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Business Certification Chetwoods Architects Certification Report 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020 Measure Engage Communicate ©2021 PlanetMark 1
62.3 Total emissions equivalent to 1.3
tCO2e total emissions 54 flights from London to New York tCO2e per employee
Building Travel Waste Water Procurement Home office
51.7 tCO2e 7.8 tCO2e 2.8 tCO2e* Not measured 0.2 tCO2e 17.9 tCO2e
Used enough Travelled 2 times Produced waste that 105 sheets of paper Used enough energy
electricity to power 45 around the world. weighs the same as 1 used per day. to power 6 UK homes
UK homes for one London bus. for one year
year.
©2021 PlanetMark
©2021 PlanetMark 3
Total carbon footprint. Carbon footprint by emission source for years ending 2019 and 2020, tCO2e
Yearly
120
Waste & Recycling
Procurement 100
Source Category 2019 2020
Natural Gas
Business Travel 30.3 7.8 Electricity 80
Business Travel
Electricity 67.6 46.8
60
Natural Gas 5.0 4.9
40
Procurement 0.7 0.2
Waste & Recycling 0.1 0.03 20
Total 103.7 59.6 0
2019 2020
Year- on- year comparison was normalised to exclude landfill which was not reported for YE2019.
©2021 PlanetMark 4Total carbon footprint. Total emissions for year ending 2020, tCO2e
Location
2.7, 4% 7.8, 13%
0.2, 0%
Business Travel
4.9, 8%
Reporting year:
1st January – 31st December 2020.
Electricity
Reporting Boundary:
2 Sites (London and Birmingham)
Natural Gas
Emissions measured: 62.3 tCO2e
Electricity, T&D losses, natural gas, homeworking energy (not included in
total), waste, business travel, paper use. Procurement
Highlights:
Carbon footprint (tCO2e): 62.3
Waste & Recycling
Per employee (tCO2e): 1.32
Next reduction target: 5%
Data quality score: 85%
46.8, 75%
©2021 PlanetMark 5Carbon footprint. Building emissions for year ending 2019 and 2020, tCO2e
80
Notes:
• Electricity emissions decreased 31% compared to YE2019 whilst actual 70
consumption dropped 24%.
Fuel - Natural Gas 60
• Natural gas emissions and consumption decreased 2% compared to
YE2019. 50
Electricity Transmission
40
& Distribution
Buildings 2019 2020
30
Electricity Generation 62.3 43.1 Electricity Generation
20
Electricity Transmission & Distribution 5.3 3.7
10
Fuel - Natural Gas 5.0 4.9
0
2019 2020
Total 72.6 51.7
©2021 PlanetMark 6Carbon footprint. Business travel emissions for year ending 2019 and 2020, tCO2e
Notes:
35
• Business travel emissions decreased 74% compared to YE2019.
Taxi - Regular 30
• Due to improved data quality, grey fleet has been split between diesel and Rail - Underground
petrol cars. Rail - Tram 25
Business Travel 2019 2020 Rail - National
Air - Domestic 0.03 - Car - Unknown Fuel 20
Air - Long-Haul 7.8 - Car - Petrol
Air - Short-Haul 0.9 0.2 Car - Diesel 15
Bus - Local 0.04 - Bus - Local
Car - Diesel - 3.7 Air - Short-Haul
10
Car - Petrol - 2.6 Air - Long-Haul
Car - Unknown Fuel 15.8 - Air - Domestic
5
Rail - National 5.0 1.1
Rail - Tram 0.004 -
0
Rail - Underground 0.2 0.0
2019 2020
Taxi - Regular 0.6 0.1
Total 30.3 7.8
©2021 PlanetMark 7Carbon footprint. Waste emissions for year ending 2019 and 2020, tCO2e
0.09
Notes: 0.08
• Landfill waste was reported for the first time in YE2020 and as such has 0.07
been normalised out.
0.06
• Recycling emissions have decreased 65% compared to YE2019.
