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UniKitOut | Gailarde's Climate Report

Submitted on 2025-03-25

Introduction *

Commitment and Targets *

Own Emissions *

Value Chain Emissions *

(optional)

Climate Solutions *

(optional)

Management, Strategy and Climate Risk *

(optional)

Results, Challenges and Outlook *

Version 3.0

Introduction *

1.1 Reporting year

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2024

1.1.1 Reporting period

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from 1.2024 to 12.2024

1.2 Describe your business activities

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Gailarde is a supplier of textiles, homeware and soft furnishings. Our core business is a wholesale provision to the contract trade, however we also operate various direct to consumer e-commerce businesses. We have two operational sites, a warehouse and our head office.

1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year

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52

1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts

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Full-time equivalent

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

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Not applicable

Commitment and Targets *

2.1 Net zero target year

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2050

2.1.1 Base year

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2022

2.2 Near-term target

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50% of absolute total emission reduction from my base year by 2030

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

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We have aligned our net zero and near term targets to the commitments set out by the SME Climate Hub.

Own Emissions *

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

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Yes

Energy consumption

3.2 Total energy consumption

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75633 kwh

3.3 Renewable energy

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0 kwh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions

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42 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions

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16 metric tons CO2e

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

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Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives Scope 1: We no longer use any gas within our own operations. We have installed electric car chargers at our new warehouse. We are transitioning our entire corporate fleet to hybrid or electric vehicles we have currently introduced three fully electric and thirteen hybrid vehicles. We have relocated to a new warehouse, bringing all our logistics operations in-house. Scope 2: Our new warehouse facility is all electric and has 100% LED lighting. Future Carbon Initiatives: Scope 1: We are continuing to move our fleet to an electric and hybrid fleet. This will help to reduce our overall carbon footprint by 42 tCO2e. We are aiming to have a fully electric/hybrid fleet by 2030. Scope 2: We are looking into purchasing renewable energy. This will help to reduce our scope 2 emissions by 100% which will equate to approximately 16 tCO2e.

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

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We followed the GHG Protocol. We used a mix of spend and unit data. Where possible we always used unit data over spend data as we recognise that this provides a more accurate result. The scope 1 emissions included were owned vehicles which were calculated using spend data. The scope 2 emissions included were purchased electricity which was calculated using kWh of electricity from invoices. To calculate spend data we used SIC Code 2021 and to calculate unit data we used the UK Government emissions factors.

Value Chain Emissions (optional) *

Scope 3 emissions

4.1 Have you measured any of your scope 3 emissions?

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Yes

4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions

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10622 metric tons CO2e

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

Customer related - downstream emissions

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

*

Yes

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives: Downstream transportation and distribution: We partner with freight forwarders who share our commitment to sustainability. Our couriers DPD have begun transitioning their fleet to electric vehicles to deliver a proportion of our parcels. The percentage of parcels being delivered via electric vehicle is increasing on a yearly basis. We have increased the proximity of our partner’s locations across the country to cut down on carbon emissions from transport. We have included more scope 3 categories this year, this means that all the relevant scope 3 categories have now been calculated. We have updated our supplier self-assessment questionnaire to include specific questions on our supplier’s carbon footprint. Use of sold products: We offer a take back scheme for our products at end-of-life, our fully managed sustainable collection service ensures we can divert our products from going to landfill. We use over 600 recycling locations across the country meaning reduced mileage and a 95% diversion rate from landfill. Future Carbon Reduction Initiatives: Purchased goods and services: We have updated our supplier self-assessment questionnaire to include questions on our supplier’s carbon footprint. Over the next year we will send out corrective action plans to those suppliers that have been deemed high risk based on the results of the self-assessment questionnaire. We are in the process of updating our product range. We are looking at the product material and packaging, we are investigating moving away from unnecessary single-use plastic. We are aiming to change all plastic ‘dust bags’ which most cartons have to a recycled plastic or biodegradable plastic. We are wanting to move card packaging to recycled card. This is a 1-2 year project. Upstream/ downstream transportation and distribution: We will continue to monitor our freight forwarders commitment to reducing their carbon emissions.

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

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No

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

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Yes

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

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We followed the GHG Protocol. We used a mix of spend and unit data. Where possible we always used unit data over spend data as we recognise that this provides a more accurate result. We calculated the following scope 3 categories using spend data: purchased goods and services (products); capital goods; business travel. To calculate spend data we used emissions factors from the SIC Code 2021. The following scope 3 categories were calculated using unit data: purchased goods and services (packaging, tonnes); fuel and energy related activities (kWh); upstream transportation and distribution; waste generated in operations; employee commuting; downstream transportation and distribution; use of sold products; end-of-life treatment of products. To calculate unit data we used the government emissions factors.

Climate Solutions (optional) *

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

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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.

*

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

6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.

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Regular management review meetings are held to discuss climate action and other sustainability related issues.

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

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Yes

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

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No - we plan to in the next 1-5 years

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

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No

-

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

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No

-

Results, Challenges and Outlook *

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

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Although the results show an increase in emissions this is mainly because we have added additional categories, the additional categories are: fuel and energy related activities, use of sold products and end-of-life treatment of sold products. We have also improved our calculation method from last year to ensure our results are as accurate as possible. Although 2022 was our original base year, our 2024 data is more representative of our actual carbon footprint and therefore moving forward we will use 2024 as our new base year.

