Climate Change Data

Paragon Customer Communications UK, Luxembourg, and Ireland (PCC)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019-07 to 2020-06)

Reporting Period: 2019-07 to 2020-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:139,120 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:2,774 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:6,916 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:86,688 tCO2e/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

  • Consolidation of work and production locations
  • Lighting upgrades to LED technology
  • Air conditioning upgrades to production, offices, and server rooms
  • Investigation into photovoltaic panels at our Dagenham, Bristol, and Nottingham sites

Governance Achievements

  • Programme Charter established
  • Aligned all policies with Net Zero Charter
  • ISO 50001 behavioural change programme
  • ISO 14001 standard upgrade
  • Paragon Group (parent company) commitment to SBTi
  • SBTi submission
  • Group review of Carbon Net Zero & Plan for 2050

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Carbon Net Zero by 2050 (90% reduction in emissions, residual emissions removed through offsetting)
Short-term Goals:
  • 46.2% reduction in Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by 2030

Environmental Challenges

  • Data gaps for certain Scope 3 emissions categories (employee commuting, upstream leased assets, downstream transportation & distribution, end-of-life treatment of sold products, investments)
  • Bulk of supply chain emissions from upstream activities
Mitigation Strategies
  • Framework for measuring employee commuting emissions will be in place by 2022
  • Further exploration of Paragon's pension scheme investments to ensure they are not unwittingly investing in fossil fuels or deforestation activities
  • Benchmark supply chain ESG credentials
  • Supplier engagement programmes
  • Establish supply chain emissions reporting process
  • Establish Insetting opportunities in supply chain
  • Supplier emissions corporate review and revised strategy to 2040-50

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Greenhouse Gas Protocol

Certifications: ISO 14001, ISO 50001