Report results - SME Climate Hub

YouView TV Limited's Climate Report

Submitted on 2025-05-12 · Edited on 2025-09-26

1.1 End day of the reporting period*

2025-03-31

1.1.1 Reporting year*

2025

1.2 Describe your business activities*

YouView is a software development company that combines streaming and broadcast tv from around the world into one smart TV service.

1.4 Number of employees on the end day of the reporting period*

189

1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts*

Headcounts

1.5 Is this report being submitted on behalf of a parent company or a subsidiary? If so, please briefly explain the relationship.*

Not applicable

1.5.1 Please explain the relationship*

2.1 Net zero target year*

2050

2.1.1 Base year*

2024

2.1.2 Base year value*

3334.6

Base year value confirmation*

2.2 Near-term target*

50% of intensity 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.*

To meet the 2015 Paris Agreement target of a 50% reduction in GHG emissions between 2020 and 2030, we need to achieve a 5.9% reduction in emissions within one year (-196 tCO2e)

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

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

Energy consumption

3.2 Total energy consumption*

370356 kWh

3.3 Total renewable energy consumption*

370356 kWh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions*

0 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location-based Scope 2 emissions*

64.9 metric tons CO2e

3.6 Market-based Scope 2 emissions*

0 metric tons CO2e

Scope 1 and 2 units confirmation*

3.7 Have you taken any actions to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions in the reporting period?*

3.8 Which tools or methods did you use to calculate your Scope 1 and 2 emissions?*

3.8.1 Specify any additional details*

We use the Greenly software to track, calculate and analyse our emissions. Emission calculations align with GHG Protocol/methodology

Scope 3 emissions

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

Yes

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

4.1.1 Purchased goods and services*

1308.4 metric tons CO2e

4.1.2 Capital goods*

170.1 metric tons CO2e

4.1.3 Fuel and energy related activities*

21.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.4 Transportation and distribution (upstream)*

0.6 metric tons CO2e

4.1.5 Waste in operations*

19.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.6 Business travel*

4.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.7 Employee commuting*

89.6 metric tons CO2e

4.1.8 Leased assets (upstream)*

10.2 metric tons CO2e

Customer related - downstream emissions

4.1.9 Transportation and distribution (downstream)*

4.1.10 Processing of sold products*

4.1.11 Use of sold products*

4.1.12 End-of-life treatment of products*

4.1.13 Leased assets (downstream)*

4.1.14 Franchises*

4.1.15 Investments*

4.1.16 Total scope 3 emissions*

1625.3 metric tons CO2e

Scope 3 units confirmation*

4.2 Have you taken any actions to reduce scope 3 emissions in the reporting period?*

Yes

4.2.1 What actions have you taken to reduce scope 3 emissions in the reporting period?*

Business travel and commuting, Material circularity and waste reduction, Digital and technology-enabled solutions

4.2.2 Provide any additional details*

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

4.3.1 What percentage of your suppliers have you asked?*

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

Yes

4.5 Which tools or methods did you use to calculate your scope 3 emissions?*

Other calculator (please specify)

4.5.1 Specify additional details*

We use the Greenly software to track, calculate and analyse our emissions. Emission calculations align with GHG Protocol/methodology

5.1 Do any of your existing products and/or services qualify as climate solutions or enabling solutions?*

5.2 Please confirm your solutions meet all the following safeguard requirements.*

What percentage of your total revenue came from these products and/or services last year?*

5.4 Provide descriptions/names of your solutions:*

5.5 How did you assess whether these are climate solutions?*

5.5.1 Has any third party validated this?*

5.5.2 Specify any additional details*

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

Governance process in place

6.1 Explain*

6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.*

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

6.1.3 Please describe the governance process in place*

YouView is committed to taking every reasonably practicable action to promote a healthy, sustainable environment, reduce ecological and carbon footprints, and enhance sustainability. We fully understand our responsibility towards current and future generations and the communities in which we work. We strive to work cooperatively to demonstrate leadership in environmental sustainability and the global fight against climate change. Collectively, as an organisation, we commit to: • Minimise the extent of environmental impacts of operations within YouView’s sphere of influence. • Minimise any emissions or effluents which may cause environmental damage. • Conserve energy through minimising consumption and maximising efficiency • Promote efficient purchasing which will both minimise waste and allow materials to be recycled where appropriate. • Put in place procedures and support information that enables compliance with the law, regulations and codes of practice relating to environmental issues. • Provide suitable information and guidance on environmental issues for employees. • Monitor environmental performance, make regular reviews of the policy and Environmental Management System (EMS), and make improvements where possible. We update our board at least annually with respect to our targets and achievements

