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Sustainability (continued)
ENVIRONMENTAL
We are committed to helping prevent the impact of global
climate change by transitioning to carbon net zero.
In 2022, we signed up to the United Nation’s Race to Zero
and officially committed to set science-based targets to
be carbon net zero through the Science Based Targets
initiative ("SBTi"). Initially we are aiming to reduce carbon
emissions by 55% by 2030 using FY22 as a baseline. To
achieve these challenging goals, we began developing a
carbon emission reduction plan in 2021. This included the
very important step of expanding our Scope 3 indirect
carbon scope. FY22 provided an opportune moment
to re-establish our baseline year as operations were
returning to normal following the Covid-19 pandemic.
We actively measure and monitor our principal
environmental impacts and have set objectives and
targets for their reduction. To date we have been
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Carbon footprint
Commercial waste
Electricity kWh/measured by employee and turnover
Landfill waste/measured by employee and turnover
Natural resources and consumables
Waste/measured by employee and turnover
We have ISO 14001:2015 Environmental Management
certification at our head office in Chalfont St Peter, our
Maidenhead office (both UK) and our Chinese offices in
Beijing, Rizhao and Xi’an. Our Environmental Management
System certifications collectively cover 31% of our offices
by headcount and we will continue to increase this
compliance aiming to achieve 100% compliance by 2030.
ENERGY AND GREENHOUSE GAS REPORT
ANNUAL ENERGY USE AND EMISSIONS
As part of the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting
("SECR") requirement, RWS is required to report its
energy and Greenhouse Gas ("GHG") emissions within
its Directors’ Report. The Group’s GHG emissions were
prepared in accordance with the UK Government’s SECR
guidance. The analysis conforms with the GHG Protocol
Corporate Standard (2004) and relates to the emissions of
all locations within the Group.
Our annual global energy use (in MWh) and associated
greenhouse gas emissions (tCO 2e) have been summarised
in the table. As mentioned previously, we have expanded
and enhanced our carbon emissions data collection
methodology which has resulted in a significant increase
in our reported Scope 3 emissions when compared with
the previous year. These now account for circa 90% of our
overall carbon footprint and will be used to develop our
carbon reduction strategy going forward.
The overall data quality was "considered good and
comprehensive, with common and statistically
insignificant data quality issues."
The results of the analysis will be used to provide us with
transparency on our emissions, enable us to setup and
implement specific carbon reduction measures and the
foundation to track our progress in reducing carbon
emissions, as well as to evaluate the effectiveness of our
reduction measures. In FY22, RWS offset all non-avoidable
emissions with high-quality carbon offsetting projects.
Overall results* (FY22)
Scope 1
473.41 tCO 2e
Scope 2
4,415.63 tCO 2e
Scope 3
47,736.02 tCO 2e
Total
52,625.06 tCO 2e
* location-based: although we have reported on location-based carbon
emissions, these were also calculated from a market-based perspective. Scope
1 and Scope 3 remained the same however, Scope 2 reduced to 4,232.18 tCO 2 e
from a market-based perspective
Explanation: A location-based method reflects the average emissions
intensity of grids on which energy consumption occurs (using mostly gridaveraged emission factor data). A market-based method reflects emissions
from electricity that companies have purposely chosen.
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targeting reductions year-on-year for the following:
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STRATEGIC REPORT
Global
FY21
FY22
16,347.85
12,691.49
UK Energy Consumption
(MWh)*
1,724.59
1,592.87
Scope 1 emissions (from
aircon, heating, fleet)**
89.47
473.41
Scope 2 emissions (from
purchased electricity,
heating, fleet)**
4,838.21
4,415.63
Total Scope 1 + 2
4,927.68
4,889.04
Total Energy
Consumption (MWh)*
Scope 3
180.22
47,736.02***
* includes: electricity, natural gas, diesel, heat and steam and company car
fuel consumption from Scope 1 + 2
** location-based
*** Our Scope 3 emissions methodology was enhanced in FY22 and we were
able to report on more Scope 3 categories than in previous years. This fully
supports our commitment to set science-based targets. Scope 3 emissions
previously covered two categories including waste and business travel.
This has now been expanded to seven categories which includes purchased
goods and services, capital goods, fuel and energy related activities, waste
generated in operations, business travel, employee commuting and home
office, and upstream leased assets.
