Aspire Carbon Reduction Plan
Supplier name: Aspire Technology Solutions Ltd
Publication date: 31/07/2025
Commitment to achieving Net Zero
Aspire Technology Solutions is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.
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: March 2022 – February 2023 |
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| Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations. | |
| The figures provided below are from our first ESG audit/assessment undertaken by Carbon Neutral Britain, a leading Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and conducted in accordance with the ISO 14064-1:2018 Specification for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals. These replace our original baseline figures as the data provided below is a more accurate representation of our carbon emissions than the estimates used for 2021-2022.
We have also normalised our GHG emissions reporting year to align with the company’s financial reporting year. |
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| Baseline year emissions: | |
| EMISSIONS | TOTAL (tCO2e) |
| Scope 1 | 58.14 |
| Scope 2 | 282.50 |
| Scope 3 (Included Sources) |
429.85 of which 1.21 category 1, 154.65 category 3 0.19 Category 4, 42.84 Category 5, 7.05 Category 6, 223.45 Category 7 and 0.46 Category 9 |
| TOTAL EMISSIONS | 770.49 |
Current Emissions Reporting
Reporting Year: March 2024 – February 2025 |
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| Additional Details relating to the Current Emissions calculations. | |
| The figures provided below are from our most recent ESG audit/assessment undertaken by Carbon Neutral Britain, a leading Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) and conducted in accordance with the ISO 14064-1:2018 Specification for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
We have also normalised our GHG emissions reporting year to align with the company’s financial reporting year. *The increase in scope one emissions is due to acquiring another business and office space that uses mains gas, which we do not have at our head office. |
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| Baseline year emissions: | |
| EMISSIONS | TOTAL (tCO2e) |
| Scope 1 | 142.24* |
| Scope 2 | 259.43 |
| Scope 3 (Included Sources) |
406.53 of which: 0.20 Category 4 (Upstream transportation and distribution) 0.24 Category 5 (Waste generated in operations) 39.43 Category 6 (Business Travel) 173.54 Category 7 (Employee Commuting) 1.00 Category 9 (Downstream transportation and distribution) 192.12 Remaining Scope 3 Categories |
| TOTAL EMISSIONS | 808.20 |
Emissions Reduction Targets
In order to continue our progress to achieving Net Zero, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets:
| Initiative | Target Reduction | By When |
| Carbon offsetting by buying carbon credits in the “voluntary market” | 808.20 tCO2e (100%) | Feb 2026 |
| Reduce organisational energy usage | 12.9 tCO2e (5%) | 2027 |
| Encourage staff to take up the travel benefits to reduce commuting by car to reduce commuting emissions | 17.4 tCO2e (10%) | 2028 |
| Reduce carbon emissions from the company fleet | 27.5 tCO2e (20%) | 2028 |
We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years by 40 tCO2e by 2027. This is a reduction of 4.7% with residual carbon emissions being offset through the purchase of carbon credits in the voluntary market.
Carbon Reduction Projects
Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives
The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since 2020:
- Moved to a new premises with no gas supply, and energy efficient LED lighting and low carbon heating/cooling systems
- Moved our primary datacentre to a facility that is 100% powered by green renewable energy
- Introduced electric and hybrid electric vehicles into our company fleet
- Reduced business travel through increased uptake of video conferencing and online collaboration tools
- Implemented an employee travel scheme with incentives to use public transport, car share or cycle to work
- Introduced a EV leasing scheme for staff private vehicles
- Established a sustainability working group
The carbon emission reduction achieved by these schemes is included in our current emissions footprint for 2024/25.
In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:
- Increased use of fully electric vehicles in the company fleet
- Greater take up of EV Salary Sacrifice scheme
- Investigating initiatives to further promote non-car travel to work options
- Investigate initiatives such as voltage optimisation to reduce energy consumption on site.
Declaration and Sign Off
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.
Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard1 and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting2.
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard3.
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).
Signed on behalf of the Supplier:
Chris Fraser, Chief Executive Officer, Aspire Technology Solutions
Date: 31 July 2025
- https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-company-reporting
- https://ghgprotocol.org/standards/scope-3-standard
For additional information we have calculated our Carbon Intensity Ratio using the number of full time employees. The ratio shows that as we continue to grow we have been able to reduce our carbon emissions intensity ratio.
| Measurement type | 22/23 | 23/24 | 24/25 |
| Total Aspire emissions (Tonnes) | 770.49 | 835.94 | 808.20 |
| Headcount | 225 | 250 | 300 |
| Intensity ratio: Emissions per employee | 3.42 | 3.34 | 2.69 |