7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?

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Reducing scope 3 emissions

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

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No

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UniKitOut | Gailarde's Climate Report

UniKitOut | Gailarde's Climate Report - 2024

Introduction *

1.1 Reporting year

*

2024

1.1.1 Reporting period

*

from 1.2024 to 12.2024

1.2 Describe your business activities

*
Gailarde is a supplier of textiles, homeware and soft furnishings. Our core business is a wholesale provision to the contract trade, however we also operate various direct to consumer e-commerce businesses. We have two operational sites, a warehouse and our head office.

1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year

*
52

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

*
Not applicable

Commitment and Targets *

2.1 Net zero target year

*
2050

2.1.1 Base year

*
2022

2.2 Near-term target

*

50% of absolute total emission reduction from my base year by 2030

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

*
We have aligned our net zero and near term targets to the commitments set out by the SME Climate Hub.

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

*
75633 kwh

3.3 Renewable energy

*
0 kwh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions

*
42 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions

*
16 metric tons CO2e

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

*
Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives Scope 1: We no longer use any gas within our own operations. We have installed electric car chargers at our new warehouse. We are transitioning our entire corporate fleet to hybrid or electric vehicles we have currently introduced three fully electric and thirteen hybrid vehicles. We have relocated to a new warehouse, bringing all our logistics operations in-house. Scope 2: Our new warehouse facility is all electric and has 100% LED lighting. Future Carbon Initiatives: Scope 1: We are continuing to move our fleet to an electric and hybrid fleet. This will help to reduce our overall carbon footprint by 42 tCO2e. We are aiming to have a fully electric/hybrid fleet by 2030. Scope 2: We are looking into purchasing renewable energy. This will help to reduce our scope 2 emissions by 100% which will equate to approximately 16 tCO2e.

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

*
We followed the GHG Protocol. We used a mix of spend and unit data. Where possible we always used unit data over spend data as we recognise that this provides a more accurate result. The scope 1 emissions included were owned vehicles which were calculated using spend data. The scope 2 emissions included were purchased electricity which was calculated using kWh of electricity from invoices. To calculate spend data we used SIC Code 2021 and to calculate unit data we used the UK Government emissions factors.

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

*
10622 metric tons CO2e

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

Customer related - downstream emissions

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

*

Yes

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives: Downstream transportation and distribution: We partner with freight forwarders who share our commitment to sustainability. Our couriers DPD have begun transitioning their fleet to electric vehicles to deliver a proportion of our parcels. The percentage of parcels being delivered via electric vehicle is increasing on a yearly basis. We have increased the proximity of our partner’s locations across the country to cut down on carbon emissions from transport. We have included more scope 3 categories this year, this means that all the relevant scope 3 categories have now been calculated. We have updated our supplier self-assessment questionnaire to include specific questions on our supplier’s carbon footprint. Use of sold products: We offer a take back scheme for our products at end-of-life, our fully managed sustainable collection service ensures we can divert our products from going to landfill. We use over 600 recycling locations across the country meaning reduced mileage and a 95% diversion rate from landfill. Future Carbon Reduction Initiatives: Purchased goods and services: We have updated our supplier self-assessment questionnaire to include questions on our supplier’s carbon footprint. Over the next year we will send out corrective action plans to those suppliers that have been deemed high risk based on the results of the self-assessment questionnaire. We are in the process of updating our product range. We are looking at the product material and packaging, we are investigating moving away from unnecessary single-use plastic. We are aiming to change all plastic ‘dust bags’ which most cartons have to a recycled plastic or biodegradable plastic. We are wanting to move card packaging to recycled card. This is a 1-2 year project. Upstream/ downstream transportation and distribution: We will continue to monitor our freight forwarders commitment to reducing their carbon emissions.

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.

*
We followed the GHG Protocol. We used a mix of spend and unit data. Where possible we always used unit data over spend data as we recognise that this provides a more accurate result. We calculated the following scope 3 categories using spend data: purchased goods and services (products); capital goods; business travel. To calculate spend data we used emissions factors from the SIC Code 2021. The following scope 3 categories were calculated using unit data: purchased goods and services (packaging, tonnes); fuel and energy related activities (kWh); upstream transportation and distribution; waste generated in operations; employee commuting; downstream transportation and distribution; use of sold products; end-of-life treatment of products. To calculate unit data we used the government emissions factors.

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.

*

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

6.1.1 Please describe their position and responsibility.

*
Regular management review meetings are held to discuss climate action and other sustainability related issues.

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

6.3 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?

*

No

-

Results, Challenges and Outlook *

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

*
Although the results show an increase in emissions this is mainly because we have added additional categories, the additional categories are: fuel and energy related activities, use of sold products and end-of-life treatment of sold products. We have also improved our calculation method from last year to ensure our results are as accurate as possible. Although 2022 was our original base year, our 2024 data is more representative of our actual carbon footprint and therefore moving forward we will use 2024 as our new base year.

7.2 Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions?

*

Reducing scope 3 emissions

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

*

No

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