Carbon Emissions Reduction Policy
1. Executive Summary
Axis Health Solutions Ltd is committed to achieving Net Zero Emissions by 2050.
We are aware that reducing our Greenhouse Gas Emissions represents significant benefits for us, our customers, suppliers and the wider community.
Our Carbon Reduction Plan covers the strategies for Axis Health Group Ltd’s ongoing commitment to the management and reduction of our business-related carbon emissions.
The plan will cover Axis Health Solutions Ltd’s baseline year information, setting clear targets for reducing Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions over key timeframes and listing our planned projects to achieve carbon net zero by 2050.
While some of these achievements will be achieved through behavioral change, it is noted that, where funding is needed, it will be accessed to take these projects to the right outcome.
As a largely administration-based business, we will still be pushing our business and working with all of our employees and contractors to embrace this plan and work collaboratively to achieve the overall goal of Carbon Net Zero by 2050.
The points below show the journey we are taking:
Several staff training and behaviour change projects have been identified that will work to achieve net zero emissions by 2050
2. Meeting the reporting requirements
This Carbon Reduction Plan is completed in compliance with PPN06/21 as published by the Cabinet Office June 2021. This document will be reviewed and updated annually in line with the Axis Health Solutions Ltd Annual Report and Accounts. It will reflect any changes in organisational structure and take account of the efforts made to reduce our emissions over time to achieve net zero by 2050.
2.1 Our low carbon vision
As an organisation, Axis Health Solutions Ltd is committed to integrating sustainable development into everyday practice by minimising environmental impact wherever possible.
During the process of developing this Carbon Reduction Plan, a number of key areas have been selected that will allow us to demonstrate reductions in the carbon emissions generated by our activities.
3. Method of data collection:
Due to the unique nature of our business we have detailed below the methodology used for our report.
3.1 Carbon footprint methodology:
In accordance with the GHG protocol’s corporate standard, the reported emissions should be reported against an operational boundary using one of three types of reporting methodology:
equity share
financial control
operational control
3.2 Equity share:
This is how an organisation accounts for GHG emissions from operations according to its share of equity in the operation. This model may be helpful where emissions are recorded centrally across a range of entities, for example recorded UK wide by the parent company rather than at the trading entity level.
3.3 Financial control:
The organisation reports on all sources of carbon emissions over which it has financial control. The organisation is deemed to have financial control over a service if it has the ability to direct the financial and operating policies of the service with a view to financially managing its activities, for example:
setting budgets
managing expenditure
obtaining an ‘income’, such as in leisure centres, entertainment halls, community centres for example
3.4 Operational control:
The organisation reports on all sources of carbon emissions over which it has operational control. The organisation is deemed to have operational control over a service if it has full authority to introduce and implement its operating policies.
Axis Health Solutions Ltd carbon footprint will be reported using the equity share methodology based on our operational model being largely administration based and that our premises are controlled by a third party.
3.5 Baseline year: FY 2022/23
Scope 1
Company Facilities: we are tenants in buildings managed by a landlord, this data will be reported by the GPA in their annual reports and will be excluded from this to avoid double reporting.
Company Vehicles: we do not have any company vehicles, so there are no emissions from this category included in our emissions data.
Scope 2
Purchased electricity, steam, heating and cooling for own use: This comes under the landlords data, electricity direct from the supplier. We do not have Gas in the building
Scope 3
Category 4 and 9 upstream and downstream distribution
As Axis Health Solutions Ltd is largely an administration-based business, we do not purchase or sell any goods, so we can’t report any figures against categories 4 and 9.
Category 5 waste generated in operations
We do not have specific data on the waste generated as an organisation as this is managed through the lease arrangements as part of the building operations, but we do generate waste through employee printing along with brochures and events information, banners and other materials. Waste includes lunch-time related rubbish. We plan to address these areas through behaviour changes in the Strategies for Carbon Reduction.
Category 6 business travel
We do not have any business travel at present.
Category 7 employee commuting
For the base year of 2022/23, we do not have any firm data on how employees were travelling into their office. To calculate an estimated figure for the financial year 2023/2024, we have taken the number of employees, their working pattern such as part time or full time, and taken account of annual leave and bank holidays.
