Carbon Reduction Policy

Carbon Footprint Policy Statement

It is the stated policy of Core Surgical Limited to reduce its environmental impact where practicable.

Carbon reducing measures form an integral part of the company's overall strategy, helping us to improve both operational performance and achieve a reduction in potentially harmful emissions.

The company’s ultimate aim is to achieve net zero status by 2040.

To help achieve this, the company will:

• Ensure adherence to any current energy legislation, seeking to meet or better legislative targets.
• Minimise waste, promote recycling and the use of recycled products to help reduce the burden on landfill, and the corresponding methane generation.
• Reduce the number of supplier shipments placing larger order quatities in order to reduce HGV usage.
• Promote environmental awareness and responsibility amongst employees and seek where practicable to continuously improve company environmental performance.
• Ensure that digital conferencing facilities are available and used where practical to avoid the need for business travel.
• Continually review and develop the company’s occupational driving policy.
• Aim to switch all company vehicles to Electric / Hybrid by 2030.

 Current actions include:

• 100% of energy purchased for offices from energy suppliers that only use renewable sources of energy for the majority of their supply.
• Conversion of all existing lighting to low energy usage LED lighting. This reduces the amount of electricity consumed by the business.
• Initiated a review with an aim to reuse, reduce and recycle wherever possible throughout the company, e.g. switching to recycling bins for waste disposal.
  
• Monthly monitoring and assessment of carbon usage (scopes 1 & 2)
• The use of reduced carbon fuel alternatives where practical.
• Reduced the quantity of supplier shipments, switching from a policy of ordering “little and often” to a system of ordering larger amounts less frequently, thus reducing the number of shipments.
  

This Carbon Footprint Policy Statement underpins the existing environmental, procurement, waste management, quality assurance, health & safety, and corporate responsibility policies already implemented within the company.

Carbon footprint policy

Core Surgical Limited recognises that our work may have a direct or indirect effect on the local environment. We are therefore committed to reducing any harm that this may cause. As a company we constantly review ways in which we can improve our green credentials to achieve our statement promises and to link with other likeminded organisations. Our carbon reduction strategy is aligned with our company environmental policy and company sustainability policy and current codes of practice on waste and environment protection.

We will focus on:

• Reduction of carbon emissions from fuel usage;
• Diversion of eligible waste from landfill;
• The use of renewable energy to power transient sites;
• Use of green tariff energy; and
• Sustainable procurement of materials

As our “Green” culture becomes established and embedded we aim to:

• Encourage our employees and suppliers to be aware of carbon and consider this information when identifying materials;
• Utilise energies and water sparingly;
• Consider environmental impacts in our purchasing;
• Endeavour to work with partnering organisations that share our ethos on “carbon reduction”; and
• Where possible reduce the need for transport and its impacts on the environment.

It is our intention to operate our business in an environmentally friendly and sustainable way as possible to enable the needs of current and future generations.

What we intend to do for the future:

• Further expansion of the reduction of the number of supplier shipments, moving to palletised shipments, allowing for fewer shipments made by HGV’s.
• Consolidate the office workforce into a single area of the company’s premises, meaning more lighting and heating can be turned off / turned down. This will reduce the amount of electricity used by the company.
  
• Aim to switch all company vehicles to Electric / Hybrid by 2030.
  
• Where possible we will source our materials from suppliers who operate in an environmentally friendly manner and who are geologically local to us to reduce road traffic, road traffic costs and carbon emissions;
• Conduct online meetings wherever possible to reduce the need for travelling by attendees.
• Convert all work PC’s to laptops to save on energy consumption

This policy is to be reviewed in January 2025, but Core Surgical will continually endeavour to implement ways to reduce our carbon.

Last Reviewed: January 2024