We have made the commitment to be net zero by 2050. This includes emissions in scope, including gas, electricity, business travel and staff commuting.
We will be net zero across our remaining scope 3 emissions, including our supply chain, transport and distribution, waste and electrical use of our leased assets by 2050. We plan to put interim targets in place to ensure sufficient progress is made and will work towards aligning with best available scientific data.
Planned carbon reduction initiatives
Over the next 12 months we plan to build on our existing knowledge and expand our new approach to sustainability across the company by undertaking the following:
- Develop a sustainability programme to incorporate sustainability across the organisation and measure and report collective impact
- Work to adopt an environmental management system to ISO14001 standard to provide the framework for monitoring, measuring and reporting across all environmental areas including emissions. ISO14064 will be used as the tool for verifying emission data to ensure robustness and assurance when publicly reporting progress towards net zero
- Establish an energy strategy to reduce emissions from our operations
- Deliver a sustainability training programme to ensure staff are well informed and understand the scope of sustainability and how activities can help us towards our net zero target
- Explore revision to the estates management record to incorporate the standardised carbon emission framework and improve user experience
- Continue to collaborate with the sector on projects to understand the environmental impact of IT/digital
- Embed sustainability into advisory activities, providing comprehensive guidance on incorporating sustainable practices into digital strategies
- Establish and maintain an environmental sustainability online community aimed at fostering collaboration, knowledge sharing and support among individuals and institutions in the FE and HE sectors
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 standard4 and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting5.
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) Standard6.
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).
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