Greenhouse Gas Emissions and our Carbon Footprint

Greenhouse gases (also known as GHGs) are gases in the earth’s atmosphere that trap heat.

We are all aware of the impact of Greenhouse Gases have on our environment and in line with the Paris Accords, that we are working to toward Net Zero by 2050 with our aim to achieve this sooner.

Cleveland Cable are committed to reducing our carbon footprint wherever it is possible. While the industry is not yet fully circular, we are working hard to get to that point ourselves. As such we are signed up to the Streamlined Energy and Carbon Reporting requirements scheme and produce annual SECR report which is available on request

The SECR considers our industry specific KPI’s and company objectives which form part of our annual Integrated management system review. Compliant to ISO 14001 SMART targets for continual improvement and are audited annually by UKAS to ensure that objectives are being achieved.

Waste Management: Toward Zero Landfill

Cleveland Cable Company aims to achieve zero waste to landfill, alongside an increased use of sustainable and recycled materials. As we are not a manufacturer, we do not carry out any processes which result in waste other than those resulting from normal domestic/office routines. All waste is disposed of in accordance with environmental legislation. Within the past 12 months, as per KPI 6 in our company objectives, across all branches Cleveland Cable Company has recycled or diverted from landfill 100% of our waste. Our target for 2025 is to maintain this high standard and not go below 98% for recycling/recovered waste.

Scope for GHG Reporting

Since 2020, we have been working with EIC on SECR accounting for our Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions

There is no requirement within SECR to complete Scope 3 but we are working with our supply chain to gain this information.

Greenhouse gases are those which have a global warming potential (GWP). This was developed to allow comparisons of the global warming impacts of different gases. Specifically, it is a measure of how much energy the emissions of 1 ton of a gas will absorb over a given period, relative to the emissions of 1 ton of carbon dioxide (CO2). Our emissions are reported in tCO2e (tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent).

Scope 1

Covers emissions from sources that an organisation owns or controls directly – for example from burning fuel in our fleet of vehicles (if they’re not electrically-powered).

Scope 2

Are emissions that a company causes indirectly and come from where the energy it purchases and uses is produced. For example, the emissions caused when generating the electricity that we use in our buildings would fall into this category.

Scope 3

Encompasses emissions that are not produced by the company itself and are not the result of activities from assets owned or controlled by them, but by those that it’s indirectly responsible for up and down its value chain. An example of this is when we buy, use, and dispose of products from suppliers. Scope 3 emissions include all sources not within the scope 1 and 2 boundaries.

Our Reporting Assurance

As a company it is important for Cleveland Cable Company to ensure that our carbon emissions reporting is as accurate as possible. We work with specialist such as EIC who conduct the analysis and reporting to confirm our Carbon Footprint Verification.

This is done via SECR, ESOS, which we are currently completed on ESOS 3 and working already on ESOS 4, and our ISOs. We have put ouraction plan on EA website for ESOS 3

We work with both our supply chain and our customers to use the best practices available.

We are committed to working with our suppliers and customers using targets based on science to reduce our Scope 1 and Scope 2 by 42%over a 10-year period. Using 2021 as our baseline

Waste

Cleveland Cable Company also has aims of a zero waste to landfill and increased use of sustainable and recycled materials. As we are not a manufacturer, we do not perform processes that generate waste other than those resulting from the normal domestic/office routines. All waste is disposed of in accordance with Environmental Legislation which are audited throughout the year as per our Audit Schedule to ensure that we as a Company are compliant.

Office/Warehouse Waste

We have a permanent enclosed waste skip on site for general waste which is emptied weekly and 99% of this waste is recycled using an RDF and used for fuel block. This reduces our waste to landfill as per our Environmental Objectives. This is currently on contract with Veolia. Our paper is collected by Paper Restore and is collected fortnightly and recycled. Plastic and cardboard are baled and collected by Cumbria Waste on a weekly basis.

Wooden Drums & Battens

Cable drums and wooden battens are a perfect example of reusable materials. We offer a free of charge collection service of empty cable drums. All returns are reused in future orders and deliveries. Once the drum has reached its maximum lifespan, it is dismantled and sent for recycling. Cleveland Cable
Company hold a waste transfer licence to transport the wood to UK Wood Recycling (UKWR), who operate a wood recycling facility based next to the pioneering Wilton 10 Biomass Power Station - the UK’s first purpose-built wood-burning power station. UKWR reduce the amount of wood being sent to
landfill by recycling recovered wood to produce a range of products including horse, poultry, and cattle bedding, equestrian surfaces and wood chip to fuel Wilton 10.

Scrap Cable

All scrap cable is sold to local non-ferrous metal merchant and registered dealers who again recycle the cables in question

As per our KPI 6, which is one of our Company’s Objective - Cleveland Cable has within the past 12 months, the company’s percentage of waste diverted from landfill is 97.4% in 2024.

The target for 2024 is to maintain not to go below 97% for the recycling/recovered waste.

Learn more about our wood waste and drum reuse scheme.