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Sterling Press Limited's Climate Report
The SME Reporting Tool
Introduction *
Commitment and Targets *
Own Emissions *
Value Chain Emissions *
(optional)
Climate Solutions *
(optional)
Management, Strategy and Climate Risk *
(optional)
Results, Challenges and Outlook *
Version 1.1.0
Introduction *
1.1 Reporting year
*2024
1.1.1 Reporting period
*from 4.2023 to 3.2024
1.2 Describe your business activities
*Sterling is a print, direct mail, creative, and fulfilment organisation based in the Midlands with two factories adjacent to each other within the same business campus. We provide print, direct mail, fulfilment, & creative services for a wide range of commercial, public sector, education, and charity customers. Typically these products will include brochures, magazines, prospectuses, leaflets, guides, exhibition & roller stands, banners, direct mail, postage, and many other associated products. We do this using the most comprehensive and up to date suite of print technology in the UK, providing lower carbon print in a sustainable way.
1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year
*138
1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts
*Full-time equivalent
1.5 Let us know if your company is a parent company or subsidiary
*Parent company
Commitment and Targets *
2.1 Net zero target year
*2035
2.1.1 Base year
*2020
2.2 Near-term target
*50% of absolute total emission reduction from my base year by 2029
2.3 Provide any additional comments or context on your net zero and near term targets.
*Sterling have invested heavily in new technology to reduce electricity consumption, and is working with our supply chain to reduce emissions factors across all areas. Our main supply chain emissions are from purchased goods and services, which contributes up to 65.3% of our total emissions, with paper at least 80% of those purchased goods emissions. We have been working closely with our paper supplier emissions, with significant results filtering through, with emission reductions for some products in the region of 80%.
With this in mind, and with reduced print requirements from many clients, we feel that our targets are both ambitious and reasonable according to our analysis
Own Emissions *
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
*4013086 kwh
3.3 Renewable energy
*1333713 kwh
Scope 1 emissions
3.4 Scope 1 emissions
*163 metric tons CO2e
Scope 2 emissions
3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions
*714 metric tons CO2e
3.6 Market based scope 2 emissions
*808 metric tons CO2e
3.7 Describe your plans and actions taken to reduce scope 1 & 2 emissions.
*Sterling has spent over £7M in new production technology to reduce emissions and drive efficiencies. This includes over £5M on a new printing press that uses up to 41% less electricity per printed sheet that the press it replaces
3.8 Describe the calculation methodology and comment on the data accuracy, including any tools/methods used to calculate.
*Sterling has worked with an independent consultancy Nero Carbon to report using GHG Protocols and emission factors from suppliers of goods, services, and utilities suppliers. Where no meaningful data was available in terms of emission factors we have used DEFRA figures or mean averages. The data for calculations has been gathered using procurement records and invoices from suppliers
Value Chain Emissions (optional) *
Scope 3 emissions
4.1 Have you measured any of your scope 3 emissions?
*Yes
4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions
*9825 metric tons CO2e
Supply chain related - upstream emissions
4.1.2 Purchased goods and services
*5212 metric tons CO2e
4.1.3 Capital goods
*1902 metric tons CO2e
4.1.4 Fuel and energy related activities
*292 metric tons CO2e
4.1.5 Transportation and distribution (upstream)
*294 metric tons CO2e
4.1.6 Waste in operations
*40 metric tons CO2e
4.1.7 Business travel
*3.8 metric tons CO2e
4.1.8 Employee commuting
*107 metric tons CO2e
Customer related - downstream emissions
4.1.10 Transportation and distribution (downstream)
*124 metric tons CO2e
4.1.13 End-of-life treatment of products
*969 metric tons CO2e
4.1.17 Do you have a plan and are taking action to reduce emissions from your value chain?
*Yes
Sterling is working with our key suppliers to reduce emissions, with the largest aspect of these being paper based emissions as we are a printing company. There has been significant reductions, with our standard coated paper now having a 79.4% lower emissions factor than previous. We are also constantly looking at reduced waste, circular economy measures, and ways to reduce volumes ordered by clients
4.2 Have you asked any of your suppliers to set a net zero target (either voluntarily or as a requirement)?
*No
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.
