Six companies, from a glassworks to a bakery, the numbers they started from, and the decisions that moved them.
−21%
All scopes, 2019 to 2025
Brackwater Goods
Two supplier switches closed most of the gap to the 2030 target.
Outdoor furniture, Leeds
−18%
Scope 1, 2023 to 2025
Ostwold Freight
Trunk routes moved to rail and HVO took 18% off without buying a new truck.
Regional haulage, the Midlands
−19%
Purchased goods, 2022 to 2025
Carrow Mill
Supplier data went from 22% to 71% of the footprint in one buying season.
Worsted textiles, West Yorkshire
−34%
Scope 1 and 2, 2021 to 2025
Tamsin Glassworks
An electric boost on one furnace cut a third of direct emissions.
Container glass, Sunderland
−26%
Scope 1 and 2, 2022 to 2025
Pennard Paints
Moving the solvent line to heat pumps took a quarter off site emissions.
Water-based coatings, South Wales
−22%
Scope 1, 2023 to 2025
Halloran Bakeries
Oven data showed a third of the gas was heating empty racks overnight.
Wholesale bread, Greater Manchester
Idris Okafor, Head of Sourcing, Carrow Mill