Carbon Reduction Plan
Supplier name: ECR Solutions Limited
Publication date: July 2026
Reporting period: 1st May 2025 to 30th April 2026
Prepared in accordance with UK Government Carbon Reduction Plan requirements (PPN 006).
Commitment to achieving net zero
ECR Solutions Limited (ECR) is committed to achieving net zero emissions from its UK operations by 2050.
Organisational and reporting boundary
This Carbon Reduction Plan covers the UK operations of ECR Solutions Limited only. ECR operates from a single rented office at Church House, Church Lane, Kings Langley. The property is occupied solely by ECR and the company is responsible under its lease for the cost of utilities supplied to the property.
The office is powered solely by purchased electricity and does not use gas, oil or other onsite heating fuels. ECR owns two non-electric cars. Emissions from business travel in these vehicles are reported in Scope 1. Business mileage undertaken in employees’ own vehicles is reported in Scope 3 Category 6.
Baseline emissions footprint
Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases produced before the introduction of further reduction measures and provide the reference point against which future emissions may be assessed.
Baseline year: 2025
Additional details relating to the baseline emissions calculations
ECR first reported its organisational emissions in 2025. The original baseline used the best data available at the time. Business travel covered 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025, while electricity consumption covered 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025. The baseline did not quantify all five required Scope 3 categories, and the mileage source data was subsequently identified as miles rather than kilometres. The baseline figures below reproduce the published 2025 position for transparency and are therefore not directly comparable with the more complete current-year footprint. ECR will use the 2025–26 footprint as the improved reference point for monitoring progress, while retaining the original published baseline.
| Emissions | Total (tCO₂e) |
|---|---|
| Scope 1 | 0.00 |
| Scope 2 | 10.35 |
| Scope 3 (included sources) | 12.49 |
| Total emissions | 22.84 |
Baseline Scope 1 was reported as zero because the two company-owned cars were not separately identified in the original calculation. The current-year methodology corrects this classification.
Current emissions reporting
Reporting year: 1st May 2025 to 30th April 2026
| Emissions | Total (tCO₂e) |
|---|---|
| Scope 1 | 8.54 |
| Scope 2 | 5.74 |
| Scope 3 (included sources) | 65.11 |
| Total emissions | 79.39 |
Scope 1 — Direct emissions
Scope 1 emissions were estimated at 8.54 tCO₂e. ECR owns two non-electric cars. The mileage records identify regular petrol and diesel vehicle mileage; for calculation purposes, mileage recorded for the two principal company-car users was treated as company-car mileage. The calculation used 23,263 petrol miles and 8,982 diesel miles and the 2026 UK Government average-car factors. ECR has no gas, oil or other directly combusted fuel at its premises.
Scope 2 — Purchased electricity
Scope 2 emissions were estimated at 5.74 tCO₂e from approximately 43,853 kWh of purchased electricity. This figure was derived from energy invoices, corrected bills and meter-reading sequences for the full twelve-month reporting period. A number of invoices were based on estimated meter readings and were later reversed and rebilled; the corrected consumption sequence was used to avoid double counting. The 2026 UK grid electricity factor of 0.13096 kgCO₂e per kWh was applied.
Scope 3 — Included sources
| Required category | Treatment and principal data source | tCO₂e |
|---|---|---|
| Category 4 — Upstream transportation and distribution | Supplier delivery, courier and freight charges relating to purchased hardware, together with ECR-paid dispatches of configured and repaired equipment to customers. Complete shipment mass and distance data were unavailable for some activity; conservative documented estimates were therefore applied. | 0.65 |
| Category 5 — Waste generated in operations | Estimated office residual waste and mixed recycling from two 1,100-litre bins collected weekly at approximately 25% fill, plus an estimated 2.05 tonnes of WEEE based on certified item counts and average equipment weights. | 0.15 |
| Category 6 — Business travel | Employee-owned vehicle mileage, flights, rail, taxis and hotel stays. Activity data were taken from mileage schedules and the accounting-ledger travel export. Where routes or distances were incomplete, documented route and spend-based assumptions were used. | 31.10 |
| Category 7 — Employee commuting | Nineteen employee survey responses, representing 95% of the 20-person workforce. One-way distance, mode, office days and weeks were used; unusual patterns described in comments were manually adjusted and the result scaled to the full headcount. | 33.21 |
| Category 9 — Downstream transportation and distribution | ECR pays for the transportation of equipment dispatched from its premises to customers, and these emissions are therefore reported under Category 4 in accordance with the PPN 006 technical standard. ECR has not identified any material downstream transportation or distribution of sold products arranged and paid for by customers during the reporting period. | 0.00 |
| Total Scope 3 emissions | 65.11 | |
Calculation methodology and data quality
The footprint was calculated using the UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting 2026. Activity-based calculations were used wherever reliable quantities were available. Estimates were applied where the source records contained costs, item counts or partial-period samples rather than complete weights and distances.
