Joint Operations Ltd Climate Report
The purpose of the report is to increase the understanding of what is driving the company’s greenhouse gas emissions, set targets to reduce these emissions, and ensure transparency and traceability on the journey towards net-zero.
Methodology
The emissions or greenhouse gas accounting is based on the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol’s corporate and value chain standards (ghgprotocol.org).
The GHG Protocol defines emissions in three scopes:
- Scope 1 – The company's direct emissions from vehicles, combustion, processes, or leakages
- Scope 2 – The company's indirect emissions from energy purchased and consumed (electricity, heating, cooling).
- Scope 3 – Greenhouse gas emissions that occur upstream and downstream in the company's value chain, as a consequence of the company's operations. Examples of scope 3 emissions are purchased goods and services, transport, use and disposal of products, business travel and employee commuting.
Total greenhouse gas emissions are quantified in carbon dioxide equivalents (CO2e), which take into consideration that different greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides, methane etc.) have different global warming factors.
Introduction *
reporting year
*2022
number of employees in the reporting year
*47
Commitment And Targets *
net zero target year
*2050
Base year
*2022
comment on your net zero targets
*We are aiming to reduce our carbon dioxide emissions and be Net Zero by 2050, in line with UK Government targets
near-term scope 1 target
*50
target year
*2030
near-term scope 2 target
*50
target year
*2030
near-term scope 3 target
*50
target year
*2030
comment on your near-term targets
*We are also committing to follow the UK Government targets and reduce our GHG emissions by 50% before 2030 and achieve Net Zero emissions by 2050.
Own emissions *
scope 1 emissions
scope 1 emissions (metric tons co2e)
*75.033
own facilities
*28.165
metric tons CO2eown vehicles
*0
own processes
*46.868
metric tons CO2escope 2 emissions
scope 2 emissions (metric tons co2e)
*1.751
total energy consumption (kwh)
*-
renewable energy
*100
purchased electricity
*0
Renewable electricity (%)
100
purchased steam
*N/A
Renewable electricity (%)
-
purchased heating
*N/A
Renewable electricity (%)
-
purchased cooling
*N/A
Renewable electricity (%)
-
Comment on your energy consumption
*-
Value chain emissions *
scope 3 emissions
scope 3 emissions (metric tons co2e)
*325.372
supply chain related - upstream emissions
purchased goods and services
*Not measured
capital goods
*Not measured
fuel and energy related activities
*Not measured
transportation and distribution (upstream)
*107.422
metric tons CO2ewaste in operations
*6.280
metric tons CO2ebusiness travel
*100.251
metric tons CO2eemployee commuting
*24.223
metric tons CO2eleased assets (upstream)
*Not measured
customer related - downstream emissions
transportation and distribution (downstream)
*87.194
metric tons CO2eprocessing of sold products
*Not measured
use of sold products
*Not measured
end-of-life treatment of products
*Not measured
leased assets (downstream)
*Not measured
franchises
*N/A
investments
*N/A
If you have excluded or have not measured any relevant sources of value chain emissions, provide your estimate of the % of your total emissions that is represented by these sources.
*25
List any sources of emissions excluded:
*-
describe the calculation methodology and comment on accuracy:
*-
Actions and plans to reduce emissions *
to reduce emissions in line with my commitment, my company has a plan and is taking action:
*Yes
Scope 1 Actions
own facilities
Yes
We have solar panels installed on the office premises and power generated from these are used for office working. We are in the process of working towards ISO14001 accreditation.
own vehicles
Yes
We have transitioned 60% of our sales employees motor fleet to fully electric cars.
own processes
Yes
We have set up a dedicated green team within our company who regularly meet and are committed to implementing and expanding our Net Zero emissions plan.
scope 2 actions
purchased electricity
Yes
We source from renewable energy, which is supplemented by our solar panels on our premises.