*Sterling has worked with an independent consultancy Nero Carbon to report using GHG Protocols and emission factors from suppliers of goods, services, and utilities suppliers. Where no meaningful data was available in terms of emission factors we have used DEFRA figures or mean averages. The data for calculations has been gathered using procurement records and invoices from suppliers
Climate Solutions (optional) *
5.1 Do you classify any of your existing goods and/or services as a climate solution?
*No
Management, Strategy and Climate Risk (optional) *
6.1 What governance processes do you have in place for your climate strategy? Choose as many as are applicable.
*Person is responsible for climate strategy at board level,Other (please specify)
6.1 Explain
*Sterling is currently going through the following processes: SBTi SME verification of targets; Crown Commercial Service PPN06/21 Carbon Reduction Plan verification; Sustainability Report for website publication
6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.
*Sterling appointed s Sustainability Manger in April 2024 to work with the Managing Director to steer the business towards near and long term carbon reduction targets. Progress is communicated on a weekly basis to the board of directors, and all submissions and reporting is ratified by the Managing Director
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?
*No - we plan to in the next 1-5 years
6.2.1 Where are the climate risks you've identified?
*Own operations
6.3 Have you integrated climate and/or nature into your company mission statement or shareholder agreements? If yes, describe how.
*No
-
6.4 Have you taken actions this year outside of your emissions to accelerate climate progress?
*Yes
Sterling has talked extensively with supplier, customers, and prospects about the importance of emissions reductions, the measurement or auditing of emissions, and encouraged clients to reduce emissions through improved materials selections, more efficient formats, and reduced ordered quantities
Results, Challenges and Outlook *
7.1 Provide any additional comments or context on your annual results and progress from previous years.
*Sterling has made a significant reduction in emissions against our base year of 2020, with an overall emissions reduction of 26% across all scope. If we remove exceptional capital expenditure in 2024, which was against sustainability focused procurement, we show a reduction of 37.5% in emissions against our base year. With no significant cap ex expected from our next audited year we expect to show a major step towards our near term target of 50% reduction in emissions
7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?
*Reducing scope 1 emissions,Reducing scope 2 emissions,Reducing scope 3 emissions,Reducing emissions from business travel,Electrifying the vehicle fleet and/or cutting transport emissions,Balancing emission reductions with business growth,Complexities in managing supply chain emissions,Slow societal and economic progress on climate action,Inaccurate or insufficient data
7.3 Has there been any third party validation of the data submitted in this report?
*Yes
Our data is being validated by our independent sustainability consultant, Nero Carbon Ltd. Nero employs a trained auditor to interrogate data entries against data files and evidence supplied, inline with GHG Protocols
Sterling Press Limited's Climate Report
Sterling Press Limited's Climate Report - 2024
Introduction *
1.1 Reporting year
*2024
1.1.1 Reporting period
*from 4.2023 to 3.2024
1.2 Describe your business activities
*Sterling is a print, direct mail, creative, and fulfilment organisation based in the Midlands with two factories adjacent to each other within the same business campus. We provide print, direct mail, fulfilment, & creative services for a wide range of commercial, public sector, education, and charity customers. Typically these products will include brochures, magazines, prospectuses, leaflets, guides, exhibition & roller stands, banners, direct mail, postage, and many other associated products. We do this using the most comprehensive and up to date suite of print technology in the UK, providing lower carbon print in a sustainable way.
1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year
*138
1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts
*Full-time equivalent
1.5 Let us know if your company is a parent company or subsidiary
*Parent company
Commitment and Targets *
2.1 Net zero target year
*2035
2.1.1 Base year
*2020
2.2 Near-term target
*50% of absolute total emission reduction from my base year by 2029
2.3 Provide any additional comments or context on your net zero and near term targets.
*Sterling have invested heavily in new technology to reduce electricity consumption, and is working with our supply chain to reduce emissions factors across all areas. Our main supply chain emissions are from purchased goods and services, which contributes up to 65.3% of our total emissions, with paper at least 80% of those purchased goods emissions. We have been working closely with our paper supplier emissions, with significant results filtering through, with emission reductions for some products in the region of 80%.
With this in mind, and with reduced print requirements from many clients, we feel that our targets are both ambitious and reasonable according to our analysis
Own Emissions *
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
*4013086 kwh
3.3 Renewable energy
*1333713 kwh
Scope 1 emissions
3.4 Scope 1 emissions
*163 metric tons CO2e
Scope 2 emissions
3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions
*714 metric tons CO2e
3.6 Market based scope 2 emissions
*808 metric tons CO2e
3.7 Describe your plans and actions taken to reduce scope 1 & 2 emissions.
*Sterling has spent over £7M in new production technology to reduce emissions and drive efficiencies. This includes over £5M on a new printing press that uses up to 41% less electricity per printed sheet that the press it replaces
3.8 Describe the calculation methodology and comment on the data accuracy, including any tools/methods used to calculate.
