Commercial Ltd
Revenue: £66.1m
tCO2e: 567 (vs 641)
Having been reporting its carbon footprint since 2006, this Cheltenham-based office supplies, managed print and IT services outfit last year pledged its commitment to reaching net zero on scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2028 (with a commitment to halving scope 3 emissions by the same year).
Commercial's inaugural SECR report details how it has installed over 400 solar photovoltaic systems at its offices since 2012 and how it is encouraging staff to collaborate on sustainable business projects through its ‘Change Champions Programme'.
It claims its total scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions - which it put at 567 tonnes in its year to 31 January 2021 - have been scythed by 90 per cent since 2006.
Talking to CRN, Commercial CEO Simone Hindmarch stressed that the company has recently begun installing EV chargers for its customers as part of its expansion into smart technology, last month winning a £300,000 deal.
"It's important to be brave. This is the decisive decade. It's also important to be positive. I'm absolutely 100 per cent convinced that we have everything we need to resolve the issue," she said (see full interview with Hindmarch here).
Ensono
Revenue: £80.3m
tCO2e: 3,162
Closing its Slough datacentre, replacing the chillers in another, and migrating away from legacy uninterruptible power supplies are among the steps the UK arm of this global MSP undertook that helped it reduce its power use in calendar 2020. It also cut its fleet from five to three vans.
Estimated scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions of 3,162 tonnes equate to the fourth highest carbon intensity ratio (per £1m of revenues) of the 50 Top VARs we looked at. The vast majority - 3,055 - came via scope 2.
Redcentric
Revenue: £91.4m
tCO2e: 4,717 (vs 5,457)
Redcentric claims it has made a "significant investment" in new equipment to reduce power consumption at its datacentre facilities, which contribute to it having the third highest carbon intensity per revenue of the firms we looked at (behind only fellow datacentre operators Node4 and Six Degrees).
Its calculated scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions fell from 5,457 to 4,717 in its fiscal 2021.
The publicly quoted midmarket MSP said it is in the process of installing unused, pre-owned air handling units at its Harrogate datacentre, which is set to cut energy consumption associated with datacentre chilling by around five per cent. It also introduced a compulsory training module for employees to boost awareness of its environmental impact and actions during the year.
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