0.05
Recycling - Mixed
Municipal 0.04
Waste & Recycling 2019 2020 0.03
0.02
Recycling - Mixed Municipal 0.1 0.03
0.01
Total 0.1 0.03 0.00
2019 2020
Year- on- year comparison was normalised to exclude landfill which was not reported for YE2019.
©2021 PlanetMark 8Carbon footprint. Procurement emissions for year ending 2019 and 2020, tCO2e
1
Notes: 1
• Procurement emissions decreased 77% compared to YE2019. 1
1
Procurement 2019 2020 Paper - Primary
0
Paper - Primary 0.7 0.2 0
0
Total 0.7 0.2
0
0
2019 2020
©2021 PlanetMark 9Total carbon footprint. Total carbon emissions by Scope for year ending 2020, tCO2e
4.9, 8%
Scope tCO2e % 14.4, 23%
Scope 1
Scope 1 4.9 7.9%
Scope 2
Scope 2 43.1 69.1% 62.3 tCO2e
Scope 3
Scope 3 14.4 23.1%
Total 62.3 100.0%
43.1, 69%
©2021 PlanetMark 10Carbon footprint. Home Office emissions for year ending 2020, tCO2e
Notes:
• Due to the uncertainties surrounding Home Office emissions, and the fact 7.4, 42%
that commuting emissions have not been calculated as part of your
footprint, these figures are provided for information only in order to give
an indication of the scale of the impact associated with home office
Home Office - Electricity
energy consumption. They have not been included in your carbon
footprint total.
Home Office - Natural Gas 17.9 tCO2e
Home Office tCO2e %
Home Office - Electricity 7.4 41.6%
10.4, 58%
Home Office - Natural Gas 10.4 58.4%
Total 17.9
©2021 PlanetMark 11Carbon footprint.
Carbon footprint for each location
45.00
40.00
tCO2e 35.00
30.00
Building
Business Travel
25.00
tCO2e
20.00 Waste
Note:
All includes business travel, 15.00
fleet and other fuels, since
the data submitted was Paper
10.00
cumulative for the whole
business (i.e. not split
5.00
between brands and head
office)
0.00
Birmingham London
©2021 PlanetMark 12Benchmarking
Percentage reduction.
% reduction in total carbon by holders of the Planet Mark (Year 2020)
20%
-39.5%
17.8%
18%
Percent of Planet Mark holders who qualified in this
15.6%
16%
14% 13.3% 13.3% 13.3% 13.3%
12%
10%
Your reduction band.
metric
8% 6.7%
6%
Chetwoods reduced it’s total
carbon by 39.5% from the 4%
previous year. 13.3% of 2%
Planet Mark holders also
achieved a 30.1% and up 0%
reduction in their total
carbon.
Reduction band
©2021 PlanetMark 13Benchmarking
Percentage reduction.
% reduction in total carbon per employee by holders of the Planet Mark (Year 2020)
-51.4%
Percent of Planet Mark holders who qualified in
20% 18.6% 18.6%
18% 16.3%
16%
14.0%
14%
11.6%
12%
this metric
10%
8% 7.0% 7.0%
Your reduction band.
6%
Chetwoods reduced it’s total 4%
carbon per employee by 2%
51.4% from the previous
year. 18.6% of Planet Mark 0%
holders also achieved a
30.1% and up reduction in
their total carbon.
Reduction Band
©2021 PlanetMark 14Looking ahead.
Targets for next year.
Total carbon Carbon reduction per
Total carbon reduction
footprint employee
62.3 tCO2e 3.1 tCO2e 0.1 tCO2e
©2021 PlanetMark 15Target setting.
A Decade of Action: Pathways to Net Zero through varying emissions reduction trajectories
Planet Mark 5%
annual reduction
•
% of Baseline Emissions (2019)
5% year on year reduction is the
minimum annual reduction
recommended by the Planet Mark.
Planet Mark 12%
annual reduction
• 12% year on year reduction is based on
the mean average reduction achieved
by the Planet Mark holders in Ye2019.
