Reporting Boundary: Millbrook UK (Nutwood
Way, Calmore Industrial Estate, Totton, Southampton, SO40 3XJ)
Emission sources: Electricity, T&D Losses,
Natural Gas, Refrigerant, Water, Waste, Fleet,
Business Travel, Paper, Courier/Freight, Homeworking (excluded from footprint)
Reporting Period: 01 July 2020 – 30 June 2021
We engage our employees and wider stakeholders to unlock their talent and knowledge to drive year on year progress in sustainability.
We recognise that transparent communication is essential for transformational change and we quantifiably contribute to 5 SDG’s.
Bed manufacturer, Millbrook Beds has achieved the Planet Mark certification. Understanding and measuring its carbon footprint is the first step in identifying ways to minimise its impact on the planet.
Millbrook Beds’ total carbon footprint in the year ending June 2021 was 504.9 tCO2e. Millbrook Beds’ total carbon per employee in the year prior to June 2021 was 4.4 tCO2e.
Over the next year, the company will be working towards reducing its carbon emissions and sharing its journey with its community to inspire others. By being more strategic about its environmental responsibility, Millbrook Beds will be able to significantly increase its positive impact and hope to encourage continual improvements within its community.
“I’m so pleased that Millbrook Beds has taken this important step forward in their sustainability policy. Millbrook has made an important statement by committing to continuous improvement in its carbon footprint. This will impact all areas of the business in a positive manner, and will give customers and suppliers alike confidence that Millbrook does business in the right way. Well done to all of the team.”
Through Planet Mark, the company has protected an area of endangered rainforest thanks to Cool Earth; a charity working alongside rainforest communities to halt deforestation. Its pledge through Cool Earth goes directly towards supporting the Asháninka community in Central Peru.
It is also helping the Eden Project – an educational charity building connections with each other and the living world, exploring how we can work together towards a better future.
As part of the Planet Mark certification, Millbrook Beds has committed to making a year-on-year reduction.