Commitment to achieving Net Zero Emmissions

NES Holdings (UK) Limited has joined the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) in pledging to achieve net zero emissions by 2035 and a net zero supply chain by 2045.

Reporting Period

NES Holdings (UK) Limited will publish a Carbon Reduction Plan on a yearly basis detailing emissions released from UK Operations from 1st January to 31st December.

Baseline Year & Current Reporting Year

Due to 2020 being the first year we measured our CO2e emissions, the report for the Baseline Year and Current Reporting year contain different figures. Due to this, the explanations below apply to the current reporting year:

Scope 1

Scope 1 is reported as 18.68 tCO2e in 2023 as we have tracked the mileage travelled by our fleet. NES Holdings (UK) Limited do not have boilers, on-site manufacturing, or f-gases to report emissions on.

Scope 2

Within Scope 2, we have measured the emissions released from working from home and the consumption of purchased gas and electricity in our offices. With 59 of NES Holdings (UK) Limited employees making the most of hybrid working, we have calculated 2 out of 5 days as spent working from home and the other 3 from the offices. Heating, lighting and computer consumption have all been taken into account to calculate emissions released due to working from home.

Scope 3

Business Travel

The Business Travel Subset in Scope 3 has been quantified and reported for NES Holdings (UK) Limited in 2023. The emissions resulting from business travel, have been calculated. This includes travel by taxi, rail, bus, London Underground, rental cars, short-haul and long­ haul flights to/from UK, as well as international flights, and employee-owned vehicles for business purposes, excluding the commute to and from work.

Employee Commuting

The emissions resulting from employee commuting have been calculated at 8.74 tCO2e, considering factors such as the distance travelled, mode of transportation, and average fuel consumption. This calculation accounts for the total commuting emissions generated by our employees and the corresponding greenhouse gas emissions associated with their transportation choices.

Upstream and Downstream Transportation

The emissions resulting from Upstream Transportation and Distribution have been assessed and quantified at 1.15 tCO2e. This calculation considers the transportation activities involved in sourcing materials and delivering finished products, taking into account factors such as distance travelled, modes of transportation and fuel consumption. The Downstream Transportation and Distribution subset is reported as

0.00 tCO2e as NES Holdings (UK) Limited do not distribute any goods.

Waste Generated in Operations

With 59 office staff working from the company premises three days a week, NES Holdings (UK) Limited only generates a small amount of waste which the local council removes in its general collections. Therefore we do not have access to specific data regarding CO2e emissions related to waste disposal.

Emissions Reduction Targets

In order to continue our progress to achieving Net Zero, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets.

We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 41.68 tCO2e by 2029. This is a reduction of 20% on our 2023 results.

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since the 2020 baseline.

• Sourcing renewable energy
• Hybrid working
• Moving to a more efficient office space that is located within the town centre thereby reducing travel
• Improvements to sensory-controlled lighting
• Automatic lighting control measures throughout our offices for improved energy management.
• Encourage staff to use public transport
• Research and consider switching to electric vehicles within the Fleet
• Bike facilities provided to staff
• Reducing paper waste
• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Policy
• Introduction of VC Communication to reduce business miles

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.

Signed

Peter Sheppard
Managing Director
NES Holdings (UK) Limited
Date: 16 May 2024

1. https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-company-reporting
3. https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-value-chain-scope-3-standard