Carbon Reduction Plan
| Supplier name: | A Connolly Ltd |
| Publication date: | 30th April 2024 |
Company Overview
Established in 1980, A Connolly Ltd worked Established as a limited company in 1980, A Connolly Ltd worked predominately as a sub-contract painting business in the housing, commercial and new build sectors of the industry.
Over the last 40 years the business has continued to develop and grow its service offering, focusing on its core strengths in order to enable the transformation into a regional main contractor in its own right.
Whilst A Connolly Ltd has continued to achieve sustainable growth, increasing turnover, employee numbers and long-term partnerships, a full business rebrand was completed in 2017. This rebrand introduced our new business name Connolly Ltd and also redefined our core business stream is housing planned maintenance, retrofit, damp and mould.
Connolly Ltd is a family-owned business which operates predominately in the North of England, North Wales and Yorkshire. With an annual turnover of around £60m.
Commitment to achieving Net Zero
Connolly is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2038, this is in line with Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s target of 2038, ahead of the Central Government target of 2050.
Our plan is to reduce emissions our carbon emissions by 60% (or as far as possible) against our 2022 baseline, by 2038, with the remainder of our emissions to be off set.
Baseline Emissions Footprint
Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured.
| Baseline Year: 2022 | |
| Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations. | |
| Our organisation has not previously assessed or reported carbon emissions and therefore our baseline calculations have been taken from 2022, this is due to the improvement in accurate carbon foot printing for the company within this year, including the establishment of an in-house Sustainability Taskforce, committed to recording, and reducing carbon emissions across all of our operations.
The calculations below have been provided as accurately as possible, to the best of our knowledge, where gaps have been identified, an average spend estimate has been used, which provides a conservative estimate of emissions. Connolly are committed to working with our suppliers to gain accurate data, through our continuous improvement approach, this may mean a recalculation of data in the future. |
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| Baseline year emissions: | |
| EMISSIONS | TOTAL (tCO2e) |
| Scope 1 | 917.5 |
| Scope 2 | 42.7 |
| Scope 3
(Included Sources) |
2155.6 |
| Total Emissions | 3115.8 |
Current Emissions Reporting
| Reporting Year: 2023 | |
| EMISSIONS | TOTAL (tCO2e) |
| Scope 1 | 727.2 |
| Scope 2 | 63.7 |
| Scope 3
(Included Sources) |
1893.5 |
| Total Emissions | 2684.3 |
Emissions reduction targets
In order to continue our progress to achieving Net Zero, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets. We predict that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 1963.7 tCO2e by 2030. This is a reduction of 5% year-on-year.
Carbon Reduction Projects
Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives
We are in the process of completing a formal carbon reduction process, which will be rolled out company wide, which will include formal targets in-line with the SBT initiative.
The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed over implemented over the previous years. The carbon emission reduction achieved by these schemes is yet to be calculated:
| No. | Emission Reduction Opportunity | Action | Completion Date |
| 1 | Removal of gas from head office
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During the refurbishment of our Wigan head office in 2018, we removed all gas from the site | 2018 |
| 2 | Accreditation to ISO14001 | In 2020 A Connolly Ltd.’s environmental management system was successfully
recertificated to ISO14001:2015. |
2020 |
| 3 | Onsite Low Carbon Heating | Low Carbon heating / ASHP system installed at head office. Implementation of service plan for on-site heating | 2020 |
| 4 | Sustainable Procurement | Sustainable procurement policy introduced, with product lifecycle analysis for each product used | 2021 |
| 5 | Car-sharing | Introduction of car sharing scheme for Connolly employees. Encourage the use of public transport or car sharing by staff, to minimise emissions. | 2021 |
| 6 | Mains-fed water coolers | Mains-fed water coolers installed on-site premises, reducing the use of plastic bottles | 2022 |
| 7 | Upgrade of IT equipment | Upgrade of IT equipment to include more energy efficient working (energy saving features on employee laptops)
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2023 |
| 8 | Office Waste Reduction | Removal of non-recyclable coffee pods within head office, switch to fairtrade coffee | 2022 |
| 9 | Sustainable Procurement | Sustainable procurement policy introduced, with product lifecycle analysis for each product used | 2021 |
| 10 | Car-sharing | Introduction of car sharing scheme for Connolly employees. Encourage the use of public transport or car sharing by staff, to minimise emissions. | 2021 |
| 11 | Fleet Management | Introduction of fleet management app to track emissions of fleet vehicles and smart-routing technology for fuel and emission reduction | 2022 |
| 12 | Sustainable Travel | Sustainable travel / working policy, encouraging video conferencing to reduce transport emissions | 2022 |
| 13 | Lighting | Lighting sensors introduced to office spaces to ensure lighting is off when spaces are empty. | 2022 |
| 14 | Building Fabric | Building fabric at head office improved to reduce inefficiencies. This includes checking for draughts and damage to windows, window frames and doors. Repair any damage and install or maintain draught seals. | 2022 |
| 15 | Reducing printing / paper | ‘Think before you print’ campaign to encourage staff to adopt a paperless approach and reduce unnecessary printing. New technology introduced to include electronic signing software. Addition IT training for staff. | 2022 |
| 16 | Environmental Training | Staff training increased to incorporate environmental training, including Growth Hub: Journey to Net Zero. Trained staff to become office Sustainability Champions and share knowledge with others. | 2023 |
In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:
| No. | Emission Reduction Opportunity | Action | Completion Date |
| 1 | Science Based Targets | Signing up to Science Based Targets and developing and setting meaningful, strategic targets (https://sciencebasedtargets.org/) | 2025 |
| 2 | Scope 3 emissions | Full development of plan to reduce Scope 3 emissions, including working with our supply chain, including renewable energy initiatives for our immediate supply chain and mentoring our supplier chain, to encourage them to reduce their carbon emissions | 2025 |
| 3 | Purchased energy | Review of energy purchasing across within our head office, switch to renewable energy where possible | 2025 |
| 4 | Driver training | Increase in driver training to encourage more efficient driving / reduce fuel | 2025 |
| 5 | Fleet management | Introduction of Low Emission Vehicle Policy, to increase low emission vehicles within our fleet | 2028 |
| 6 | Employee vehicles | Introduction of on-site infrastructure to encourage staff to adopt low emission vehicles, improved facilities for cyclists | 2028 |
| 7 | Renewable energy | Introduction of renewable technology at Wigan head office, including rooftop Solar PV | 2030 |
Declaration and Sign Off
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.
Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard[1] and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting[2].
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard[3].
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).
Signed on behalf of A Connolly Ltd:
Name: Simon Harrison
Position: Managing Director
Signed: S. Harrison
Date: 30th April 2024