• A 12% year on year reduction from a
2019 baseline will set you on track to
meet the UK target Net Zero by 2050.
Net Zero 2050
©2021 PlanetMark 16©2021 PlanetMark 17
Workshops. Workshop Description
A 1 hour session for everyone in the business. It raises
awareness about sustainability, the business case for
Sustainability Energiser acting on climate change and the carbon footprint of the
company. Includes brainstorm session inviting
participants to come up with solutions.
Our engagement experts will help unlock your
employees’ passion to innovate and take ownership of A 3 hour session which lifts the lid on operational carbon
their environmental impacts. emissions, supporting a brainstorming sessions to
Sustainability Plan understand impacts and consider actions that can make
Together, we celebrate every commitment and champion Workshop a material difference. Participants leave with a one-year
every success, providing positive reassurance to help Sustainability Plan with SMART targets, roles and
you drive change from within. responsibilities.
A 3 hour session covering the basics of business
Business Sustainability sustainability and the role your employees can adopt in
Essentials Training driving change from within. Offered as both public and
private event.
A 30min-1 hour session, focussing on the member’s
Stakeholder Engagement sustainability journey to date, ambitions ahead with the
Workshop view to encourage their suppliers/customers to join.
Q&As, networking opportunity.
©2021 PlanetMark 18The Eden Project
At Planet Mark, we recognise that that we
need nature to address the greatest
challenges of our time.
The Eden Project, an educational charity,
connects us with each other and the living
world, exploring how we can work towards
a better future. We contribute 5% of
Business Certification fees to the Eden
Project.
• We would like to remind you of the 12
free tickets to The Eden Project which
you can use to educate staff, award as
prizes, or gift to your customers.
• 5% of profits donated to the Eden
Project.
©2021 PlanetMark 19
1Cool Earth Protecting our rainforests is one of our best lines of defence against climate change. • Cool Earth is helping rainforest communities to protect nearly 100,000 hectares of biodiversity rich rainforest across three continents. • Behind this huge milestone are thousands of families whose futures have been transformed. • We have protected one acre of Peruvian rainforest in your company name. ©2021 PlanetMark
©2021 PlanetMark 21
Communicating your international influence. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), also known as the Global Goals, are a collection of 17 interrelated goals set by the United Nations. They cover a broad range of social and economic development issues. These include poverty, hunger, health, education, climate change, gender, equality, water, sanitation, energy. By measuring and reducing your carbon footprint with the Planet Mark, you can directly and measurably contribute to up to 9 SDGs addressing 18 SDG targets. Contributing towards 9 SDGs ©2021 PlanetMark 22
SDG alignment.
• 6.3 – Reduction in total waste • 13.3 – Reduction in carbon
• 9.4 – Reduction in energy use
produced emissions
• 13.3 – Acre of rainforest protected
• 9.4 – Reduction in electricity use
• 6.6 – Acre of rainforest protected • 13.3 – Donation to the Eden Project
• 11.6 – Measured carbon emissions
• 11.6 – Reduction in carbon emissions
• 7.3 – Reduction in energy use • 11.6 – Reduction in travel emissions
• 14.3 – Reduction in carbon
• 11.6 – Reduction in waste produced
• 11.6 – 17% of waste recycled or emissions
• 7.3 – Reduction in electricity use composted • 14.1 – Reduction in total waste
• 11.4 – Donation to the Eden Project produced
