Windar Photonics plc
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018, 2022, 2023)
Reporting Period: 2018
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainability
- Stakeholder Relations
- Ethical Values
- Risk Management
- Board Effectiveness
Social Achievements
- Provided training and information concerning anti-bribery and workplace safety to its employees.
- Committed to providing a safe and secure environment for its employees.
Governance Achievements
- Established a Nomination Committee to oversee board appointments.
- Conducts annual board performance evaluations (though a formal modus operandi is under consideration).
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Being a young and small company, some governance structures and processes are still under development (e.g., formal ethical values description, board evaluation modus operandi).
Mitigation Strategies
- Formulating and making public a description of ethical values in 2019.
- Considering a formal modus operandi for board evaluation.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
Climate Goals & Targets
Medium-term Goals:
- Further doubling of production capacity by 2024
Short-term Goals:
- Increase production capacity by at least 100% by mid-2023
Environmental Challenges
- COVID-19 pandemic impacting Shanghai-based subsidiary, leading to production and delivery issues.
- Electronic component shortages.
Mitigation Strategies
- Increased production capacity by at least 100% mid-year 2023, planning to double capacity in 2024.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Period: 2023
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Sustainability
Social Achievements
- Improved employee well-being through navigating challenges of rapid growth and pandemic.
Governance Achievements
- Appointment of Gavin Manson as Non-Executive Director in February 2024, bringing broad experience as a CFO.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Long sales cycles and protracted negotiations with clients.
- Potential for product and service failures.
- Reliance on suppliers for subcomponents.
- Concentration of revenue from a limited number of customers.
- Dependence on equity financing.
- Reliance on key personnel.
- Protecting proprietary technology through confidentiality agreements.
Mitigation Strategies
- Increased market presence and diversification of customer base.
- Implementation of quality control procedures.
- Focus on new OEM projects to broaden customer base.
- Successful capital raise in April 2024 to reduce reliance on equity financing.
- Attracting and retaining key personnel.
- Use of confidentiality agreements with employees, licensees, and contractors.
Supply Chain Management
Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities
Reporting Standards
Frameworks Used: QCA Code
Third-party Assurance: Gravita Audit Limited
UN Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
Products contribute to increasing the economic viability and sustainability of the renewable energy sector.
Sustainable Products & Innovation
- WindEye™ and WindTimizer LiDAR wind sensors
- Nexus software suite