achieving Net Zero Carbon emissions by 2035

Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations. FY21/22is the baseline year for Pristine Clean Services Ltd future carbon reporting.

The Carbon Emissions detailed within this Carbon Reduction Plan are calculated in accordance with the Greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) Corporate Accounting & Reporting Standard and the GHG Protocol Scope 3 Technical Guidance.

The operational boundary has been set using the Business Assurance and Management Approach. This is restricted to the UK as we only operate within the country with full financial control over our operations. All greenhouse gas emissions are reported in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (TCO2e) to account for all seven of the Kyoto Protocol GHG’s. Additional Scope 3 reporting of carbon emissions has been undertaken in the current reporting year compared to the baseline year.

Baseline year emissions: FY21/22
EMISSIONS TOTAL (tCO2e)
Scope 1 – 14.59
Scope 2 – 0.82
Scope 3 (Included Sources) – 6.6 (Waste, water and expensed fuel)
Total Emissions 22.01

Reporting Year: FY24/25
EMISSIONS TOTAL (tCO2e)
Scope 1 – 10.92
Scope 2 – 0.65
Scope 3 (Included Sources) – 5.12 (Waste, water and expensed fuel, business travel data (rail / air / hotel), upstream / downstream transportation, employee commuting and emissions from EV charging)
Total Emissions 16.69

To continue our progress for achieving Net Zero Carbon Emissions prior to the Government’s target of 2045, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets.

• Committed to a Net Zero Carbon Target by 2035 (Scope 1 and 2)
• Committed to a Net Zero Carbon Target by 2040 (Scope 3)
• Public commitment for a Data/ science Based Target. (April 2022)

1. To eliminate all Scope 1 emissions (Fossil fuels) from our operations by 2035
2. To adopt natural renewable sources for Scope 2 emissions (in review)
3. To measure, report & influence Scope 3 emissions throughout the value chain to align with Points 1 & 2 above. Through our collaboration with our consultants, we are cross referencing Pristine Clean Services Ltd Scope 3 compliance through our cleaning solution and chemical options.

We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 14.09 tCO2e (all three scopes) by 2035. This is a reduction of 36% based on the 2021/22 baseline year emissions.

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since 2021. The carbon emission reduction achieved by these schemes so far equates to 4.08 tCO2e

Pristine Clean Services Ltd is working toward Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) policies and our head office will be completely run on sustainable measures via solar power by March 2027.

Pristine Clean Services Ltd is growing its electric vehicle (EV) fleet in the UK. We aim to attain 100% green fleet by 2035 and to support this, we are monitoring our supply chain partners and are moving towards partnering with companies who are striving to move towards electric or hybrid powered fleets. Forward planning has allowed us to commit to all our cars within our business to be EV by end of 2026.

Pristine for a prolonged period now have offset our carbon footprint by planting trees with our partner Trees for Life who plant trees in the Caledonia Forests in the Scottish Highlands. Our next steps are supporting new tree growth in local communities we serve to offset our carbon usage. For each new client site we service we will plant enough trees to offset the carbon value of the new contract based on our current metrics.

Energy optimisation measures have been implemented, identifying an annual carbon saving of 3.5 tonnes, including the replacement of gas and oil boilers, with electric air-conditioning systems or solar power.  We are improving insulation and upgrading controls systems. We have implemented smart routes for our mobile cleaning and window cleaning operations.

Over 55% of our cleaning equipment fleet is now battery powered, and this will continue.  We have persuaded several clients to move evening/night shifts to daytime thus reducing the use of heat and light in those buildings. Continuing to transition to these low-carbon alternatives will further improve our energy consumption and decarbonise our heating systems and operations.

• Our largest carbon emissions relate to our vehicle fleet and Pristine Clean Services Ltd are committed to replacing them with zero carbon emission electric vehicles by 2036.
• We use our supplier Bunzl CHS as a distribution hub for many of our smaller suppliers thus significantly reducingplanned journeys to our contracts. They simply deliver to one of Bunzl’s 5 distribution centres for combined delivery with Bunzl and other supplier orders.
• Pristine Clean Services Ltd in close collaboration with our strategic waste management partners has increased recycling rates to over 43% and all other waste is diverted from landfill to produce energy.
• Training and awareness programmes are being updated and expanded to clarify carbon reduction targets and methods throughout our workforce and customer user groups.
• Pristine actively promote flexible and remote working (via Teams) wherever possible to reduce travel and accommodation requirements.
• We continue to collaborate with our supply chain and consultants, a sustainability consultancy, to assist and influence and benchmark carbon reduction throughout the value chain with data driven methods.

Pristine Clean Services Ltd is not goal oriented toward an in-house Sustainability Consultancy at present because we are using our current departments to synchronise a task force. We believe having a task force to push sustainability merit will differentiate carbon consciousness down and engage with all levels of our working community and operational teams. To drive the pace of carbon emission and environmental understanding we aim to partner with our consultants who pioneer data led initiatives and transform companies to have a carbon conscious working-economy.

We will remove single use plastic products from our operations and supply chain by the end of 2026. We have already diverted all new products supplied to be made from recycled or biodegradable plastic.  An example is all Pristine uniforms are now made from either single material such as 100% cotton so they can be recycled; or over 24% of our uniforms are made from recycled polyester yarn which is recovered from plastic drinks bottles.  This transition will continue.

All current cleaning operations already use either chemical free cleaning, (>30K sq. ft), or, a sustainable product, we are moving to Odourbac chemical range manufactured in Newcastle in the UK by 2 Pure.  They provide a closed loop system where no waste is generated from the cleaning material supply.  Wherever possible we will transition more contracts to chemical free cleaning but we are working our supply chain to develop a commercially viable chemical free solution for smaller buildings which would transform the transition as only 23% of our current client buildings are large enough to benefit from this.

In the future we will implement further measures such as:

• Continuing our fleet transition to electric vehicles by 2035
• Replace gas fired boilers across our estate to reduce our Scope 1 carbon emissions.
• Work with clients to influence them to achieve ‘green’ low carbon energy on our behalf.
• Continue to optimise use of re-usable equipment and methods to remove single use items wherever possible, from our operations and therefore further reduce our waste and associated carbon emissions.
• Through extending the use of pulse mops to reduce our water consumption by at least 3% year on year.
• To significantly improve our measurement, reporting and influence of our supply chain emissions, though our work with our consultants.

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance, associated guidance, and reporting standards for Carbon Reduction Plans.
 
Emissions have been presented in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting.

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with the Government’s Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting (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) with further data to be provided by consultants in March 2027.
 
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors.