Here at ICAS, our total carbon emissions figure for 2022 was 1,566 tCO2e (tonnes of CO2 equivalent). This was an increase of 198 tCO2e / 14.4% since our 2021 baseline.

This figure was driven largely by the organisation starting to return to normal activity post Covid – including significantly more travel, employee commuting and heating costs.

This includes:

• Scope 1 – Direct emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by ICAS
• Scope 2 – Indirect emissions from purchased electricity, steam or heat and
• Scope 3 – Indirect emissions resulting from ICAS’ business operations and value chain.

Of the 2022 emissions, 1,134 tCO2e comes from Purchased Goods and Services – mostly from our supply base – as nearly all purchased goods will incur carbon.

We also incur carbon emissions from Natural Gas (103 tCO2e), Use and End of Life of Sold Products (96 tCO2e) and Business Travel (91 tCO2e).

We have seen a 550% increase in business travel as we came out of the Covid lockdowns.

We will continue to decarbonise our operations and prioritise making real changes to lower our carbon footprint.

Inevitably offsets may ultimately be required for residual emissions.

We use our own initiatives and progress as a way to inspire our members and others.

We have made good progress in some areas of the NetZero pathway, and require further work in other areas.

This includes: 

• Reducing our footprint of current office space
• An active and sustainable travel policy
• Digitalisation of materials
• Heating controls and insulation
• Lighting and awareness for electricity use
• Supplier contractual changes
• Energy awareness campaigns
• Decarbonisation of the grid

The biggest impact will come from working with our Tier 1 suppliers to support delivery of their Net Zero pathways.

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