Carbon Reduction Plan
Supplier name: Qodea Limited
Publication date: 09th September 2025
Period Covered: 1st April 2024- 30th March 2025
We’re committed to achieving Net Zero
At Qodea, we’ve always pushed ourselves to do more for the world around us. The focus areas and benchmarks we hold ourselves to act as our moral compass, always encouraging us to ‘do right’ in everything we do.
As such, we’re now creating our roadmap to net zero emissions by 2030.
Our baseline emissions footprint:
Baseline emissions are a record of the GHGs 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. The reporting year is the financial year 2025 and the baseline year is the financial year 2022.
We note that due to the COVID-19 pandemic falling in our baseline year, business travel had reduced. As expected, coming out of the pandemic, we have seen an increase this year in certain areas, however, due to some large changes in building management and our policies, we have made some significant reductions in other areas.
Current Emissions Reporting:
Scope 1 – Owned emissions (Facilities, Vehicles)
We do not own any facilities, however, we have included improvements to be made in partnership with our building suppliers in our roadmap. With regards to vehicles, the company does account for 20% of our emission from vehicle used for commuting due to direct tailpipe emissions from burning fuel.
Scope 2 – Indirect emissions (Energy)
We are accountable for energy in only one of our offices (our Manchester-based Headquarters). The combined emissions for electricity in this office over our Fiscal Year 2025 was 11 Co2e(t).
Scope 3 – Supply chain emissions
1. Purchased goods and services
We reported 664.9 tCO₂e emissions from purchased goods and services, reflecting the carbon footprint associated with our supply chain and procurement activities. This figure is based on spend-based emissions calculations aligned with recognised reporting standards.
2. Capital Goods
This figure covers emissions from the procurement and lifecycle of company assets, including laptops, IT equipment, and other durable goods classified under capital expenditure. We are actively exploring circular economy models and low-carbon procurement strategies to further reduce our footprint in future reporting periods.
Aside from general waste, we also produce electronic waste due to the requirement for sufficient desk setups for our employees. We dispose of electronic waste in two ways; repurposing (reusing internally or donating to local facilities charities, schools, etc.), and recycling using ICT Reverse. ICT reverse provides a detailed breakdown of what was re-used, recycled or destroyed.
Our total waste emissions were 247.17 Co2e(kg)
3. Fuel and energy related activities not included in scope 1 or scope 2
This figure covers upstream emissions from the production and transmission of purchased electricity, gas, and other fuels including those used for commuting and travel.
4. Upstream transportation & distribution
Our business model does not involve the ownership or direct management of transportation or distribution activities for goods. The majority of our services are delivered through software and cloud infrastructure, which inherently require minimal physical transport.
However, we do engage with Chrome suppliers to support client delivery. While we do not have direct control over the operational processes of these suppliers, we have strengthened our procurement practices to incorporate environmental and social impact criteria. This ensures that sustainability considerations are embedded into our supplier selection and ongoing engagement.
5. Waste generated in operations
As a remote-first organisation, the majority of our employees work from home or flexible locations. Due to the decentralised nature of this setup, it is not feasible to accurately measure general waste generated at individual home offices. For the purposes of this disclosure, we have therefore focused on waste generated from our physical office locations, where data is available and measurable. Based on this, our reported operational waste accounts for 13.5 tCO2e.
We continue to encourage responsible waste management practices among our remote workforce and are exploring ways to support more consistent reporting and reduction strategies across all working environments.
6. Business Travel
Our employees primarily travel for business using three modes of transport: train, air, and car. To calculate our emissions, we have used verified internal data sources including:
- Trainline.com business account records
- Flight booking data from our travel consultants
- Petrol expense claims for car travel
Based on this data, our total emissions from business travel for the reporting period amounted to 147.9 tCO2e.
We continue to monitor and assess our travel related emissions and are exploring opportunities to reduce our impact through smarter travel policies, increased use of virtual meetings, and prioritisation of lower-carbon transport options.
7. Employee Commuting
Our workforce operates under a remote-first contract, meaning there is no formal requirement for employees to commute. However, we acknowledge that some employees choose to travel to work on a regular basis. To accurately assess the environmental impact of commuting, we conducted an internal survey capturing:
- Frequency of travel
- Distance commuted
- Mode of transport used
Based on the survey responses, we calculated total commuting-related emissions to be 77.1 tonnes of CO₂e for the reporting period.
We continue to promote remote working and flexible arrangements to minimise commuting emissions, while also encouraging sustainable travel choices for those who do commute.
