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Carbon Emissions

2026 Carbon Reduction Plan

Publication date: Jan 2026

Commitment to achieving Net Zero: Broomwell Healthwatch 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 emissions:

Baseline Year: 2023

Baseline year emissions:

EMISSIONS – TOTAL (kgCO2e)

Scope 1 – 5790

Scope 2 – 4050

Scope 3 – 63791

Total Emissions – 73631

Latest Year Current Emissions Reporting:

Reporting Year: 2025

EMISSIONS – TOTAL (kgCO2e)

Scope 1 – 3713

Scope 2 – 14853

Scope 3 – 67142

Total Emissions – 85708

Variation vs Baseline year: +12077

Emissions reduction targets

In order to continue our progress to achieving Net Zero, we have already adopted the following carbon reduction measures.

  1. Ensuring all electricity provision comes from renewable source
  2. Reducing electricity consumption by ensuring that unused devices are switched off
  3. Eliminating single use plastics from the office
  4. Switching all three business vehicles from diesel/petrol to petrol hybrid vehicles

Given business use cases, the increase in business post-pandemic leading to a commensurate increase in staff numbers, and the fact that people who meet our recruiting requirements are often not located within easy commuting distance from the business, we project that it will be difficult to reduce CO2 emissions in the near to medium future.
Consequently, we are looking into UK Woodland Carbon Code credits and Pending Issuance Units, with the target being to offset all current and future carbon emissions. We are also challenging our the managers of our premises to improve the efficiency of the building and make other environmentally friendly changes, as by far the biggest driver of the increase in our CO2e this year has been the 7.5x increase in our spend on gas, which lies outside of our control.

Declaration and Sign Off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed with the best data available and the best estimates possible where data was not available.
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the Operations Director Michael Rowe as of 15/01/2026.