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Carbon Reduction Plan

Supplier name: William Davies Care Limited
Publication date: [7th December 2024]

Commitment to achieving Net Zero
William Davies Care is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions 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: 2023
Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.
WDC set its ambition to be Net Zero Climate by 2045 in November 2023 and is using 2023 as the baseline year.
Baseline year emissions: 2023
EMISSIONS TOTAL (tCO2e)
Scope 1 762,300
Scope 2 226,854
Scope 3 (Included Sources) 14,620,394
Total Emissions 15,609,548

Current Emissions Reporting

Reporting Year: 2023
EMISSIONS TOTAL (tCO2e)
Scope 1 762,300
Scope 2 226,854
Scope 3 (Included Sources) 14,620,394
Total Emissions 15,609,548

Emissions reduction targets
In November 2023, William Davies Care announced ambitious new environmental sustainability goals in both climate and nature, aiming to have a Net zero impact on climate by 2045 and a Net positive impact on nature by 2045. The climate ambition translates to these specific targets for our Medical Consumables and Consumer Healthcare Businesses

Medical Consumables

  • Net zero emissions across all operations by 2045 (scope 1 and 2)
  • 100% renewable electricity by 2040 (scope 2)
  • Net zero emissions across our full value chain by 2045 (scope 3)

Consumer Healthcare

  • Net zero emissions across all operations by 2045 (scope 1 and 2)
  • 100% renewable electricity by 2040 (scope 2)
  • Net zero emissions for select brands/formats by 2045 (scope 3)

William Davies Care also has an accredited Science Based target on the 1.5°C pathway:

  • Scope 1&2 34% reduction by 2025 vs 2017 baseline (scope 1 = 891,291 tonnes CO2e, Scope 2 = 590,456 tonnes CO2e in 2017)
  • 16% reduction in scope 3 emissions by 2030 vs 2017 baseline (scope 3 = 18,152,838 tonnes CO2e in 2017)

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives

2023 is our new baseline year. However, in 2023, we reduced our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by approximately 24% compared to 2020, largely because we transformed our use of renewable electricity through the purchase of green certificates. This means 52% of the electricity we used in 2020 was sourced renewably. For our UK operations, all our sites sourced electricity from renewable sources1

In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:

William Davies Care aim to increase the amount of renewable electricity sourced globally to approx. 68% in 2023 and to 100% by 2040 in line with our commitment to RE100. This will be achieved and maintained using a combination of Power Purchase Agreements supplemented by the purchase of unbundled energy attribute certificates (REGOs, RECs, or iRECs).

William Davies Care aim to have transitioned 2% of our sales fleet to low carbon/electric vehicle during 2023 and 100% of its sales vehicles to low carbon / electric vehicles by 2030 where charging infrastructure allows.

William Davies Care aim to reduce energy use by approx. 3% per year at its major facilities through the implementation of efficiency projects identified in its energy efficiency programme.

William Davies Care is actively working with partners to explore the options for an alternative lower carbon impact propellant to use in Ventolin metered dose inhalers.

William Davies Care has a supplier engagement programme to reduce the upstream Scope 3 emissions from our supply chain, using levers such

  • surveys to understand the carbon reduction ambitions of our suppliers
  • promoting the use of renewable energy by our suppliers
  • the development of contract clauses to address reductions in environmental impact

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 the board of directors (or equivalent management body).

Signed on Behalf of the Supplier:
William Davies Care Limited

 

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