Cairn’s Carbon Reduction Plan shows sharp fall in emissions
Medical product and service supplier to the NHS and private hospitals, Cairn Technology, has completed its Carbon Reduction Plan for its base year, 2023.
Although 2023 is the first year that the company has actively calculated its carbon emissions, it already has an ethos of trying to minimise its impact on the environment.
This has included suppling reusable surgical instruments that come with a 30-year warranty to superabsorbent theatre mats that can significantly reduce the volume of less absorbent mats going into clinical waste.
2023 saw Cairn Technology also focus on reducing carbon emissions relating to its operations. Whilst it already sources products from Europe to minimise delivery miles travelled, it has significantly reduced carbon emissions in two other key areas:
1. Scope 1 emissions have been slashed by almost 30%
2023 saw Cairn Technology make a 29.9% reduction in carbon emissions from the company cars used by some of its staff, including its consultants who deliver workplace exposure monitoring in hospitals across the UK.
This reduction was achieved by switching to lower carbon emission company cars, such as hybrid or fully electric.
2. Employee commuting emissions have been cut by 45%
Post pandemic, Cairn gave its office staff the choice to work flexibly with a split of home and office-based working.
By implementing this hybrid working structure, we have lowered our scope 3 category 7 employee commuting emissions by 45%.
Carbon emission reduction aims for the future
The company aims to become Net Zero for Scope 1 for the reporting year 2024 through carbon offsetting schemes.
Its longer-term commitment is to achieve Net Zero across all relevant scopes and categories by 2050, at the latest.
Director Peter Binns says: “Cairn Technology began in 1999 as an environmental consultancy that helped companies to reduce their emissions to atmosphere through continuous monitoring and manage the environmental impact of chemical spills. So environmental performance is deeply ingrained in Cairn’s identity.
“Our yearly Carbon Reduction Plans are a useful way to show our NHS and private hospital clients how we are supporting them in their own plans towards Net Zero.”
Read our full 2023 Carbon Reduction Plan
To find out about other ways in which we have reduced our carbon emissions, click here to read our full Carbon Reduction Plan for 2023.
If you would like to see the independent audit of the plan email info@cairntechnology.com for your copy.