• 11.4 – Acre of rainforest protected
• 12.6 – Measured carbon emissions • 15.5 – Reduction in carbon
• 8.4 – Reduction in carbon emissions • 12.1 – Reduction in carbon emissions
emissions • 15.2 – Reduction in paper use
• 8.4 – Reduction in carbon emissions • 12.5 Reduction in waste produced • 15.2 – 33% of paper FSC/PEFC
• 12.5 – 17% of waste recycled and certified
per intensity composted • 15.2 – Acre of rainforest protected
©2021 PlanetMark 23©2021 PlanetMark 24
Sources. Current
1st January 2019 to 31st December 2019 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020
% Change % Change in
% total carbon
Source Scope Unit in tCO2e from Amounts from
footprint
Amount tCO2e Amount tCO2e tCO2e Normalised previous year previous year
BUILDING
Electricity (location based) 2 kWh 243,906.2 62.3 184,708.9 43.1 43.1 -31% 69% -24%
Transmission & Distribution losses 3 kWh 243,906.2 5.3 184,708.9 3.7 3.7 -30% 6% -24%
Natural Gas 1 kWh 27,144.8 5.0 26,655.0 4.9 4.9 -2% 8% -2%
WASTE
Landfill 3 tonnes - - 6.3 2.7 0.0 - 4% -
Recycled 3 tonnes 3.8 0.1 1.3 0.03 0.03 -65% 0.05% -65%
TRAVEL
Vehicle - Non-Fleet - Average 3 km 59,840.6 10.6 32,502.6 5.5 5.5 -48% 9% -46%
Hire Vehicle 3 km 29,127.5 5.2 4,726.6 0.8 0.8 - 1% -84%
Air 3 pkm 139,803.7 8.8 2,867.8 0.2 0.2 -97% 0.4% -98%
Rail 3 pkm 127,086.0 5.2 29,743.0 1.1 1.1 -79% 2% -77%
Taxi 3 pkm 2,829.1 0.6 339.9 0.1 0.1 -88% 0.1% -88%
Bus 3 km 344.4 0.04 - - - - 0%
Bike 3 km 48.3 0.0 - - - - 0%
PROCUREMENT
Paper - Primary Content 3 tonnes 0.7 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 -77% 0.3% -76%
Total tCO2e 103.7 62.3 59.6 -39.5%
No. employees Number 38 47 47
Total per employee tCO2e 2.73 1.32 1.26 -51.4%
Turnover £m £m 4.8 4.5 4.5
Total per £m tCO2e 21.61 13.87 13.26 -35.4%
Total floor space m2 1,015 1,015 1,015.0
Building emissions per m2 tCO2e 0.07 0.05 0.05 -28.9%
©2021 PlanetMark 25About this report – General.
Company Name Chetwoods Architects
Sector Architecture
Reporting Period 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020
Year Of Certification 2nd
Reporting Boundary 2 Sites (London and Birmingham)
Emission sources included Electricity, T&D losses, natural gas, homeworking energy, waste, business travel, paper use
Total FTE Employees (annual average no.) 47
Total Internal Floorspace (m2) 1,015.00
Data Collection Lead Philipa Birch-Wood, Thrive Director, Philippa.Birch-Wood@chetwoods.com
Significant Reporting Changes COVID-19.
Baseline Conversion Factor BEIS 2019
Current Conversion Factor BEIS 2020
We follow the GHG Protocol for Corporate Emission Reporting and The National TOMs Framework for Social Value Reporting. Refer to The Planet Mark Code of
Methodology
Practice for detailed information on the methodology and standards used in the preparation of this report
Community Project Contributions to the Eden Project and to Cool Earth’s Asháninka community rainforest project have been made as part of The Planet Mark Certification
Prepared by Noah Howlett, Junior Data Analyst, Planet Mark
Checked by Jamie Beevor, Head of Technical, Planet Mark
Date: 26th February 2021
©2021 PlanetMark 26About this report – Caveats.
Organisational
Operational Boundary Scope Unit Data Source Data Accuracy Comments, omissions, estimates or extrapolations
Boundary
Estimated meter reads with Please refer to omissions and estimations slide for data interpolation and or extrapolation
some extrapolation and details. Your electricity consumption is shown in the carbon footprint as Purchased Electricity Both Sites (Birmingham
Electricity 2&3 kWh Primary source - invoices
interpolation to match emissions (Scope 2 emissions) and Electricity Transmission & Distribution losses (Scope 3 and London)
reporting period emissions) .