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?*

6.2.1 Explain*

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

We\'ve not started managing climate risks yet

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.*

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

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

In FY 2024/25 we have reduced overall emissions when compared to baseline year 2023/24 by 1,578.9 (tCO2e) across different categories with majority being reductions in emissions generated by our digital infrastructure as well as hardware. It was achieved due to multiple optimisations implemented by cloud engineers, this includes: - Removing wasted resources in the cloud. This includes clearing unneeded stored data (such as logs, backups, built assets), and readjusting lifecycle policies to maintain a lower amount moving forward. - Optimising infrastructure – This includes adjusting our compute landscape to run on more efficient servers, migrating legacy resources to modern efficient equivalents and adjusting infrastructure behaviour to run more optimally through settings and configuration changes. - Restrictions in purchasing and extending lifetime of equipment. - Restrictions in spending and allowing travel only when necessary /crucial for the business. - We conducted an official waste audit, which resulted in score of 14 out of 15 points. While the audit highlighted a few areas for minor improvement, we are actively addressing them. These improvements include enhancing signage, ensuring that our bin infrastructure—particularly the lids—aligns with the WRAP National Colour Coding Scheme, and organizing \\\"lunch and learn\\\" sessions or workshops to educate staff on proper recycling practices. We have also introduced new waste streams (including flexible plastic and clothes) and aiming at purchasing products with reduced packaging where possible. - We had an external energy audit that identified few areas of potential improvements including increasing heating set point in the office, closing meeting room doors and potential improvements in the comms room that would include cooling temperature, racking for the comms room and location of the split units can be optimised to improve airflow and power usage effectiveness, some of the improvements were already implemented resulting in lower energy usage within a year, more complex and time consuming solutions are currently being discussed and possibilities explored with a plan to deploy some of them in the nearest future. We have had a number of collaboration sessions with our landlord, Brookfield Properties. We have joined Brookfield\\\'s \\\"Accelerate ESG\\\" programme and have worked with them as a pilot customer. We have introduced to them (and their tenants) our experience of using Greenly, our software platform for measuring and tracking GHG emissions.

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

Reducing scope 1+2 emissions, Reducing scope 3 emissions, Limited control over energy use in buildings, Reducing emissions from business travel, Time constraints, Insufficient funding

Specify other challenges*

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

1.1 End day of the reporting period*

2025-03-31

1.1.1 Reporting year*

2025

1.2 Describe your business activities*

YouView is a software development company that combines streaming and broadcast tv from around the world into one smart TV service.

1.4 Number of employees on the end day of the reporting period*

189

1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts*

Headcounts

1.5 Is this report being submitted on behalf of a parent company or a subsidiary? If so, please briefly explain the relationship.*

Not applicable

1.5.1 Please explain the relationship*

2.1 Net zero target year*

2050

2.1.1 Base year*

2024

2.1.2 Base year value*

3334.6

Base year value confirmation*

2.2 Near-term target*

50% of intensity 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.*

To meet the 2015 Paris Agreement target of a 50% reduction in GHG emissions between 2020 and 2030, we need to achieve a 5.9% reduction in emissions within one year (-196 tCO2e)

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

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

Energy consumption

3.2 Total energy consumption*

370356 kWh

3.3 Total renewable energy consumption*

370356 kWh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions*

0 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location-based Scope 2 emissions*

64.9 metric tons CO2e

3.6 Market-based Scope 2 emissions*

0 metric tons CO2e

Scope 1 and 2 units confirmation*

3.7 Have you taken any actions to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions in the reporting period?*

3.8 Which tools or methods did you use to calculate your Scope 1 and 2 emissions?*

3.8.1 Specify any additional details*

We use the Greenly software to track, calculate and analyse our emissions. Emission calculations align with GHG Protocol/methodology

Scope 3 emissions

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

Yes

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

4.1.1 Purchased goods and services*

1308.4 metric tons CO2e

4.1.2 Capital goods*

170.1 metric tons CO2e

4.1.3 Fuel and energy related activities*

21.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.4 Transportation and distribution (upstream)*

0.6 metric tons CO2e

4.1.5 Waste in operations*

19.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.6 Business travel*

4.8 metric tons CO2e

4.1.7 Employee commuting*

89.6 metric tons CO2e

4.1.8 Leased assets (upstream)*

10.2 metric tons CO2e

Customer related - downstream emissions

4.1.9 Transportation and distribution (downstream)*

4.1.10 Processing of sold products*

4.1.11 Use of sold products*

4.1.12 End-of-life treatment of products*

4.1.13 Leased assets (downstream)*

4.1.14 Franchises*

4.1.15 Investments*

4.1.16 Total scope 3 emissions*

1625.3 metric tons CO2e

Scope 3 units confirmation*

4.2 Have you taken any actions to reduce scope 3 emissions in the reporting period?*

Yes

4.2.1 What actions have you taken to reduce scope 3 emissions in the reporting period?*

Business travel and commuting, Material circularity and waste reduction, Digital and technology-enabled solutions

4.2.2 Provide any additional details*

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

4.3.1 What percentage of your suppliers have you asked?*

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

Yes

4.5 Which tools or methods did you use to calculate your scope 3 emissions?*

Other calculator (please specify)

4.5.1 Specify additional details*

We use the Greenly software to track, calculate and analyse our emissions. Emission calculations align with GHG Protocol/methodology

5.1 Do any of your existing products and/or services qualify as climate solutions or enabling solutions?*

5.2 Please confirm your solutions meet all the following safeguard requirements.*

What percentage of your total revenue came from these products and/or services last year?*

5.4 Provide descriptions/names of your solutions:*

5.5 How did you assess whether these are climate solutions?*

5.5.1 Has any third party validated this?*

5.5.2 Specify any additional details*

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

Governance process in place

6.1 Explain*

6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.*

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

6.1.3 Please describe the governance process in place*

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?*

6.2.1 Explain*

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

We\'ve not started managing climate risks yet

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.*

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

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?*

Reducing scope 1+2 emissions, Reducing scope 3 emissions, Limited control over energy use in buildings, Reducing emissions from business travel, Time constraints, Insufficient funding

Specify other challenges*

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

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