Climate Change Data

Bennetts Associates

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2021, 2024)

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:62,470 kgCO2e (location-based); 42,954 kgCO2e (market-based)
Scope 1 Emissions:9,665 kgCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:19,010 kgCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:33,795 kgCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:100% (electricity in Edinburgh and Manchester; electricity in London, but not gas)
Total Energy Consumption:142,200 kWh
Water Consumption:409 m3
Waste Generated:224 kgCO2e
Carbon Intensity:880 kgCO2e/person (location-based); 605 kgCO2e/person (market-based)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Energy
  • Business Travel
  • Carbon Neutrality
  • Industry Action
  • Plastic Use
  • Materials
  • Wellbeing
  • Community Engagement
  • Employee Footprints
  • Fair Pay
  • Workforce Diversity

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved a 57% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions from a 2016 baseline.
  • Procured 100% renewable electricity for Edinburgh and Manchester studios.
  • Maintained a 95% reduction in business travel emissions from the 2016 baseline.
  • Increased internal carbon price to approximately £160/tonne and offset 50% of market-based footprint.

Social Achievements

  • Achieved a 62% completion rate on staff survey for personal carbon footprints.
  • Paid all staff the Living Wage (London Living Wage within London).
  • Offered several work experience placements to local students.
  • Continued mentoring of students through various schemes.

Governance Achievements

  • Employee Ownership Trust structure with a board of trustees including employees from all levels and one external representative.
  • ISO 14001 EMS reviewed and certified by Lloyds’ Register.
  • Conforms to ARB Standards of Conduct and Practice.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Switch to heat pumps for the London studio.
Short-term Goals:
  • Maintain current energy reduction levels.

Environmental Challenges

  • London office still using gas despite aiming for 100% renewable energy.
  • Change in gas supplier resulted in a move from 100% green gas to a standard tariff.
  • Difficulty in achieving 100% coverage on various sustainability targets (e.g., project reviews, sustainability data in reports).
  • Pandemic impacted Post-Occupancy Evaluations and data collection.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Medium-term ambition to switch to heat pumps for the London studio.
  • Implementing stringent policies to reduce unnecessary flights.
  • Developing policies and improving data tracking for various targets.
  • Planning for POE visits in 2022.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Using 100% renewable energy suppliers; sourcing materials with ethical and environmental considerations.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards: Core option

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: Lloyds’ Register

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Embodied Carbon
  • Operational Carbon

Environmental Achievements

  • Decarbonisation and reuse projects form 37% of our workload (by area Stage 3 onwards)
  • Designed hotels with a total of over 3,000 beds
  • Achieved planning permission for an ambitious new aparthotel tower in central Manchester incorporating various sustainable design features (mass timber, cement replacement, heat recovery, etc.)

Social Achievements

  • Supporting carbon literacy in our employees
  • Promoting low impact lifestyles among employees
  • Incorporating public amenities (café, exhibition hall, community centre) in the Manchester aparthotel project

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net Zero Carbon
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Significant challenge to reduce carbon emissions in the hospitality sector (approximately 1% of global tourism emissions)
  • Need to address upfront carbon emissions in construction
  • Balancing high-quality accommodation with energy efficiency
  • Delivering sustainable hotels requires a unified approach within project teams and support from the wider construction industry
Mitigation Strategies
  • Adopting a contextual design approach to each project, analyzing local climatic conditions
  • Reducing embodied and upfront carbon to meet project and industry targets
  • Reducing operational carbon to meet project and industry targets
  • Offsetting remaining emissions to achieve Net Zero
  • Using low-carbon materials (mass timber, earth blocks, regenerative materials)
  • Designing energy-efficient systems (MVHR, heat pumps, wastewater heat recovery)
  • Designing for circularity in fit-out (easily removable finishes, upcycled FF&E)
  • Prioritizing lower-cost, higher-impact measures in retrofit strategies

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed