Carbon reduction plan 09/24-08/25

Approved by Dave Mann, CEO, 1 September 2024

Emission reduction target

dxw’s target is based on emissions per person rather than dxw as a whole. Over the last few years, we’ve grown in size, and therefore, so have our emissions. We wanted to set an achievable target for reduction. We’re trialling and measuring new approaches to achieve a reduction this year and in future years. Our reduction target this year is 5% (our stretch goal is 10%). We are committed to being net zero by 2050 at the latest.

What we’ve done so far

We’ve:

• continued to calculate and off-set the company’s carbon emissions
• engaged with the tech industry, finding out about sustainability work in other organisations
• running a dxw Earth Group, continually improving how we work and the impact we have 
• introducing company wide earth challenges, to encourage sustainable practices

View/download dxw’s carbon emissions calculation 2023-2024

View/download dxw’s carbon emissions calculation 2022-2023

View/download dxw’s carbon emissions calculation 2021-2022

What we plan to do 

Changes to make now

Travel and mileage 

Refine our company travel policy, by asking staff to use greener ways to travel for work purposes. 

Utilities (gas, electricity, water)

When selecting a new communal office space in Leeds we’ll prioritise finding a space that is actively reducing their own emissions by using renewable energy sources. 

Expenses and purchases  

Regularly review what we buy and how we buy it, identify how we can reduce what we buy, and buy the things we need differently (i.e. sustainable companies and second hand).

Digital 

Regularly review what tools we use and how we use them, identify how we can use less tools, or use the tool we have less. We will explore embedding low tech practices within our development team. We’ll make sure we resell and/ or recycle our devices when we’ve finished with them. 

Employees (tools, commuting, work from home)

Identify a group of volunteers to participate in a trial to reduce their emissions and measure the impact. We’ll ask these volunteers to:

• use their camera for online meetings 20% less
• uses a lower carbon/greener way to travel 20% more
• increase working in a communal space by 20%
• take steps to reduce emissions when working from home

We will evaluate the results of this trial with a view to implementing similar changes across the organisation.

Changes to make next

Web hosting 

Changes planned by AWS in 2025 are expected to reduce dxw emissions significantly.

Changes to make later

There is less control over emissions related to:

• transmission and distribution 
• well-to-tank
• waste

By changing what we do have control over we may see a fall in these emissions too. 

Declaration and sign off 

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 006 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 (where required), 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 on behalf of the supplier:

David Mann

1 September 2024