Carbon Reduction Plan.

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 reduction can be measured.

Scope 1

Digi2al does not own, operate or control boilers, furnaces, vehicles; nor do we own or control process equipment that may result in chemical production emissions.

Scope 2

Digi2al teams work from home for the majority of our business, however we also deploy teams to work on client sites where necessary. We currently maintain a small office in a managed office facility so there are indirect, consequential emissions released into the atmosphere associated with our consumption of purchased electricity, heat, steam and cooling. These emissions occur at sources that Digi2al does not own or control. However, as a tenant of our office space, we keep pressure on the managed service provider to continue to develop innovative ways to collectively reduce our carbon emissions. Examples of this innovation include:

• Turning equipment off during no-occupancy periods, adjusting temperature set points, understanding equipment life cycle, and maintaining—and replacing—equipment for maximum efficiency.
• Real estate contributes to greenhouse gas emissions around the world. These emissions come from a variety of sources: from the manufacturing of building materials like steel and cement, to the buildings themselves and the energy that powers them. 
• At almost every location, lighting is based on office schedules, occupancy, and the amount of daylight that enters the space. These smart lighting controls—which offer dimmer lights when daylight is strong, and brighter lights when it isn’t—help conserve electricity across locations. 
• One large-scale initiative with a huge sustainability impact was the rollout of carbon dioxide sensors across 32 sites internationally.That data is used to address problems in buildings experiencing high carbon dioxide levels. The team installed indoor air quality (IAQ) sensors to measure volatile organic compounds (VOC), carbon dioxide levels, and other IAQ parameters.

Scope 3

Digi2al does not own, operate or control upstream or downstream transportation and distribution or waste generated in operations.

Emissions reduction targets

We have established a target to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 10% against our baseline year, from 11.95 tCO2e to 10.76 tCO2e by 2027.

Since establishing this baseline and target, the organisation has undergone significant growth. Our workforce has increased from 23 FTE to 50 FTE, an increase of 117%. During the same period, our absolute greenhouse gas emissions have increased to 18.30 tCO₂e.

While this represents an increase in absolute emissions, emissions have grown at a substantially lower rate than our workforce. Our emissions intensity has consequently improved, reducing from 0.487 tCO₂e per FTE to 0.366 tCO₂e per FTE, representing a 24.9% reduction in emissions per FTE.

We recognise that improvements in emissions intensity do not replace the need to reduce absolute emissions. We therefore remain committed to reducing our absolute carbon footprint and achieving our longer-term commitment to Net Zero by 2050. As the organisation continues to scale, we will implement measures to reduce emissions across our operational activities and will monitor both absolute emissions and emissions intensity annually.

Our approach is to progressively decouple emissions growth from organisational growth, while maintaining our commitment to our established 2027 reduction target and our longer-term Net Zero objective.

Carbon Reduction Projects

Longer-term planning

We keenly await new development in green energy vehicle technology, including the range and power provision, to reduce our reliance on fossil fuelled vehicles. Our company goal is to move to green equivalent vehicles as soon as they become operationally viable.

The period of 30th September 2021 to 30th September 2022 was both our first and our baseline year. We waited to assess our operating model, including the impact on our carbon footprint, as we moved out of the pandemic lockdown environment into the post-pandemic ways of working. We downsized our office space to reflect our ambition to limit our office carbon footprint and encourage, where possible, working from home. 

Digi2al’s tCO2e emissions emanate from our Scope 3 business and commuter travel, which we minimise as a matter of course. We find it necessary to maintain certain physical meetings with clients and colleagues, both to create the most operational benefit from our interactions and to satisfy some client security protocols.

We will now detail why we are not recording Scope 1, Scope 2 and most Scope 3 emissions.

Baseline year emissions:

30th September 2021 to 30th September 2022

Reporting Year:

30th September 2025 - 30th September 2026

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 standard and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting.

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) Standard.

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

Jack Maxton, CEO‍ 30th September 2026