Supply chain emissions Following restatement of emissions, ‘Purchased Goods and Services’ remains the largest contributor to our footprint, comprising 75% and 78% of our base year and 2024 emissions respectively. Currently the majority of emissions in this category are estimated using spend-based data, barring wood products which are estimated using purchased material weights. This means emissions within this category are susceptible to trends in annual demand and cannot tell us much about our specific supply chain. Moving away from average estimation measurement approaches is a key priority in addressing our emissions as this will allow assessment of supplier emissions and reflection of their own achievements within our emissions.
Wood products and materials
Building sustainability into our processes
Addressing emissions from the wood and other materials that make up our core products is a priority when addressing supply chain emissions as these products account for 90% of base year purchased goods and services emissions. We continue to work with our suppliers to expand EPD coverage of our product ranges, which will allow us to quantify emissions per product based on real-world data. We will also be able to track achievements in reducing the emissions associated with these products through updating EPDs to reflect any innovations made within the supply chain.
To support our efforts to engage suppliers not directly producing our products we will develop a sustainable procurement policy and communicate our intentions around starting to collect data from suppliers. Development of this policy is planned during 2026, with policy implementation and subsequent emissions data collection to follow once this is finalised. Collaboration with suppliers will be key to achieving reductions. Following the implementation of this policy and surveying we will increasingly include sustainability as a key factor in procurement decisions, inclusive of materials, packaging, logistics and service-based solutions.
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