Despite this, Redcentric said reducing its reliance on the national grid and generating renewables on site (including via solar panels) will be “imperative” to its net zero mission.
Although its annual report pegged its Scope 3 emissions at 89 tCO2e (looking only at ‘transportation’), Redcentric stressed it has now begun calculating its complete Scope 3 emissions, adding that they represent 81% of the total.
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