Report results - SME Climate Hub

Knoll Printing & Packaging's Climate Report

Submitted on 2024-10-02

1.1 Reporting year*

2023

1.1.1 Reporting period*

from 1.2023 to 12.2023

1.2 Describe your business activities*

Knoll Printing & Packaging (Knoll), a leader in the deluxe packaging industry, has delivered innovative and creative packaging solutions to luxury global brands since 1984. Knoll provides premium packaging to the world\'s most prestigious brands, ensuring high quality, creativity and precise reliability. We supply secondary packaging (which is the assembly of cardboard and paper boxes used to protect the small bottles of perfume, cosmetics or spirits) to luxury brands according to required aesthetic specifications from our customers. Knoll operates worldwide in six locations: New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Bath, Hong Kong and China. Our global presence allows us to source any materials and satisfy all manufacturing and delivery demands from anywhere in the world.

1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year*

1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts*

1.5 Let us know if your company is a parent company or subsidiary*

Parent company

2.1 Net zero target year*

2030

2.1.1 Base year*

2021

2.2 Near-term target*

42% of absolute scope 1+2 emission reduction from my base year by 2030

2.3 Provide any additional comments or context on your net zero and near term targets.*

3.1 To reduce emissions in line with my commitment, my company has a plan and is taking action*

Yes

Energy consumption

3.2 Total energy consumption*

182120 kwh

3.3 Renewable energy*

94242 kwh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions*

53.54 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions*

88.43 metric tons CO2e

3.6 Market based scope 2 emissions*

54.79 metric tons CO2e

3.7 Describe your plans and actions taken to reduce scope 1 & 2 emissions.*

Our company is using renewable energy, whenever possible, to reduce our scope 1 & 2 emissions

3.8 Describe the calculation methodology and comment on the data accuracy, including any tools/methods used to calculate.*

We are using paid for resources by Bilan Carbone to calculate our emission. Data collection and calculation has started since 2021 with improvement made along the way for improvement

Scope 3 emissions

4.1 Have you measured any of your scope 3 emissions?*

Yes

4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions*

5696 metric tons CO2e

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

4.1.2 Purchased goods and services*

3618.19 metric tons CO2e

4.1.3 Capital goods*

2.3 metric tons CO2e

4.1.4 Fuel and energy related activities*

9.66 metric tons CO2e

4.1.5 Transportation and distribution (upstream)*

4.1.6 Waste in operations*

1.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.7 Business travel*

76.74 metric tons CO2e

4.1.8 Employee commuting*

60.23 metric tons CO2e

4.1.9 Leased assets (upstream)*

Customer related - downstream emissions

4.1.10 Transportation and distribution (downstream)*

1038.53 metric tons CO2e

4.1.11 Processing of sold products*

4.1.12 Use of sold products*

4.1.13 End-of-life treatment of products*

888.54 metric tons CO2e

4.1.14 Leased assets (downstream)*

4.1.15 Franchises*

4.1.16 Investments*

4.1.17 Do you have a plan and are taking action to reduce emissions from your value chain?*

Yes

We are working on our emissions from product and service purchased by replacing material with low-emission materials. Also, we are working on transportation emission by minimising air freight delivery

4.2 Have you asked any of your suppliers to set a net zero target (either voluntarily or as a requirement)?*

4.2.1 What percentage of your suppliers have you asked?*

4.3 Have you communicated your commitment and actions to any of your customers?*

Yes

4.4 Describe the calculation methodology and comment on the data accuracy and any tools used to calculate your scope 3 emissions.*

Same tool by Bilan Carbone has been used for the calculation

5.1 Do you classify any of your existing goods and/or services as a climate solution?*

Yes

5.2 What percentage of your total revenue comes from sales of climate solutions?*

5.3 Provide descriptions/names of your climate solutions:*

5.4 Methodology used to assess these as climate solutions, and third party which has validated the assessment, if any:*

6.1 What governance processes do you have in place for your climate strategy? Choose as many as are applicable.*

Governance process in place, Person is responsible for climate strategy at board level

6.1 Explain*

6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.*

Instead of a board, our company\'s highest governing body is the corporate executive team. The corporate executive team holds the responsibility of overseeing the entire organization, which includes a critical focus on sustainability initiatives. This leadership group is tasked with setting the strategic direction for the company, and works closely with the sustainability director to ensure that sustainability goals are integrated into business operations and decision-making processes.

6.1.2 Is this person (or another at executive and board level) also responsible for climate risk?*

Yes

6.2 Have you started to identify and assess your companies climate risks and opportunities?*

Yes - we have identified both climate risks and opportunities

6.2.1 Where are the climate risks you've identified?*

Both operations and value chains

6.2.1 Explain*

6.2.2 How are you managing these climate risks? Choose as many as are applicable.*

We\'ve started to prioritise climate risks, We\'ve assessed these risks against revenue of the company

6.2.2 Explain*

6.2.3 Provide any additional comments or context on your climate risks:*

6.3 Have you integrated climate and/or nature into your company mission statement or shareholder agreements? If yes, describe how.*

Yes

6.4 Have you taken actions this year outside of your emissions to accelerate climate progress?*

Yes

7.1 Provide any additional comments or context on your annual results and progress from previous years.*

We have been working on reduction on scope 1-3 and our scope 1+2 emission has been reduced by 22% from 2021

7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?*

Reducing scope 3 emissions, Limited control over energy use in buildings, Complexities in managing supply chain emissions, Inaccurate or insufficient data, Limited influence over suppliers

Specify other challenges*

7.3 Has there been any third party validation of the data submitted in this report?*

Yes

Our emission data is verified by Impact 2050 (a consulting firm based in Paris)