Carbon Reduction Plan

1. Commitment to Achieving Net Zero

Procure for Impact Ltd ("PfI") is committed to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across its operations. As a small, office-based advisory consultancy, PfI's direct emissions are low, but the company recognises its responsibility to measure, manage, and reduce its carbon footprint, and to lead by example given that its professional work supports public sector clients to deliver environmental and social value outcomes.

PfI commits to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040, with the ambition to achieve it earlier.

PfI has also committed to the SME Climate Hub, the UN-backed climate commitment for small businesses, pledging to halve emissions by 2030 and reach Net Zero ahead of 2050.

2. Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions, and are the reference point against which reduction is measured.

Baseline year: financial year 2025/26 (the company's first full year of trading).

Emissions scope	Description	tCO₂e
Scope 1	Direct emissions from owned or controlled sources. PfI has no company vehicles, premises, or fuel combustion.	0
Scope 2	Indirect emissions from purchased electricity. PfI has no premises and purchases no electricity directly; home-working energy is accounted for in Scope 3.	0
Scope 3	Business travel, home working, hotel stays, and purchased goods and services.	1.7
Total		1.7

Scope 3 breakdown

Source	Basis	tCO₂e
Business travel: car	c. 3,750 miles in a battery electric vehicle	0.3
Business travel: rail	c. 138 return journeys within London; c. 10 long-distance return journeys	0.3
Hotel stays	10 nights	0.1
Home working	2 days per week, 46 weeks	0.2
Purchased goods and services	Spend-based estimate on c. £3,750 of subscriptions and business services	0.8
Total Scope 3		1.7

Methodology

Emissions are estimated from activity data (business mileage, rail journeys, hotel nights, home-working days) and spend data, converted using the UK Government's greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting (DESNZ, 2025 set, matching the baseline year), with a standard spend-based factor applied to purchased services. Figures are rounded to one decimal place. This is an honest, conservative estimate proportionate to a micro-business; activity data will be refined and factors updated to the current published set at each annual review.

Two features of the baseline are worth noting. Business travel is already low-carbon by design: the company car is fully electric, and rail is the default for longer journeys. The largest single component is purchased goods and services, estimated on spend, which is common for advisory businesses whose direct footprint is minimal.

3. Current Emissions Reporting

Reporting year: financial year 2025/26.

As this is PfI's first Carbon Reduction Plan, the current reporting year is the baseline year. Future versions of this plan will report current-year emissions against the baseline to demonstrate progress.

Emissions scope	tCO₂e
Scope 1	0
Scope 2	0
Scope 3	1.7
Total	1.7

4. Emissions Reduction Targets

PfI's baseline is already low in absolute terms. The company's priority is therefore to prevent emissions rising in proportion to business growth, and to set quantified reduction targets once a second year of measured data exists, rather than setting a percentage target against a first-year estimate.

Specific commitments:

• Maintain a remote-first, digital-by-default operating model to keep business travel and office energy low
• Maintain fully electric road travel and prioritise rail over car and air for longer journeys
• Choose IT and cloud providers with credible renewable energy and net zero commitments where possible, recorded in the company's systems register
• Review emissions annually against this baseline and set a quantified reduction target at the first annual review (2027), consistent with the SME Climate Hub commitment to halve emissions by 2030

5. Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed and ongoing measures

PfI has adopted the following low-carbon practices as part of its operating model:

• Remote-first working, minimising commuting and office energy use
• Fully electric company travel by road, with rail prioritised for longer journeys
• Digital-by-default, minimising printing and paper use
• Virtual meetings as the default, reducing travel-related emissions
• Low-impact business model with no owned premises, vehicle fleet, manufacturing, or warehousing

Future measures

• SME Climate Hub commitment made, with annual progress reporting
• Establish a repeatable annual emissions measurement process using the current DESNZ conversion factors
• Factor environmental credentials into the selection of IT, cloud, and service providers, via the systems register
• Refine the purchased goods and services estimate from spend-based to supplier-specific data as the business grows

6. Influence Beyond Our Own Footprint

PfI recognises that its largest contribution to carbon reduction is delivered through its advisory work. By helping public sector clients embed environmental and net zero objectives into their procurement and commissioning, PfI supports emissions reductions across supply chains far larger than its own operational footprint. This influence is central to the company's public benefit purpose and is described further in the Environmental Policy.

7. Declaration and Sign Off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance, scaled proportionately to the size of the business. It has been reviewed and signed off by the Director of Procure for Impact Ltd.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard, using the UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors for company reporting.