Royal Mail has a target to reduce Scope 3 emissions 25% by 2030, which it has almost entirely achieved by 2025.

Activities

To progress to our Scope 3 reductions, we have deployed a new carbon accounting platform which enables us to gather improved supplier data and more accurately reflect actual business activity. One of the largest data improvements was a move to capturing 10% of suppliers actual data rather than using standard emissions factor sets. We also moved from EEIO to CEDA to improve accuracy for those suppliers we don’t yet have data for. At time of submitting this application the Scope 3 reductions cannot be shared as they are not yet public, but these will be available in our ESG Report and are significant!
One of the main decarbonisation levers has been the removal of 18 domestic flights saving c.30,000 tCO2e. This is a significant step forward in achieving our Net-Zero by 2040 target. The mail previously on these flight routes is now moved on road in our truck fleet, which used 27 million litres of HVO this year, helping to significantly reduce emissions even further.

Result & Impact

Royal Mails Scope 3 emission reduction target of 25% by 2030 has almost been reached with 5 years still to go!