Company vehicles: Mileage report data does not record vehicle-ownership. The two recurring principal company-car users were treated as the company-owned petrol and diesel cars. Remaining mileage was treated as employee-owned business travel.
Flights: Routes stated in expense descriptions were used. European sectors were treated as short-haul and long-distance journeys such as Toronto and Ho Chi Minh City as long-haul. Radiative-forcing factors were included. Where a route was not stated, the airline, traveller and adjacent trip records were used to form a reasonable estimate.
Rail and taxis: Where no origin/destination or distance was recorded, passenger kilometres were estimated from expenditure using conservative average fare-per-kilometre assumptions, then converted using national-rail or regular-taxi factors.
Hotels: Accommodation entries were distinguished from meals wherever possible. One room-night was assumed for an individual positive hotel charge unless the description clearly indicated otherwise; country-specific factors were used where identifiable and the UK factor otherwise.
Employee commuting: Staff survey bands were converted to representative midpoints. Two responses with material changes during the year were adjusted using their comments. Fully remote staff were assigned only the occasional office travel they reported.
WEEE: Certificate item counts were converted to estimated weight using documented average weights for laptops, PCs, screens, EPoS devices, tablets, cables and mixed WEEE boxes. The three collections falling within the reporting period totalled an estimated 2.05 tonnes.
Office bins: Each 1,100-litre bin was assumed to be 25% full at weekly collection. Standard low-density assumptions were used, producing approximately 0.46 tonnes of mixed recycling and 0.91 tonnes of residual waste.
Courier freight: Detailed international customs records were deduplicated by air-waybill where available. Partial UK parcel data were not multiplied directly by four because the sample period was unusually busy. ECR-paid courier activity is included in Category 4.
The current footprint is therefore a best estimate suitable for organisational carbon reporting, but it is not an independently verified inventory. ECR will continue to improve source data, particularly vehicle ownership identification, courier weights and distances, and measured waste weights.
Emissions reduction targets
The broader data captured in 2025–26 materially increases the reported footprint compared with the original 2025 baseline, particularly through the first quantified employee-commuting calculation and the correct classification of company-car emissions. This represents improved measurement rather than an equivalent operational increase.
ECR has adopted the improved 2025–26 footprint of 79.39 tCO₂e as its operational reference point. ECR aims to reduce absolute reported emissions by at least 15% by 2030, to approximately 67.5 tCO₂e, while maintaining its commitment to achieve net zero by 2050.
- Review the replacement of the two company-owned petrol and diesel cars with lower-emission or electric alternatives at the appropriate replacement point.
- Reduce avoidable business mileage and flights through remote meetings, route planning and combining customer visits.
- Maintain hybrid and remote working while encouraging lower-carbon commuting, car sharing and use of rail, cycling and electric vehicles.
- Monitor electricity consumption annually and investigate certified renewable electricity options at contract renewal.
- Improve courier reporting by retaining annual shipment weight, destination and service data.
- Maintain repair, reuse and specialist WEEE recycling of hardware and improve measured waste data where practicable.
Carbon reduction projects
Completed carbon reduction initiatives
- Energy-efficient LED lighting is installed throughout the office.
- Electric vehicle charging facilities remain available onsite.
- Hybrid and remote working arrangements continued throughout the reporting period.
- Online meetings are used routinely to avoid unnecessary journeys.
- ECR operates a digital-first approach and rarely prints. One printer has been removed, leaving a single printer for occasional use.
- General waste and mixed recycling are separated into dedicated bins.
- IT and customer hardware is repaired, reused and refurbished wherever practical.
- End-of-life electrical and IT equipment is securely processed by a specialist WEEE recycling provider.
- Rail is encouraged in place of air travel for suitable UK and European journeys.
- Installation and site visits are coordinated to combine journeys where practical.
- Electricity consumption is monitored through supplier bills and meter information.
- Staff are encouraged to switch off lights, monitors and equipment when not required.
These measures are embedded within ECR’s operational practices and will remain in effect throughout the delivery of its products and services.
Future carbon reduction initiatives
- Consider lower-emission or electric replacements for company-owned vehicles.
- Introduce a clearer annual distinction between company-car and employee-owned mileage in expense records.
- Request annual courier reports showing destination, weight and service type, rather than relying on partial-period records.
- Explore whether EDF or an alternative supplier can provide a certified renewable electricity tariff.
- Continue to reduce international courier activity after completion of the exceptional European hardware-replacement programme.
- Repeat the employee commuting survey annually and promote practical low-carbon commuting choices.
- Seek measured or contractor-estimated waste weights where these become available.
Declaration and sign off
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 006 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 (where required), 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: ECR Solutions Limited
Tom Dunne, Director
Date: 21 July 2026