Report results - SME Climate Hub

The SME Reporting Tool

Introduction *

Commitment and Targets *

Own Emissions *

Value Chain Emissions *

(optional)

Results, Challenges and Outlook *

Version 3.0

1.1 Reporting year

2024

1.1.1 Reporting period

from 1.2024 to 12.2024

1.2 Describe your business activities

Ashlar is an ESG consulting firm with a speciality in the Social Sustainability sphere. We support clients in Thailand that are mainly in the SME category, that do not have the in-house expertise or resources to develop and implement ESG programs on their own. Furthermore, we assist many clients with an international standard of Occupational Risk Assessment studies, covering a range of industries. Senior consultants at Ashlar are members of the Institute of Occupational Safety & Health, the global society of Occupational Safety & Health professionals.

1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year

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

2.1 Net zero target year

2040

2.1.1 Base year

2023

2.2 Near-term target

20% of absolute scope 2 emission reduction from my base year by 2023

20 of absolute scope 3 emission reduction from my base year by 2023

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

Scope 1: We will attempt to hold more meetings via online meeting services in order to reduce the amount of petrol driven vehicle travel. Scope 2: We plan to reduce hours spent in the office and thus reduce electricity usage. Floursecent Lights will be replaced with energy saving LED tubes. The air conditioner to be set at 24C and on Energy Control setting.

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

1743 kwh

3.3 Renewable energy

0 kwh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions

0.752 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions

1.2 metric tons CO2e

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

Scope 1: The company will now insist on the purchase of Bio Diesel only for the company car. Furthermore, we shall do better to reduce the use of the vehicle and instead, whenever possible, make us of Electronic Meetings instead of face-2-face. We also offer a Work from Home program that allows employs to work from home and reduce vehicle usage. Scope 2: The company is constrained by the supply of electricity that we buy from the local Metropolitan Electrical Authority. We cannot request the purchase of Renewable Energy from the grid in Thailand. We also cannot install solar panels and batteries, due to being located inside a building complex. However, we are replacing fluorescent lighting with LED lights. Furthermore, we have a program to shut off the air-conditioners in the office after 5pm. The air conditioners are the largest consumer of electricity. We use the Energy Control function whenever possible and keep the temperature at 24C degrees to further reduce electricity consumption.

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

Monthly, we track kWh from the electricity bills and we track all purchases of fuel for vehicles. We use online calculators to help us with the calculations. One such tool is https://co2.myclimate.org/.

Scope 3 emissions

4.1 Have you measured any of your scope 3 emissions?

Yes

4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions

3.8 metric tons CO2e

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

4.1.4 Fuel and energy related activities

3.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.7 Business travel

3.8 metric tons CO2e

Customer related - downstream emissions

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

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

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.

Use of online calculators. We input data from fule and electricity bills. Where possible, we try to obtain CO2 footprint reports from suppliers, such as airlines and couriers services.

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

In 2023 we began our journey of reporting to the SME Climate Hub and in 2024, it continues. For Ashlar, it has definitely been a challenge to collect and properly calculate our carbon footprint, with the limited tools available in Thailand. Nevertheless, we continue to make efforts to reduce our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions each year. Our focus on promoting “work from home” has helped us to reduce time in the office as well as commutes by employees. In 2024, we did have more car travel to clients in surrounding provinces, which raised our Scope 2 emissions a little over that of 2023. Also, we did have a business flight to Germany in October which added 2.8 Mt to our Scope 3 emissions. Business flights are unusual for our company, so this was somewhat of an anomaly. Although we are constrained in the purchase and use of renewable electrical energy, we do our best to reduce energy used in the office environment and even the home office environment. The Sr. Consultant routinely works from home, mostly using only a fan and natural ventilation for room cooling in the office.

7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?

Reducing scope 1 emissions,Reducing scope 2 emissions,Reducing scope 3 emissions,Limited control over energy use in buildings,Reducing emissions from business travel,Electrifying the vehicle fleet and/or cutting transport emissions,Balancing emission reductions with business growth,Slow societal and economic progress on climate action,Insufficient policies or government incentives,Inaccurate or insufficient data

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

1.1 Reporting year

2024

1.1.1 Reporting period

from 1.2024 to 12.2024

1.2 Describe your business activities

1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year

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

2.1 Net zero target year

2040

2.1.1 Base year

2023

2.2 Near-term target

20% of absolute scope 2 emission reduction from my base year by 2023

20 of absolute scope 3 emission reduction from my base year by 2023

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

1743 kwh

3.3 Renewable energy

0 kwh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions

0.752 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions

1.2 metric tons CO2e

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

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

Scope 3 emissions

4.1 Have you measured any of your scope 3 emissions?

Yes

4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions

3.8 metric tons CO2e

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

4.1.4 Fuel and energy related activities

3.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.7 Business travel

3.8 metric tons CO2e

Customer related - downstream emissions

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

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

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.

Use of online calculators. We input data from fule and electricity bills. Where possible, we try to obtain CO2 footprint reports from suppliers, such as airlines and couriers services.

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

7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?

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

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