*Sterling has worked with an independent consultancy Nero Carbon to report using GHG Protocols and emission factors from suppliers of goods, services, and utilities suppliers. Where no meaningful data was available in terms of emission factors we have used DEFRA figures or mean averages. The data for calculations has been gathered using procurement records and invoices from suppliers
Value Chain Emissions (optional) *
Scope 3 emissions
4.1 Have you measured any of your scope 3 emissions?
*Yes
4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions
*9825 metric tons CO2e
Supply chain related - upstream emissions
4.1.2 Purchased goods and services
*5212 metric tons CO2e
4.1.3 Capital goods
*1902 metric tons CO2e
4.1.4 Fuel and energy related activities
*292 metric tons CO2e
4.1.5 Transportation and distribution (upstream)
*294 metric tons CO2e
4.1.6 Waste in operations
*40 metric tons CO2e
4.1.7 Business travel
*3.8 metric tons CO2e
4.1.8 Employee commuting
*107 metric tons CO2e
Customer related - downstream emissions
4.1.10 Transportation and distribution (downstream)
*124 metric tons CO2e
4.1.13 End-of-life treatment of products
*969 metric tons CO2e
4.1.17 Do you have a plan and are taking action to reduce emissions from your value chain?
*Yes
Sterling is working with our key suppliers to reduce emissions, with the largest aspect of these being paper based emissions as we are a printing company. There has been significant reductions, with our standard coated paper now having a 79.4% lower emissions factor than previous. We are also constantly looking at reduced waste, circular economy measures, and ways to reduce volumes ordered by clients
4.2 Have you asked any of your suppliers to set a net zero target (either voluntarily or as a requirement)?
*No
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.
*Sterling has worked with an independent consultancy Nero Carbon to report using GHG Protocols and emission factors from suppliers of goods, services, and utilities suppliers. Where no meaningful data was available in terms of emission factors we have used DEFRA figures or mean averages. The data for calculations has been gathered using procurement records and invoices from suppliers
Climate Solutions (optional) *
5.1 Do you classify any of your existing goods and/or services as a climate solution?
*No
Management, Strategy and Climate Risk (optional) *
6.1 What governance processes do you have in place for your climate strategy? Choose as many as are applicable.
*Person is responsible for climate strategy at board level,Other (please specify)
6.1 Explain
*Sterling is currently going through the following processes: SBTi SME verification of targets; Crown Commercial Service PPN06/21 Carbon Reduction Plan verification; Sustainability Report for website publication
6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.
*Sterling appointed s Sustainability Manger in April 2024 to work with the Managing Director to steer the business towards near and long term carbon reduction targets. Progress is communicated on a weekly basis to the board of directors, and all submissions and reporting is ratified by the Managing Director
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?
*No - we plan to in the next 1-5 years
6.2.1 Where are the climate risks you've identified?
*Own operations
6.3 Have you integrated climate and/or nature into your company mission statement or shareholder agreements? If yes, describe how.
*No
-
6.4 Have you taken actions this year outside of your emissions to accelerate climate progress?
*Yes
Sterling has talked extensively with supplier, customers, and prospects about the importance of emissions reductions, the measurement or auditing of emissions, and encouraged clients to reduce emissions through improved materials selections, more efficient formats, and reduced ordered quantities
Results, Challenges and Outlook *
7.1 Provide any additional comments or context on your annual results and progress from previous years.
*Sterling has made a significant reduction in emissions against our base year of 2020, with an overall emissions reduction of 26% across all scope. If we remove exceptional capital expenditure in 2024, which was against sustainability focused procurement, we show a reduction of 37.5% in emissions against our base year. With no significant cap ex expected from our next audited year we expect to show a major step towards our near term target of 50% reduction in emissions
7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?
*Reducing scope 1 emissions,Reducing scope 2 emissions,Reducing scope 3 emissions,Reducing emissions from business travel,Electrifying the vehicle fleet and/or cutting transport emissions,Balancing emission reductions with business growth,Complexities in managing supply chain emissions,Slow societal and economic progress on climate action,Inaccurate or insufficient data
7.3 Has there been any third party validation of the data submitted in this report?
*Yes
Our data is being validated by our independent sustainability consultant, Nero Carbon Ltd. Nero employs a trained auditor to interrogate data entries against data files and evidence supplied, inline with GHG Protocols
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