Our Green Mission

Simms International plc is committed to reducing its impact on the environment.

The company acknowledges the climate and ecological emergency that is already affecting the planet. Therefore, we are taking robust action to meet the objectives of the 2015 Paris Agreement and the UK’s Net Zero 2050 policy.

We understand that all companies must contribute to decarbonisation, and that ‘business as usual’ practices must be scrutinised, improved, and optimised to ensure they are as efficient and low-carbon as possible.

Simms has taken the below actions as our commitment to the climate emergency and Net Zero 2050:

• We have completed our baseline carbon footprint for 2019, and prepared two further footprints for 2020 and 2021.
• These footprints adhere to the methodology provided the Greenhouse Gas Protocol (the world’s most widely used greenhouse gas accounting standard)
• We have covered scope 1, 2 and as much of Scope 3 emissions as possible within our organisational boundary (including up/downstream distribution)

Our journey will continue with the following:

• Our Carbon Reduction Strategy (CRS) and first Annual (decarbonisation) Action Plan (AAP) will be published by 30th June 2022.
• We will deliver a range of activities and initiatives which deliver actual decarbonisation throughout the year (and subsequent years)
• We will monitor our decarbonisation against our baseline footprint and decarbonisation trajectory set out in our CRS on an annual basis
• We will always use fully traceable and accredited UK-based carbon offsets to reduce our footprint to net zero.

SIMMS’s current approach is to fully offset its annual emissions using verified UK-based offsets involving afforestation projects. We are therefore pleased to announce that SIMMS was Carbon Net Zero in 2019, 2020 and 2021.

This approach will continue alongside actual decarbonisation of our business, meaning that our reliance on offsets should reduce over time. Our current decarbonisation plan focuses on energy efficiency and behaviour change, electrification of heat and hot water, and the deployment of renewable energy in the form of solar PV and heat pumps.

I would like to thank all my colleagues at Simms for their enthusiastic support and understanding this is the start of a long and exciting journey.

Andrew Henderson - CEO & Founder of Simms International