For employees, there are 252 working days per year which reduces to an average of 220 working days per full time employee when accounting for annual leave and Bank Holidays. We calculated this figure for the average UK commute of a return trip being 16.8 miles. The average UK car emissions are approximately 196.94 grams per mile. This brings in a total estimated figure of 578.791 tCO2e.
It is accepted that this does not include travel to offices by train, tube, bus or other forms of transport. Detailed below in the section ‘Strategies for Carbon Reduction’ are plans for how we can monitor commuting emissions and report an accurate figure in future years.
Baseline year emissions: FY 2022/23
Emissions Total (tCO2e)
Scope 1 Zero, rationale detailed above
Scope 2 Zero, rationale detailed above
Scope 3 (Included sources)
Category 4 Zero, rationale detailed above
Category 5 Zero, rationale detailed above
Category 6 Zero, rationale detailed above
Category 7 578.791
Category 9 Zero, rationale detailed above
Total emissions 829.791
3.6 Current year: FY 2023/24
Additional details about the baseline emissions calculations
For 2022/23, the residual effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic meant that a high portion of our staff continued working in a hybrid style, both in an office and remotely, for the financial year. During this time of reduced staff attendance, the offices have been refurbished and designed to embrace Smarter Working and create an environment that is more amenable and suits a modern style of working and collaboration. The next reporting year of 2023/2024 will show again a change, with more staff returning to offices, but we believe that 2023/2024 data will be more accurate in how our emissions reduction journey will continue.
For the current reporting year FY 2022/2023 Scopes 1, 2 and 3 will be the same as the baseline year reporting.
Additional information is for Category 6 and 7 of Scope 3 as detailed below to cover business changes brought on from the pandemic.
Category 6 business travel
We do not have any business travel at present
Category 7 employee commuting
Will remain the same for 2023/2024
Emissions Total (tCO2e)
Scope 1 Zero, rationale detailed above
Scope 2 Zero, rationale detailed above
Scope 3 (Included sources)
Category 4 Zero, rationale detailed above
Category 5 Zero, rationale detailed above
Category 6 Zero, rationale detailed above
Category 7 578.791
Category 9 Zero, rationale detailed above
Total emissions 829.791
4. Strategies for carbon reduction
The carbon reduction opportunities in this plan, once fully implemented, will reduce Axis Health Solutions Ltd GHG emissions each year in line to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.
The areas for concentrated reduction strategies are as follows:
4.1 Employee commuting
We will continue to maintain a Smarter Working culture for all employees to reduce the amount of commuting for our colleagues, helping to reduce our CO2 emissions. Smarter Working offices whilst enabling our employees to make the right decisions about where and how they work whilst making the best use of our workplaces and technology. It improves productivity through a focus on outputs rather than presenteeism and supports the reduction of our carbon footprint by reducing unnecessary travel.
4.2 Communication
We will work with key partners and other stakeholders to achieve a better understanding of our emission contributions in the energy usage and waste emission categories. Even with these categories being out of our direct control, we will apply pressure to the contracting authorities to push towards emission reductions.
4.3 Employee learning and behaviour change
A program will be created over the next 12 months to raise the environmental awareness for all Axis Health Solutions Ltd employees, contractors and interns.
Working with all employees, we will encourage better energy use and reduced waste. During the pandemic for example, while the majority of employees were working from home, it highlighted how printing is not as essential as previously thought to our business operations as part of our daily work lives, and we will aim to maintain this as a goal for a more paperless office.
4.4 Leadership
The Owner/Director of Axis Health Solutions Ltd has given, and will continue to give, its full support to this carbon reduction programme and the team required to achieve Axis Health Solutions Ltd Net Zero ambitions.
The Owner/Director will lead by example, by modelling best practice behaviours in carbon reduction wherever possible, by helping to push for and then implementing changes, along with arranging for specific sub-project funding if and when needed.
4.5 Declaration and sign off
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standards 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).
Signed on behalf of Axis Health Solutions Ltd