Report results - SME Climate Hub

FaulknerBrowns Architects's Climate Report

Submitted on 2024-08-29

1.1 Reporting year*

2024

1.1.1 Reporting period*

from 4.2023 to 3.2024

1.2 Describe your business activities*

Architectural design

1.4 Number of employees in the reporting year*

1.4.1 Full-time equivalent (FTE) or headcounts*

Headcounts

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

Not applicable

2.1 Net zero target year*

2050

2.1.1 Base year*

2019

2.2 Near-term target*

50% of absolute scope 1 emission reduction from my base year by 2030

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

Also including major scope 3 emissions (business travel and waste)

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*

296248 kwh

3.3 Renewable energy*

0 kwh

Scope 1 emissions

3.4 Scope 1 emissions*

31.245 metric tons CO2e

Scope 2 emissions

3.5 Location based scope 2 emissions*

27.880 metric tons CO2e

3.6 Market based scope 2 emissions*

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

Replacement of office building services (AHU and lighting), improved energy management, EVs in lieu of ICE vehicles

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

Based on metered energy data, business travel records for leased vehicles, and UK government carbon factors

Scope 3 emissions

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

Yes

4.1.1 Total scope 3 emissions*

Supply chain related - upstream emissions

4.1.2 Purchased goods and services*

4.1.3 Capital goods*

4.1.4 Fuel and energy related activities*

4.1.5 Transportation and distribution (upstream)*

4.1.6 Waste in operations*

1.612 metric tons CO2e

4.1.7 Business travel*

70.477 metric tons CO2e

4.1.8 Employee commuting*

4.1.9 Leased assets (upstream)*

Customer related - downstream emissions

4.1.10 Transportation and distribution (downstream)*

4.1.11 Processing of sold products*

4.1.12 Use of sold products*

4.1.13 End-of-life treatment of products*

4.1.14 Leased assets (downstream)*

4.1.15 Franchises*

4.1.16 Investments*

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

Yes

Improving waste management, quantifying commuting emissions, reducing travel where possible through online meetings, adopting local suppliers where possible, increasing meat free catering options.

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

4.2.1 What percentage of your suppliers have you asked?*

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.*

Measurement of waste volumes provided by contractor. Travel emissions derived from agent's annual report using UK carbon factors plus internal accounting of hotel nights and taxi trips, expenses and hire car booking data.

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

Yes

5.2 What percentage of your total revenue comes from sales of climate solutions?*

5.3 Provide descriptions/names of your climate solutions:*

Lower whole life carbon buildings (through retrofit and refurbishment, low energy and lower embodied carbon solutions to new-build)

5.4 Methodology used to assess these as climate solutions, and third party which has validated the assessment, if any:*

Independent, third party and in-house lifecycle carbon assessment using a range of tools.

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

No processes 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?*

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

No - we don't currently plan to do this

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.*

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?*

Yes

Adoption of improved tools for whole life carbon assessment of our projects. Promotion of low carbon design approaches for projects and at conferences etc

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

Substantial positive progress on Scope 1 & 2 and waste emissions. Increasingly international workload and post-covid return to in-person meetings etc resulting in increased emissions overall relative to last year.

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

Reducing scope 3 emissions, Reducing emissions from business travel, Balancing emission reductions with business growth, Insufficient policies or government incentives, Limited influence over suppliers

Specify other challenges*

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