Climate Change Data

Circle Economy Foundation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2014, 2016, 2018, 2024)

Reporting Period: 2014

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

  • Sustainability
  • Leadership
  • Technology

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced carbon footprint through energy efficiency initiatives (specific quantification not provided)
  • Implementation of ENERGY STAR® programs (impact not quantified)

Social Achievements

  • Focus on worker satisfaction, wellness, and productivity through workplace improvements (impact not quantified)
  • Initiatives to improve employee retention (impact not quantified)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives focusing on social value (impact not quantified)

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Difficulty in succinctly defining facility management's impact and showcasing its value to the C-suite
  • Challenges in securing funding for FM projects, especially those involving IT
  • Need for greater collaboration with other shared services
  • Shortage of FM professionals, particularly younger generations
  • Need for agility and change management to adapt to evolving business needs
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing relevant case studies and success stories to showcase value
  • Aligning FM metrics with other shared service metrics
  • Training resources in new metric development, deployment, and reporting
  • Building integrated systems to connect data from disparate resources
  • Building agility and change management processes
  • Attracting and developing the next generation of FM talent, including from IT backgrounds
  • Focusing on soft skills development for FM leaders

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

Reporting Period: 2016

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

  • Sustainable Diets
  • Climate Change
  • Health and Wellbeing
  • Supply Chain Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced resource intensity of meals through plant-based options (implied)

Social Achievements

  • Improved staff motivation and retention through engagement in sustainability initiatives (implied)
  • Cook5 cooking competition for under-16s (Leon case study)

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Widespread perception that sustainable diets cost more
  • Supply chain constraints
  • Complexity of implementation and monitoring
  • Lack of understanding of sustainable diets
  • Lack of government incentives and regulation
Mitigation Strategies
  • Educating customers, clients, and suppliers
  • Investing in sustainable supply chains
  • Promoting company values
  • Sharing best practices
  • Agreeing on a shared definition of sustainable diets
  • Collaborating for sustainable diets
  • Advocating for policy changes
  • Integrating sustainable sourcing and health & nutrition across departments
  • Piloting sustainable menus
  • Bundling costs
  • Developing passionate staff
  • Tailoring business cases
  • Horizon scanning
  • Removing unsustainably sourced ingredients

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Sourcing of certified organic and Fairtrade coffee, organic milk and porridge oats, free-range eggs, local and seasonal vegetables, and MSC certified fish (Leon case study)

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

  • Green & Lean meals (Sodexo case study)

Awards & Recognition

  • Leon named Best New Restaurant in Great Britain (2004)

Reporting Period: 2018

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced refrigerant losses
  • Monitored estate energy usage
  • Reduced energy consumption by saving £1.6m
  • Reduced environmental impact due to a reduction in journeys
  • Improved building performance and occupant comfort
  • Efficiently managed water usage and consumption
  • Increased asset operational life by up to 75%
  • Reduced reactive maintenance by around 10%

Social Achievements

  • Trained poorly performing technicians
  • Improved customer-oriented services
  • Improved transparency with customers
  • Enhanced productivity in workflow management
  • Improved stock management
  • Better route planning for jobs

Governance Achievements

  • Achieved smooth asset replacement
  • Achieved better transparency in reporting to the client
  • Evidence of engineering compliance
  • Improved tender pricing accuracy

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Securing access to reliable and potent big data
  • Analytics talent gap
  • Issues with legacy systems
  • Establishing a clear business case for funding
  • Data quality
  • Standardisation and nomenclature
  • Data mobilisation costs
  • Stakeholders’ resistance to change
  • Data security, data ownership and data aggregation
  • Remote access to BMS systems
  • Inconsistent connectivity
  • Closed protocols from product manufacturers
Mitigation Strategies
  • Commissioning pilot projects, proof-of-concepts
  • Integrating big data with existing systems and processes in an agile manner
  • Training the existing workforce
  • Investing in sophisticated CAFM systems
  • Knowledge sharing/collaboration to refine predictive rules
  • Developing a standard, rational method of managing and organising information
  • Bespoke secondary labelling system
  • Collaboration with external technology specialist
  • Developing a robust technical foundation
  • Establishing asset hierarchy
  • Adopting agile methodology

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2024

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Circularity
  • Climate Change
  • Biodiversity
  • Social Equity
  • Decent Work

Environmental Achievements

  • Identified 16 circular economy solutions that could reduce global material extraction by one-third and reverse the overshoot of five planetary boundaries.

Social Achievements

  • Highlighted the importance of a just transition, ensuring that the circular economy benefits all people, particularly the most vulnerable.

Governance Achievements

  • Advocated for policy changes, financial reforms, and skills development to enable a global shift towards a circular economy.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Global circularity is declining, with a decreasing share of secondary materials in the economy.
  • Unequal distribution of wealth and materials exacerbates social and environmental problems.
  • Continued acceleration of material consumption does not guarantee increased wellbeing in high-income countries.
  • Existing economic models do not incentivize circular solutions.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Proposed a three-pronged approach: create a level policy playing field, get the economics right, and build circular expertise and skills.
  • Identified 12 high-impact circular solutions tailored to different country profiles (Build, Grow, Shift).
  • Advocated for systemic change through systems thinking, focusing on root causes, leverage points, and systemic enablers.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Prioritizing circular materials and approaches in the built environment and manufactured goods sectors.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather events
Transition Risks
  • Regulatory changes
  • Market shifts
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and services

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)
  • Goal 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production)
  • Goal 13 (Climate Action)
  • Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)

The report's recommendations contribute to achieving these SDGs by promoting sustainable development, reducing environmental impact, and creating decent work opportunities.