8. Downstream transportation and distribution
We do not own or directly manage the transportation or distribution of any goods sold. The majority of our services are delivered through software and cloud infrastructure, which significantly reduces the need for physical transport.
However, we do work with Chrome suppliers to support client service delivery. While we do not have direct control over their operational processes, our roadmap includes the expansion of our procurement framework to formally assess and incorporate environmental and social impact criteria. This ensures that sustainability considerations are embedded into our supplier engagement strategy moving forward.
This resulted in total estimated emissions of 933.6 Co2e(t).
Comparison summary;
This year:
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Our indirect emissions have reduced significantly this year - by around 17 Co2e(tonnes) and 24 Co2e(tonnes) vs our baseline year, this is largely due to the increase of renewable energy in our electricity usage. We also sold one of our larger office spaces as it was under-utilised, this helped to reduce energy consumption.
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Whilst our Business travel has increased since our baseline year, our baseline year was during COVID19 when people could not travel. Our emissions from business travel last year were 241.70 Co2e(tonnes), so we have improved on last year by over 90 Co2e(tonnes). This is primarily because we made a conscious effort to encourage more rail travel and reduce short-haul flights.
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Our waste emissions have reduced by over 1.3 Co2e(tonnes). We had already reduced our waste emissions significantly vs baseline, by ensuring that we are following the correct recycling protocols and working with offices who have good recycling processes in place. This year our recycling has increased, alongside this our ability to report on recycling in other offices has improved.
Our goals
Over the past year, we have successfully merged with multiple businesses, significantly expanding our operational footprint. As part of our integration strategy, we have prioritised the benchmarking of emissions across all newly acquired entities. This has enabled us to build a more comprehensive and scalable approach to emissions tracking, with a focus on real-time data collection and analysis.
To support this ambition, we are actively seeking a strategic partnership with an environmental data and advisory provider. This collaboration will help us set realistic, science-based targets across the group and ensure consistent reporting as we continue to grow.
We have also broadened our Scope 3 emissions data collection, including:
- Remote working emissions from employees’ home energy use
- Purchased goods and services
- Project-related emissions, particularly those linked to our use of Google infrastructure
In parallel, we are working closely with building management teams to further reduce our Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions. This includes optimising energy use, improving building efficiency, and aligning operational practices with our sustainability goals.
The Journey to Net Zero
What’s next
Scope 1
Whilst we don’t have ownership over any of our premises we’re committed to partnering with our providers to improve their impact. When assessing new office spaces we will be considering the management company's commitment to reducing their environmental impact, and their ability to report on their carbon footprint.
Scope 2
We have made huge strides in reducing our footprint in this area by moving to renewable energy and ensuring our offices are the right size for our usage. We will continue to be committed to increasing renewable energy and working with office management companies who are also committed to increasing renewable energy.
Scope 3
Purchased goods & services
In 2023 we launched our new procurement assessment, this includes social and environmental reviews and will be used to make decisions on suppliers of goods and services. We are committed to assessing our current service providers and hardware suppliers (laptops, monitors, mobile phones), as well as all suppliers procured during that year.
Transportation & distribution
Per the above explanation, we are also committing to assessing all hardware distributors used to supply our clients in year 1.
General waste
Whilst general waste is not our largest source of emissions, it is also a challenge to reduce as materials used by our employees will continually depreciate. However, we are committed to working with office management companies that prioritise quality recycling. We will continue to improve our electronic waste recycling schemes. Finally we encourage a paper free office.
Business travel
Whilst we will continue to leverage our systems to allow people to collaborate remotely, we acknowledge we are unable to eradicate travel entirely. However, we will continue to encourage train journeys through our Trainline business account, making it easier for employees to book trains without having to claim expenses.
We understand that this approach does still create carbon emissions, and therefore commit to offsetting all business travel using an internally approved Gold standard offsetting partner. In the longer term, we will consider the use of electric vehicles for business travel.
Commuting
Similarly to business travel, we are unable to eradicate all emissions for commutes, though we commit to continuing our remote-first policy to ensure no unnecessary commuting. Because of this, we plan to continue our Carbon Offset Commutes policy creating innovative ways of engaging our people in its use. Our Cycle to Work Scheme enables staff to purchase bicycles and accessories through a tax efficient salary sacrifice programme, encouraging low carbon commuting.
In the longer term, we plan on using the data collected from our commute submissions to create data-driven incentives to encourage the use of electric vehicles and public transport over the use of higher-emission vehicles.
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 by Bill Bates, Director
Dated: 11th September 2025