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MANAGING ENERGY USE
Our Scope 1, 2 and 3 FTE intensity performance shows a
collective improvement of circa 5.6% when compared with
the previous year. Our Scope 1,2 and 3 revenue intensity
performance shows a circa 3.7% improvement per £m.
FY22
GHG scope: Scope 1
GHG category: 1
direct emissions
GHG category: 2
purchased electricity,
steam, heat, and cooling
549
GHG category: 3.1
purchased goods and
services
4,165
5,147
5,147
33,967
241
341
1,798
2,087
GHG category: 3.5 waste
generated in operations
136
282
GHG category: 3.6
business travel
989
3,234
8,508
6,503
GHG category: 3.7
employee commuting
GHG category 8:
Upstream leased assets
Total
Ensuring energy usage is being reported promptly and
accurately
•
Setting timers relative to weather conditions and
o昀케ce opening hours – increased awareness through
engagement with colleagues and cleaning companies to
ensure energy was being used only when necessary
•
Implementing various energy e昀케ciency actions such
as: a 'closed-door' policy to avoid unnecessary energy
consumption for heating/cooling; and a 'switch o昀昀 at
night' policy
30,851
18,403
GHG category: 3.3 fuel
and energy related
activities
•
488
22,295
GHG category: 3.2 capital
goods
Currently we have 100% renewable energy at eight of
our o昀케ces (Alnwick, UK; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Brno,
Czechia; Chalfont St Peter, UK; Cluj-Napoca, Romania;
Santiago, Chile; Sao Paulo, Brazil; and Stuttgart,
Germany). Electricity that comes from clean energy
sources is 13.8%. We reduced 12% of our electricityrelated emissions by purchasing clean energy
488
4,165
GHG scope: Scope 3
•
FY23
549
GHG scope: Scope 2
We recognise the importance of investing in energy
e昀케cient o昀케ces and renewable energy. In FY23, the
Group took several measures to reduce energy use and
emissions. These included:
With many of our initiatives, we recognise that what is
good for the environment is also good for business.
Energy savings, for example, reduce our emissions output
while cutting costs.
0.6
38,681
36,486
All numbers are location-based.
ENVIRONMENT
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