Social Impact Report 2024 - Flipbook - Page 8
Net zero supplier
engagement strategy
34% of our emissions sit in our supply chain, of 4,000+
supply partners in UK&I.
In 2023 we launched a supplier engagement strategy, built on
partnership and mentoring to support supply partners on their
own journeys to net zero.
From 2025, in scope suppliers must have set their own Science
Based Targets, validated by SBTI*.
From January 2030, we will cease working with those who
have not demonstrated tangible progress through published
reporting.
We have already cut supply chain emissions 30%
compared to our 2017 baseline, a 100,903 tCO2e reduction,
equivalent to 昀氀ying around the world 8,581 times.
*SME and VCSE partners will have a two-year grace period on key milestones requiring
SBTi validated targets.
SOCIAL IMPACT PLANET
8
Thomas Kneale is an SME supply partner participating in Sodexo’s net zero
mentoring. The business has since won the King’s Awards for Enterprise in
Sustainable Development.
“What we’ve achieved has been beyond expectations.
Over the last few months, I have gone from a fairly
limited understanding of Net Zero, to having scope 1, 2
& 3 calculations from base year to present on a carbon
measuring tool. We’ve also signed up to our 昀椀rst 100%
renewable electricity tari昀昀, which is key to making a
signi昀椀cant reduction in our scope 2. We are now talking
to our supply chain about their ongoing activities
and emissions”.
Brett Mendell, Director Thomas Kneale
NET
ZERO
2040