2009 to 10 Financial Year - Carbon Footprint

The company has prepared the annual report for its carbon footprint and travel during the financial year April 2009 to March 2010. The following table summarises the annual performance.

Travel Mode	CO2 equivalent	KWh	Comments
Road	0.29	1,156	Reduced by over 90% from previous year because the client locations were closer to our base.
Air	3.09	12,619	Reduced by 61% over the previous year. There were 3 longhaul trips to the USA in 2009: Two of these were for certification related training in the Partnership Continuum and for Balanced Scorecard training on Strategy Mapping. Both were important CPD for the firm. One was for business development and participation in the Consortium for Advanced Management - International's quarterly meeting. A short haul flight to Greece was for a Director to speak at an international conference on collaboration. Two flights to Washington to attend the US GAO Expert Group on major programme costing were replaced by tele-conferencing. This was relatively successful but did not allow us to network with other major participants. We will review the attendance frequency.
Train	negligible	negligible	Wherever practical we will try and use train travel due to its carbon efficiency.

Accomodation

The company does not own its offices but in 2009 committed to work with its landlords to minimise energy use. It has created an action plan to engage with the landlord and our colleagues to reduce energy, cut out waste and to reuse or recycle wherever possible.

In February 2010 the company re-assessed its office usage and concluded that its carbon footprint and cost base would be reduced significantly by changing to a virtual/home office approach.

This has proven very efficient saving over 4,800 home to work miles per annum and rental contributions of over £10,000 per annum.

Andrew Crossley

Designated Environmental Champion

1st May 2010