Net Zero Strategy 2025-2035

1. Foreword

At Clever Centre Ltd, our mission is to address the climate emergency by empowering businesses with smart, decarbonised energy solutions. Consistent with that mission, we commit to going beyond carbon reductions in our operations – to catalyse change in our services, supply chains, and the wider business community. This Net Zero Strategy sets our roadmap for getting there.

2. Baseline & Ambition

• Baseline Year: 2024-25 (or nearest recent full year)
• Baseline Scope: Includes our own direct emissions (Scope 1), purchased energy (Scope 2), plus the parts of Scope 3 where we have reliable data (business travel, digital operations, supply chain inputs).
• Net Zero Target Year: 2035
• Interim Target: 90-92% reduction in Scope 1 & 2 emissions by 2030 vs baseline, with significant Scope 3 reduction commitments.

3. Key Priorities for 2025-26

As the first step in this strategy, Clever Centre Ltd will focus on three main priority areas:

1. Embedding the Net Zero Target

• Publish and communicate our 2035 net zero target to all staff, partners, suppliers.
• Integrate net zero objectives across all our strategic planning, procurement, and service offering.

1. Completing Scope 3 Data & Setting Reductions

• Collect robust data on indirect emissions sources not yet fully covered: commuting, home working, supply chain goods & services, digital/IT systems.
• Based on that data, set clear reduction targets and reduction plans for those Scope 3 categories.

1. Residual Emissions & Offsetting / Insetting

• Identify credible insetting/offsetting opportunities for any emissions that remain after all practical reductions.
• Begin partnerships or projects that can deliver these.

4. Operational & Facilities Decarbonisation

• Transition all our premises/offices to low-carbon or renewable energy sources (e.g. solar, heat pumps) where feasible.
• Improve energy efficiency: lighting, insulation, smart metering, etc.
• Reduce energy consumption through behaviour change: staff awareness, monitoring, operational improvements.

5. Technology, Digital, and Product Strategy

• Audit our digital infrastructure: reduce “digital carbon” by optimising cloud storage, reducing unused data, consolidating systems.
• Incorporate energy-efficient design and carbon impact assessment into our product development and heating-system optimisation technologies.
• Ensure that new tools, communications, research or assurance services we deliver help clients reduce carbon as a core feature.

6. Supply Chain & Procurement

• Embed sustainability & net zero requirements into supplier selection and contracts.
• Prioritise suppliers with strong environmental credentials.
• Encourage and support suppliers to measure and reduce their emissions.
• Require transparency on carbon footprint in key supply contracts.

7. Engagement & Culture

• Train all staff on climate literacy and their role in meeting net zero goals.
• Empower a cross-organisational Net Zero Team to drive initiatives, monitor progress, and support ideas from all levels.
• Communicate progress and challenges transparently to staff, customers, and stakeholders.

8. Measurement, Monitoring & Reporting

• Use a robust emissions accounting framework (aligned with UK Government / UK-based standards) to measure Scope 1, 2, and all feasible Scope 3 areas annually.
• Establish KPIs: e.g. % reduction in energy usage, % of renewable energy used, % reduction in travel emissions, supplier emissions reporting rates.
• Annual Net Zero report to the Board, with progress made public (e.g. on website) for transparency and accountability.

9. Adaptation & Resilience

• Assess risks posed by climate change to operations, supply chain, service delivery (e.g. extreme weather, energy supply constraints).
• Build resilience through business continuity planning, resilient infrastructure, and safeguards for key operational assets.
• Ensure service offerings anticipate and help customers adapt to climate change risk in their own operations.

10. Social Value, Just Transition & Innovation

• Ensure that our journey to net zero is inclusive. Support disadvantaged or underrepresented groups in our workforce, supply chain, and through our customers.
• Use innovation: invest in R&D, partnerships, new technologies that scale decarbonisation.
• Use social value measures in all contracts: local employment, community benefit, low-carbon choices.

11. Governance & Accountability

• Net Zero Strategy approved by the Board of Clever Centre Ltd.
• Appoint a Net Zero Lead who coordinates delivery and reports to leadership.
• Establish internal governance structure (e.g. a Sustainability or Climate Committee) with cross functional representation (Operations, Products, Finance, HR).
• Annual reviews of strategy with course corrections as needed.

12. Roadmap / Timeline

13. Conclusion

Clever Centre Ltd’s net zero strategy is ambitious, comprehensive, and grounded in our mission to enable smarter energy use, innovation, and sustainability. Achieving net zero will require effort, investment, collaboration, from all parts of our organisation, our partners, and community. But by 2035, we aim to be a business that not only minimises its own emissions, but also empowers others to reduce theirs.