Your Finance Team is a UK-based accounting firm that works alongside ambitious SMEs, offering clear, practical accounting and business guidance. We act as an outsourced finance team for many of our clients, delivering bookkeeping, management accounts, cashflow forecasting, payroll and strategic advice to help them grow with confidence and purpose. We’re a mostly remote team, which helps us reduce our environmental impact while giving our people the flexibility to do their best work. We care deeply about building long-term, supportive relationships with our clients and doing business responsibly. As part of our commitment to positive change, we are focused on lowering our emissions, encouraging low-carbon working habits, and supporting reforestation through TreeApp.

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Full-time equivalent

Not applicable

2040

We began measuring our environmental impact in 2024 and have now established our first baseline for the 2024/25 financial year. Our footprint for this period is 15.49 tCO₂e (Scope 1+2+3). As a predominantly remote, service-based business, most emissions relate to home working, digital tools and business travel. We have set long-term reduction targets of 100% for Scope 1 and Scope 2 by 2040, and a 50% reduction for Scope 3 within the same timeframe. To support these goals, we are encouraging low-carbon working practices, integrating sustainability into operational decisions and strengthening supplier engagement. During the reporting period, we reduced emissions at source by 19.1 tCO₂e through the planting of 175 trees, supporting high-quality reforestation efforts. As our data matures, we will continue to refine our understanding of Scope 3 impacts, improve reporting processes and set more detailed near-term milestones to ensure meaningful progress toward net zero.

Yes, the plan and action include all scope 1+2+3

Yes

During the reporting period, we took several practical steps to reduce Scope 3 emissions. As a predominantly remote business, we formalised a Home Green Office Policy to encourage lower-carbon behaviours such as energy efficiency, reduced printing, responsible purchasing, and improved recycling. We promoted low-carbon commuting and business travel by encouraging virtual meetings wherever possible and prioritising public transport when travel was required. We continued to digitise operations by adopting cloud-based systems, reducing reliance on physical materials and equipment. These initiatives form part of our broader climate strategy and will continue to expand as we improve our Scope 3 data and supplier engagement.

No

Yes

This was our first year formally measuring our carbon footprint, establishing a baseline for the 2024/25 financial year. As a predominantly remote, service-based organisation, most of our footprint arises from Scope 3 emissions linked to home working, digital tools and business travel. Because our sustainability programme began in 2024, we do not yet have comparable year-on-year data. However, establishing this baseline has given us a clearer picture of our total emissions of 15.49 tCO₂e, which allows us to prioritise our reduction focus. During the reporting period, we were able to offset at source approximately 19.1 tCO₂e, which exceeds our total emissions for the year and therefore represents a net-positive contribution. We also strengthened internal policies, improved data capture processes, and increased team engagement around climate action. This work prompted a broader review of internal documents and operational processes to ensure sustainability considerations are embedded throughout the business. As we continue to build more complete datasets, we expect subsequent years to demonstrate measurable progress against our long-term reduction targets: 100% reduction for Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2040, and 50% reduction for Scope 3 emissions by 2040. Our focus for the coming year is to improve the accuracy of Scope 3 data, deepen supplier and employee engagement and define phased interim milestones to track progress more effectively.