Cairn’s Carbon Reduction Plan 2024 reduces Scope 1 emissions to zero
Cairn Technology has released its Carbon Reduction Plan for 2024, showing a negligible 2.6% increase in its overall carbon equivalent emissions, despite a significant increase in business activities.
What’s more, it has also reduced its Scope 1 carbon emissions to zero.
All of the above has been achieved through a combination of insetting and offsetting approaches.
Scope 1 Insetting & Offsetting Measures
In terms of insetting, our move to having more hybrid and electric vehicles for our field-based team of consultants has continued to have a positive impact on minimising Scope 1 carbon emissions from our company vehicles.
This is reflected in the fact that we have only seen a 17.5% increase in our Scope 1 emissions in 2024, despite our field-based consultants travelling 22.7% more miles than in 2023.
That said, the short-term goal for our carbon reduction journey outlined in our 2023 Carbon Reduction Plan was to bring our Scope 1 net carbon emissions down to zero for 2024.
To achieve this, we have used carbon offsetting, by investing in the Carbon FootprintTM UK Tree Planting Scheme.
This scheme saw 85,000 native broadleaf trees planted in the UK over 2024, across 27 different species.
Our funding will help support the planting of trees in the Yorkshire and Humber region in school locations, helping to educate children and support wildlife habitats, whilst sequestering carbon emissions.
Scope 3 Insetting Measures
Carbon emission insetting also had a positive impact on our Scope 3 emissions total, through the continued use of our hybrid working model and consolidation of product deliveries, wherever possible.
These measures ensured that we only saw an increase of 4.19% in Scope 3 emissions from 2023 to 2024, despite the turnover of the business increasing by 6.3% in the same period.
Sharon Evans, Sales & Marketing Manager of Cairn Technology says: “We recognise how important it is to support our NHS and private hospital clients in their journey towards Net Zero.
“For this reason, our Carbon Reduction Leadership Team is drawn from across sales, marketing, logistics and finance to ensure a truly business-wide focus on minimising our carbon footprint within the company.
“For 2025, our eye is already on further opportunities for carbon insetting and offsetting to ensure that our carbon equivalent emissions are kept to a minimum as our business activities continue to grow.”
See our Carbon Reduction Plan 2024
To see our full Carbon Reduction Plan for 2024 just click here.