“Beyondly gave us real insight and understanding to move forward as a business and achieve our Project Zero goals. We were very happy with their service, the attention to detail and the final report.”
Hi-Tec are aiming to be carbon neutral/net zero by 2025 for their UK operations – ‘project zero’.
As an outdoor footwear brand, they are very keen to take their environmental impacts into consideration and recognise lots of other companies in their field (particularly Patagonia) are taking action.
They have already taken a number of energy efficiency steps and have some procedures in place, but wanted help highlighting where the areas of focus should be and identifying options to improve.
We calculated Hi-Tec’s carbon footprint including scope 1 (gas, company cars), scope 2 (electricity), and some scope 3 emissions (mileage claims, waste)
We conducted a carbon footprint audit onsite which involved:
• A discussion of the company’s aims and targets
• An overview of business activities
• Scoping of the carbon footprint
• Energy management matrix exercise
• Energy related legislation discussion
• Site tour – we looked at heating controls, insulation, lighting controls, waste processes
We produced a comprehensive carbon footprint report including analysis of their energy and carbon footprint data over the course of the year, and a list of detailed recommendations broken down by type and cost.
Hi-Tec had a follow up board meeting with their sister company where they discussed the results and intended to use the report as a guide
Hi-Tec expressed their desire to continue this process annually to track their progress and are subsequently interested in our help with setting sciencebased targets in order to reach their Net Zero goal by 2025
Additional quote from Hi-Tec following the project completion: “It was helpful in the respect of helping to understand how we move forward and what improvements we can make. We will no doubt be in touch some point next year.”
• A discussion of paths to net zero/carbon neutrality
