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Carbon Reduction Plan

Service Level Management Ltd

Publication date: May 2025

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Service Level Management Ltd is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040.

 

We are early in our journey to achieve Net Zero. We are initially committing to Net Zero emissions by 2040, but this is a minimum commitment which we hope to achieve earlier. Our mission is to take action to continually reduce our scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3 emissions. 

 

Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reductions can be measured. 

 

Baseline year: 01/04/2022 to 31/03/2023

 

Additional details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.

Our baseline year saw us working in a hybrid manner following the Covid 19 pandemic. Employees worked partly from home and partly in the office, with commuting therefore reduced. Business travel has resumed but is still not at the level of pre-pandemic. 

 

We are aware that in the future some of the emissions footprints from office working and business travel may begin to rise again. 

 

Scope 1: Heating in the office is electric only. We do not have a boiler and do not burn any fossil fuels. We do not have any company vehicles. We have no industrial processes or on-site manufacturing. There are no emissions from this category included in our data. 

 

Scope 3 Employee commuting: There was little office working before October of the base year. Since October the amount of office working has been increasing month on month but we do not have firm data on how many days employees travelled to work. We have therefore used the average data method and have assumed an average of 116 working days for 6 months since October per employee (net of leave and bank holidays); and we used the average UK commute of a return trip being 18.8 miles in an average petrol car. 

 

Due to the nature of business performed by Service Level Management Ltd, there are no upstream transportation and distribution and downstream transportation and distribution.  

 

Waste generated in operation is deemed out of Scope as Service Level Management Ltd do not have financial or operational control because this is dealt with by the Landlord. 

 

Emissions from business travel is calculated using the distance-based method. 

Baseline year emissions:
EMISSONS
TOTAL (tCOâ‚‚e)
Scope 1
0.00 (see above)
Scope 2
6.30
Scope 3 (included Sources)
5.66
Total Emissions
11.96

Current Emissions Reporting

Reporting Year: 2024-2025
EMISSIONS
TOTAL (tCOâ‚‚e)
Scope 1
0.00 (see above)
Scope 2
2.74
Scope 3 (included Sources)
19.36
Total Emissions
22.1

 

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since the 2023 baseline. The carbon emission reduction achieved by these schemes equates to 21.46 tCO2e, a 48% reduction against the first full year of ‘business as usual’ (2023/2024). The measures will be in effect when performing the contract.

 

Internal Net Zero Project We initiated the internal Net Zero project. This included gathering data to inform our baseline scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions and production of a more detailed report focused on scope 3 emissions produced through Jisc’s value chain.

 

Hybrid working We confirmed a hybrid approach to working for our staff, which supports homeworking and brings a reduction in the amount of carbon generated through employee commuting.

 

IT Infrastructure We have completed the migration of our IT systems onto Microsoft Azure. Microsoft has a commitment to being carbon negative by 2030. Azure allows us to save energy by shutting down services when not in use.

 

Waste management Staff awareness and engagement around waste management and recycling. Within this, employees use resources efficiently, alongside the provision of recycling receptacles around site.

 

Supplier selection. Instigated supplier ranking to ensure preference is given to those suppliers who also comply with ISO14001.

 

Travel. Updated our business travel policy to aim for travel by reduced emission preferences where video conferencing is not possible.

 

In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:

 

  • Upgrade office lighting to low energy lighting
  • Continue flexible working practices to reduce emissions from commuting
  • Explore cycle to work schemes, EV charging points and car journey sharing options
  • Develop sustainable office practices by implementing water and waste policies, promoting zero waste and better energy use
  • Reduce procurement and buying locally where possible
  • The senior management team will continue to give its full support to this carbon reduction programme.3
  • Transfer to a 100% renewable electricity tariff. This change will reduce market-based emissions (from chosen tariff) from the site to 0 tCO2e.

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 standard3 and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting4.

 

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) Standard5.

 

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).

 

Signed on behalf of the Supplier

Andrew Percival signature

 

Date: May 2025

https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-company-reporting

https://ghgprotocol.org/standards/scope-3-standard