Actual and estimated meter
reads with some
Please refer to omissions and estimations slide for data interpolation and or extrapolation
Natural Gas 1 kWh Primary source - invoices extrapolation and Birmingham Site
details.
interpolation to match
reporting period
Includes additional home electricity and natural gas consumption as a result of working from
home. We only include the annual average number of employees who work from home at least
two days a week. Estimations are based on Typical UK domestic consumption for elec and gas
Secondary source -
as calculated by Ofgem in 2020 (source: https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/gas/retail- Both Sites (Birmingham
Homeworking energy 3 kWh Planet Mark homeworking Estimated
market/monitoring-data-and-statistics/typical-domestic-consumption-values) and the additional and London)
energy calculation tool
consumption as a result of 1 person working from home 5 days a week as calculated by
Uswitch in 2020 (source: https://www.uswitch.com/media-centre/2020/03/stay-home-britons-
spend-extra-52-million-week-energy-bills/).
Secondary source - data Weight estimated using Environment Agency factors based on bin size. Estimated as 'light Both Sites (Birmingham
Landfill 3 tonnes Unverified
submission report materials'. Number of disposals and type of bin estimated by client. and London)
Primary source - supplier Both Sites (Birmingham
Recycled 3 tonnes Unverified None
report and London)
Note: unless otherwise stated in the report all electricity emissions are location based (i.e. calculated using carbon emission factors for average UK national grid electricity). Do let us know if your electricity is from 100% renewable energy and we will
provide dual reporting to show both market based and location based electricity emissions.
©2021 PlanetMark 27About this report – Caveats.
Organisational
Operational Boundary Scope Unit Data Source Data Accuracy Comments, omissions, estimates or extrapolations
Boundary
Primary source - expense Both Sites (Birmingham
Vehicle - Non-Fleet - Average 3 km Unverified Data taken directly from companies expense claims and as such is unverified.
claims and London)
Primary source - expense
Air 3 pkm Unverified Data taken directly from companies expense claims and as such is unverified. Birmingham Site
claims
Primary source - expense Both Sites (Birmingham
Rail 3 pkm Unverified Data taken directly from companies expense claims and as such is unverified.
claims and London)
Primary source - expense Both Sites (Birmingham
Taxi 3 pkm Unverified Data taken directly from companies expense claims and as such is unverified.
claims and London)
Partly actual, partly Some paper purchases were not evidenced within the provided invoices and have been Both Sites (Birmingham
Paper 3 tonnes Primary source - invoices
unverified accepted as secondary evidence from the data submission. and London)
We have used annual average full time equivalent employees. Part time employees assumed
Secondary source- data to work 20 hours a week. We assume headcount only includes active employees (i.e. excludes Both Sites (Birmingham
Employees no. Assumed Actual
submission form employees on furlough). and London)
Secondary source- data Both Sites (Birmingham
Turnover £ Assumed Actual None
submission form and London)
Secondary source- data Both Sites (Birmingham
Office m2 Assumed Actual None
submission form and London)
Normalisation Year- on- year comparison was normalised to exclude landfill which was not reported for YE2019.
©2021 PlanetMark 28About this report. Data quality score
Data Quality. The data quality score is based on the ‘Data Quality Matrix’ in the Planet Mark Code of Practice and
provides an indication of data assurance when using information in this report in your business.
1st Jan 2019 to 1st Jan 2020 to
Definition As a way to improve your data quality
31st Dec 2019 31st Dec 2020
score for future reports, it is
Relevance of
4 3
Boundary accurately reflects the majority of the business recommended:
boundary carbon footprint for studied period.
12 months of data provided and all GHG emission sources • To provide evidence for the company's
Data business travel.
3 3 within the boundary accounted for, no disclosure of
completeness
exclusions. • To provide evidence for all paper
purchases.
Data collection procedure clearly disclosed with clear audit
Transparency 4 4
trail (invoices provided) and full disclosure of assumptions.
