Beyond Green Annual Report 2023

It’s that time of year again – time to share our annual report for last year and celebrate our achievements! We’re especially proud of our 4 Day Working Week and us becoming a Disability Confident Leader.

Read through our annual report below – if you prefer, there is a pdf version below and we’re providing a text only version of the report in Google Doc.

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Beyond Green - Annual Report 2023 cover page. A photo of the Scottish coastside, with a beautiful sunset in the distance casting the cliffs into dramatic shadows - photo taken by Rebecca Cameron
Director Foreword by Paul Adderley and Lisa Kaiffer - 2023 saw our 4 Day working week pilot as well as us becoming a Disability Confident Leader. It's been a big year for the company!
Our Accomplishments - a successful 4 Day Working Week Pilot, becoming a Disability Confident Leader, and Expanding our Team to 6 for 2024.
Project Delivery Highlights - Being the 1st ranked supplier for Business Energy Scotland, and continuing to deliver Net Zero projects to a wide variety of clients, adding value through our collaborative approach.
Supporting our Clients with Net Zero - we support our clients with a range of services covering carbon accounting, client team engagement and long-term sustainability strategy. We support clients across many different sectors.
Our Collaborations - We're continuing to build on existing strong partnerships. For 2023, this has included Anderson Strathern, AAB People, CarbonChange, IOM, and Ecometrica.
Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) - 2024 will see Phase 3 of ESOS with stricter reporting requirements. We will be supporting our clients through this process and help them not just meet regulatory demands, but also future-proof their business in the process.
Our Progress towards the Sustainable Development goals - as a sustainability consultancy, our key SDGs are Affordable and clean energy, responsible consumption and production, and climate action. We've seen decreases in our results in 2023 for the first two because our project portfolio has shifted to include fewer renewable energy projects.
Our progress towards our chosen target sustainable development goals - Health and Wellbeing, Quality Education, Gender Equality, and Reduced Inequalities. We've seen between 4 and 10 percent increases of our performance across all four goals.
Our chosen improvement actions for our target sustainable development goals - we want to implement paid menopause leave, expand our board of directors beyond owners, and conduct a formal climate risk assessment for Beyond Green among other actions (please see text only file for full list)
Beyond Green and Net Zero - we contribute towards the move towards Net Zero through the support we provide our clients, the way we advocate in our communities, and how we manage our own impacts.
Our Progress towards Net Zero - In 2023, our carbon footprint decreased from 9.30 in 2022 to 7.66 tonnes of CO2e, partially due to us obtaining more detailed carbon data from core suppliers. Our distribution across emission categories has stayed roughly consistent.
Digital Transformation - Using digital tools to streamline our processes is part of what makes our 4 Day Working Week possible. For 2023, we've been supporting clients with carbon accounting software implementation, and rolled our Interview Scenarios in online whiteboard tool Miro for our recruitment process to give candidates a better idea of how we work at Beyond Green.
Accessibility - In 2023, we became a Disability Confident Leader. Our validator was Disability Rights UK, a disabled-led charity advocating for disabled people's rights.
Goals for 2024 - 1. Continue streamlining our processes to get the most out of our 4 day working week, 2. continue integrating accessibility into our project delivery processes, and 3. Make progress on our commitment to move towards Net Zero (current aim: reduce emissions by 20% by 2025)
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