purchased steam
N/A
-
purchased heating
N/A
-
purchased cooling
N/A
-
scope 3 actions
supply chain related (upstream)
purchased good and services
*No
-
capital goods
*No
-
fuel and energy related activities
*N/A
-
transportation and distribution (upstream)
*Yes
We hope to work with courier partners to utilise their eco-services for deliveries, and/or utilise alternative methods of shipping which are more ecological such as ocean versus air.
waste in operation
*Yes
We will following the 6 R's Rethink, Reduce, Refuse, Reuse, Repair and Recycle - to increase our sustainability in house and reduce the burden on downstream activities.
business travel
*Yes
Where possible international meeting will be kept to a minimum and online alternatives will be preferred.
employee commuting
*Yes
Where possible, employees will be converted to using Electric/Hybrid vehicles. Car-shares will also be offered/suggested.
upstream leased assets
*N/A
-
customer related (downstream)
transportation and distribution (downstream)
*Yes
We hope to work with courier partners to utilise their eco-services for deliveries, and/or utilise alternative methods of shipping which are more ecological such as ocean versus air.
processing of sold products
*Yes
JO will look to use Sustainably sourced packing material, that fits with our shipping requirements.
use of sold products
*Yes
The vast majority of the products that JO distribute are implantables that stay within the patients, potentially for years at a time. The outer packaging is largely recyclable material.
end-of-life treatment of products
*Yes
JO will work with our EOL partners to find ecological solutions/resolutions to the clinical destruction of the medical products that cannot follow the 6R's principles directly.
leased assets (downstream)
*No
-
franchises
*N/A
-
investments
*N/A
-
i have asked my suppliers to halve emissions before 2030 and join the un-backed race to zero campaign
*No
i have communicated my commitment and actions to my business customers and asked them to join the un race to zero
*No
Climate Solutions *
Do you classify any of your existing goods and/or services as low carbon products or products that enable a third party to avoid GHG emissions in their value chain, here named “climate solutions”?
*-
What percentage of your total revenue comes from sales of climate solutions?
*-
Provide descriptions/names of your climate solutions:
*-
Methodology used to assess these as climate solutions:
*-
Third party which has validated the assessment, if any:
*-
How much of your research and development budget is allocated to climate solutions?
*-
are you investing in climate and/or nature outside your value chain?
*-
Management and strategy *
Is responsibility for climate strategy and action clearly allocated at executive & board level? If yes, describe how and to which positions.
*Yes
The Managing Director and Group Quality Manager
Is there board level oversight of climate action? If yes, describe how.
*Yes
The Group Quality Manager oversees the dedicated Green Team at JO. The Managing Director and Group Quality Manager meet to discuss Green Teams progress.
Have you analyzed whether your strategy, business model and product/service portfolio are aligned with the latest climate science? if yes, explain if/how it fulfills this ambition or how it needs to be transformed.
*-
-
Do you identify, assess and manage climate risks? If yes, describe how.
*-
-
Have you integrated climate and/or nature into your mission statement? If yes, describe how.
*-
-
Do you contribute to accelerating climate action in society e.g. by influencing peers, governments, employees, and/or aligning your membership in trade associations with your missions to halve emissions by 2030?
*-
-
Results, challenges and outlook *
Comment on results:
*This is our base year. 400 tons of co2 emissions globally will be a challenge for us to reduce to meet our Net Zero targets. However this will focus us to find solutions to the challenge of reducing our emissions.
Do you face any key challenges in reducing emissions and/or scaling climate solutions? If yes, describe how.
*Yes
We are a distributor to 40 plus world wide companies that ship internationally to our offices in the UK, so finding local/national UK equivalent suppliers is not a viable option to us as the technologies are specialised and niche.
What support would you need to tackle these challenges?
*Support from our supplier partners to join us in this challenge to become Net Zero by 2050. We would need suitable and legitimate off setting partners to work with and reduce/off set our co2 emissions. We would also need our courier partners to ship products upstream/downstream in the most carbon neutral way.