Travis Perkins (LSE:TPK) PLC said it has trimmed emissions from its vehicles by 5% over two years, as part of its target to reduce carbon by 80% before 2035.
The builders’ merchant said it moved all its sites to a 100% renewable electricity tariff in November, running some of its fork-lift trucks on cleaner fuel, and has initiated a driver incentive scheme to get more miles to the gallon for delivery trucks.
Changing its electricity tariff has led to it generating 1,000 tonnes less carbon emissions per month, the FTSE 250 company said, while replacing diesel with sustainably sourced hydrotreated vegetable oil has been rolled out across 30 branches.
Under the driver incentive scheme, the company uses vehicle telematics to measure drivers against six parameters: green band driving, engine idling, over-speeding, harsh braking, acceleration and cornering.
To mitigate emissions from its company’s estate further, TP is installing energy-saving LED lighting and solar panels, while it said it is also working with customers and suppliers to help reduce the carbon footprint of its supply chain, in particular emissions from products sold and the embodied carbon in products.
In newly created supplier forums, the company said it aims to “educate, engage and work with them on the collation of carbon data and the development of targets for their own businesses”.
Chief financial officer Alan Williams, who is the group leadership team sponsor for decarbonisation, said staff “have shown great drive and determination to support this agenda” and this the progress so far shows that its science-based targets, which are consistent with the 1.5 degree pathway of the Paris Agreement, “are achievable”.
The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has formally recognised its plans to reduce scope 1 and 2 emissions by 80% before 2035 from a 2020 base year, and reduce total scope 3 emissions by 63% within the same timeframe.