Climate Change Data

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