Efforts made to reduce uncertainties. No estimated meter
Data accuracy 3 3 readings, actual data provided where possible. Some
estimations/sampling.
Consistent or consistently improved methods, boundary and
Consistency n/a 4 data completeness to allow for meaningful comparisons
between years.
TOTAL SCORE 14 / 16 17 / 20
©2021 PlanetMark 29About this report – Caveats – Adjusted Data.
Notes: Data for the periods shown below has been interpolated or extrapolated as indicated in the table.
Actual to/from dates as per invoice Adjusted to/from dates to match reporting period
Source Office/Site Data Source Data Accuracy Date from Date to No. Days Date from Date to No. Days Comment
Electricity Birmingham Invoice Estimated 31/12/2019 31/03/2020 92 01/01/2020 31/03/2020 91 Interpolated
Electricity Birmingham Invoice Estimated 01/11/2020 30/11/2020 30 01/11/2020 31/12/2020 61 Extrapolated
Natural Gas Birmingham Invoice Mixed (actual & est) 17/12/2019 18/03/2020 93 01/01/2020 18/03/2020 78 Interpolated
Natural Gas Birmingham Invoice Estimated 11/11/2020 16/12/2020 36 11/11/2020 31/12/2020 51 Extrapolated
©2021 PlanetMark 30©2021 PlanetMark 31
Guidance for Data collection and quality Building
general best Evidence pack: Collate all relevant invoices in an
electronic evidence pack.
Energy efficiency: Regular ‘energy audits’ will
help identify where most energy is being used and
practice. Utilities: Take readings of all meters on the last
potential wastage from equipment, lights and heat
loss. Investigate the installation of LED, T5 and
day of the month. Investigate the installation of sensor lighting and the upgrade of heating
smart meters. controls.
Headcount: Ask HR for a table showing monthly Waste
full time equivalent headcount for the whole
Carry out a waste management audit: To
reporting period.
understand what waste you are producing, where
it is coming from and what the best route for it
Fuel: Introduce fuel cards.
would be. Provide plenty of bins for segregating
waste correctly and encouraging recycling.
Travel: Ask your travel suppliers to provide you
with a report detailing mileage and mode of Engage your waste management supplier to
transport so you can accurately add data to your help you reduce landfill waste and instead
carbon footprint. For non centrally booked travel increase the proportion that goes to recycling and
record mode of travel, destination/origin and to energy from waste.
distances travelled in expense claim forms.
©2021 PlanetMark 32Guidance for Water Choose travel management companies,
airlines, taxi companies, couriers and other
general best Check your meters at night, or when water is not
in use, to monitor leakage.
providers that are Planet Mark certified, and look
for clear progress on improving fuel efficiency and
practice. Introduce a water use awareness campaign in
pursuing credible, sustainable solutions for travel.
communal kitchen areas. Paper
Travel Buy paper from sustainable forests or recycled
content. Ask for FSC or PEFC branded paper as a
Record all business travel and promote public
minimum - ideally with the EU Eco label.
transport options for business meetings.
Choosing recycled content paper, your carbon
Arrange safe and fuel efficient driving training
emissions from paper use are reduced by 30% but
for all drivers. Plan driver routes to finish at their
choosing sustainably sourced paper the benefits
homes.
are more holistic as you support the demand for
Choose fuel efficient vehicles. Electric or hybrid sustainably managed forests which may otherwise
cars are exempt from various taxes. Subsidies are be cut down for a different land use such as
also available for smallest vehicles. Provide agriculture.
incentives for employees to opt for low carbon
cars, and limit choices to those which meet
sustainability criteria
©2021 PlanetMark 33Guidance for Staff engagement
general best Organise annual sustainability workshops.
Carry out an energy awareness and ‘switch off’
practice. campaign.
Supplier engagement
Explore your possibilities and choose
consciously. Check the Planet Mark website for
companies that are currently engaged on reducing
their carbon footprint.
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