Carbon Reduction Plan 2025

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Converge is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions Scope 1 and Scope 2 Net Zero by 2030 and All Scopes by 2045.

Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured.

Baseline Year: 2019 (*Scope 3 baseline 2023)

Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.

Baseline calculations are based on those emissions over which Converge has direct control with Scope 3 emissions initially limited to those produced from the company’s grey fleet.

Baseline Year Emissions: Jan-Dec 2019

EMISSIONS	TOTAL (tCO2e)
Scope 1	552.4 tCO2e
Scope 2	182.7 tCO2e
Scope 3 (Included Sources)	13.8 tCO2e*
Total Emissions	748.9 tCO2e

 

Current Emissions Reporting: Jan-Dec 2024

EMISSIONS	TOTAL (tCO2e)
Scope 1	628 tCO2e
Scope 2	5 tCO2e
Scope 3 (Included Sources)	194,624 tCO2e
Total Emissions	195,257 tCO2e

Emissions Reduction Targets

In 2024 we embarked on assessing our complete Scope 3 carbon footprint. This analysis covers emissions from our direct operations and within the value chain. This year we have been able to identify trends and analysis in Scope 3.

This transparency of the full carbon impact demonstrates our steps towards our goal of achieving net-zero emissions, emphasising the critical need to escalate your efforts in minimising your carbon footprint in the forthcoming years. Furthermore, there's a significant opportunity to enhance the precision of your carbon footprint estimations through improvements in data quality. More accurate and refined data will undoubtedly lead to more reliable calculations, enabling more targeted and focused carbon reduction actions within Scope 3.

A key challenge in managing the reduction in net emissions is accommodating the additional impact of underlying growth in business activities. The Streamlined Energy & Carbon Reporting (SECR) disclosure included in the company’s annual accounts reports an intensity measure, stated in tonnes of CO2 per £1m of revenue, to better reflect the extent to which the business has managed these divergent challenges.

With full visibility of our carbon impact across all scopes we can clearly have a benchmark, Emissions/Turnover has increased from 1,190.2 to 1315.8 tCO2e largely due to the profile of products and services . Emissions/Employee is down from 417.2 tCO2e to 416.3 TCO2E. We have identified that 99% of our carbon impact is within Scope 3.

However, we must not lose sight of the pathway target which requires reductions in absolute amounts of emissions. We continue to reduce our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by rationalising our vehicle fleet and embracing renewable energy . In 2024 we also trialled our first commercial electric van.  

As an award winning Circular Economy IT Solution provider we are helping to combat climate change.

In order to continue our progress in achieving Net Zero, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets. We project that carbon emissions can be halved to 97,005 tCO2e by 2035.

Our carbon reduction targets are:

• 25% by 2030 – 100% Scope 1 and Scope 2
• 75% by 2040
• 100% Net Zero by 2045 in line with Converge Technology Solutions Group Target.

Progress against these targets can be seen in the graph below:

As our base year for Scope 3 started in 2024 we can demonstrate our proposed carbon emissions reduction.

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since the 2019 baseline and the measures will be in effect when performing the contract:

Environmental performance:

• Improvements to our packaging materials
  • Converge used new and innovative packaging techniques and materials for its own brand products to remove all unnecessary single use plastic packaging.
  • Encouraged palletised deliveries to reduce amount of protection packaging for items.
  • Adopted unbleached packaging boxes and reinforced paper tape.
  • Adopted paper based protective packaging product that is both 100% recycled and 100% recyclable.
  • Implemented a new packaging system utilising carboard inserts to reduce the usage of bubble wrap.
  • Converted
  • 100% renewable electricity at Stafford and working towards 100% renewable in Bathgate.
• Waste segregation for food waste recycling companies (for means like turning it into fuel through anaerobic digestion)
• Maintain our Zero to Landfill Accreditation

As identified in previous years the commercial fleet is a major contributing factor to our carbon emissions and work are working closely with providers to address this.

Products

Our Sustainability team works with our in-house R&D facility and component suppliers to calculate an estimated whole-life product carbon cost per unit. This includes costs from:

• The manufacture of components and sub-assemblies
• Final unit assembly in our configuration facility
• Logistics
• Servicing
• Energy required to run the device throughout its service life.

The largest single contributor to the carbon cost per unit we can influence are those relating to the logistics involved in sourcing and supplying the product. We are working with our extended supply chain to reduce the whole-life product carbon cost per unit and welcome the opportunity to discuss potential savings with our customers.

Product whole-life carbon cost reduction strategies

• Fuel efficiency and reduction of CO2 per £1m turnover:
• Targeting further annual reduction by using electric vehicles.
• Target of a 10%/£1M reduction in fuel usage and carbon emissions related to business travel, both for pre-sales/sales activities, and for our warranty services divisions, over the next 3 years.
• Supply chain: Converge has set its supply chain component partners a target of 20% carbon cost reduction in the manufacture and nested supplier supply chain logistics footprint over the next 5 years.
• Implementation of new industry technologies for power consumption reduction as soon as they become available, to reduce the energy consumption and carbon cost whilst in use.
• Converge is planning to install solar panels at the site during 2025.

Product materials and features

Our current product targets are:

• Converge now uses 80 Plus Bronze Power Supplies as standard, with Gold as standard for workstations and Platinum versions available across the range.

PAS2060

Converge are working towards PAS2060 certification by 2045, highlighting our commitment to carbon neutrality.

Scope 4

At Converge, one significant avenue of avoiding emissions is through refurbishing products to extend the lifespan of IT equipment for resale to customers. By opting for refurbished products instead of new ones, emissions associated with manufacturing and upstream transportation and distribution (T&D) processes are averted 

At present the Greenhouse Gas Protocol recognised Scope 1 and Scope 2 and Scope 3. In 2019 the World Resources Institute identified “Scope 4”. This is emission reduction outside the products life cycle or value change but as a result of the use of the product and at Converge we are promote a circular economy heavily engaged in our Implemented ITAD (Information Technology Asset Disposal) service where Converge provide a take back and data cleansing service for unwanted IT equipment for equipment provided by Converge and from other UK based companies, driving data security and protecting the environment from a build-up of electronic waste (the fastest growing waste stream in the world today)

Taking into account our gross emissions which represent the total greenhouse gases emitted directly from business operations, excluding any avoided emissions, offsets or reductions and comparing to net emissions. In 2023, our gross emissions amounted to 194,010 tCO2e and our net emissions amounted to 172,394 tCO2e identifying that our circular solution saved 21,616 tCO2e.

We are looking forward to updates to the GHG protocol that recognise the carbon saving of the circular economy at Converge Technology Solutions.

Declaration and Sign Off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting.

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by Converge Technology Solutions MD,

Tim Westbrook.

 

Signed on behalf of the Supplier:

Name of supplier: Converge Tecnology Solutions

Date: April 2025