Carbon Reduction Plan

Effective date: 16 January 2026

About Carbon Reduction Plans

A Carbon Reduction Plan sets out an organisation’s commitment to achieving Net Zero, its current greenhouse gas emissions, its reduction targets and the actions it is taking to meet them. The UK Government requires suppliers bidding for central government contracts above £5 million per year to publish a Carbon Reduction Plan under Procurement Policy Note (PPN) 006 (which replaced PPN 06/21). Many public and private sector buyers now ask smaller suppliers for an equivalent plan as part of their own journey to Net Zero.

What is Net Zero?

Net Zero means reducing greenhouse gas emissions as far as possible, and balancing any remaining (residual) emissions by removing an equivalent amount from the atmosphere. Under the Climate Change Act 2008 (as amended in 2019), the UK is legally committed to reaching Net Zero by 2050.

What are Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions?

The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol groups emissions into three scopes. Scope 1 covers direct emissions from sources a business owns or controls, such as company vehicles or gas boilers. Scope 2 covers indirect emissions from purchased electricity, heat or steam used in premises the business controls. Scope 3 covers all other indirect emissions in the value chain, such as business travel, employee commuting and homeworking, waste, and the transport of goods.

Carbon Reduction Plans prepared under PPN 006 report Scope 1, Scope 2 and a defined subset of Scope 3 emissions: upstream transportation and distribution, waste generated in operations, business travel, employee commuting (including homeworking) and downstream transportation and distribution.

A proportionate approach

Xonetic is a small business with no owned premises and no company vehicles. Our emissions are low and are concentrated in a small number of Scope 3 activities. This plan follows the structure of the PPN 006 template, but the level of data collection, measurement and reporting has been kept proportionate to the size and nature of our business. Where precise data is not available, we use reasonable estimates and state our assumptions.

1.1        Our Business and Emissions Profile

Xonetic is a privately held UK based limited company specialising in management consulting with a focus on CIO/COO Advisory. We typically engage between three and seven consultants (an average of four, including our Managing Director), all of whom work from home. We do not own or lease office premises, operate company vehicles, or manufacture or transport physical goods.

As a result, we have no Scope 1 or Scope 2 emissions. Our emissions arise from:

•  Business travel – rail travel to client sites in London, driving to and from the railway station, occasional longer journeys by car, and hotel stays.

•  Homeworking – the electricity and heating used by our consultants while working from home, reported within employee commuting.

Waste generated in operations, and deliveries of IT equipment and supplies, are not measurable at our scale and are considered negligible.

1.2        Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases produced before any further carbon reduction measures, and are the reference point against which our progress is measured.

Baseline year: 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026 (our financial year).

Additional details relating to the baseline emissions calculations: this is Xonetic’s first Carbon Reduction Plan. As the plan was prepared during the baseline year, the figures below are a full-year estimate based on each consultant’s typical travel and working pattern (see Methodology). They will be recalculated from actual records at the end of the financial year.

1.3        Current Emissions Reporting

Reporting year: 1 January 2026 – 31 December 2026. As this is our first plan, current emissions are the same as the baseline shown above (an estimated 2.87 tCO₂e in total). From the next update, this section will report the latest year’s emissions alongside the baseline so that progress can be seen.

1.4        Emissions Reduction Targets

Xonetic’s footprint is already low, and the main remaining sources – essential travel to client sites and homeworking – offer limited further opportunity for reduction at our scale. We have therefore not set interim percentage targets. Our target is to achieve Net Zero by 2050, in line with UK legislation, and we will continue to pursue the practical measures set out below.

1.5        Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed carbon reduction initiatives

The following measures are already in place and are reflected in our low baseline footprint:

•  Remote-first operating model – no office premises, removing the energy use and daily commuting associated with an office.

•  Virtual-first travel policy – in place since 2020 for all staff; meetings are held by video call unless a client’s policy requires attendance in person.

•  Travel and mileage recording – all mileage and travel is recorded through our finance platform, providing the data used to measure our emissions each year.

•  Supplier commitments – since April 2019, suppliers’ environmental credentials and Net Zero commitments have been considered as part of our supplier due diligence.

•  Cloud-based and paperless working – documents are created, shared and signed electronically, minimising printing and postage.

Planned carbon reduction initiatives

In the future we will implement the following measure, proportionate to the size of our business:

Initiatives considered but not adopted

Requiring renewable energy tariffs for homeworking was considered and judged impractical, as Xonetic cannot mandate which home energy supplier a consultant uses.

1.6        Methodology

Emissions are calculated in line with the GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard, using the UK Government GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ).

Business travel emissions are based on travel and mileage records held on our finance platform. Homeworking emissions are estimated from the number of days our consultants work from home. As this plan was prepared during the reporting year, current figures are a full-year estimate based on typical activity levels, and will be recalculated from actual records at year end.

Waste generated in operations and upstream deliveries are not measurable at our scale and are excluded as negligible.

1.7        Review and Publication

This Carbon Reduction Plan will be reviewed and updated at least annually, and whenever there is a significant change to our business. It is available on our website – www.xonetic.com/carbon-reduction-plan

Declaration and Approval

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 006 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans, applied proportionately to the size of our business.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard, and use the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting. The required subset of Scope 3 emissions has been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and approved by our Managing Director, and is reviewed annually.