Carbon Reduction Plan

Supplier name: Noveva Software Group, incorporating OITUK Ltd, Thomson Screening Solution Ltd and Mind Of My Own Ltd

Publication date: 20/04/2026

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Noveva Software Group is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2040.

Baseline Emissions Footprint

Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured.

Baseline Year: 2023
Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.
The year 2023 marks our first year of systematically collecting data on greenhouse gas emissions (CO₂e) resulting from our operations. Our carbon footprint has been measured in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the BEIS Environmental Reporting Guidelines.
Baseline year emissions:
EMISSIONS	TOTAL (tCO₂e)
Scope 1	0
Scope 2	0.864
Scope 3 (Included Sources)	Purchased Goods and Services: 4.312 Capital Goods: 1.339 Waste generation: 0.583 Business Travel (excluding commuting): 18.474 Homeworking: 24.334 Scope 3 total: 49.042
Total Emissions	49.906

Current Emissions Reporting

Reporting Year: 2025
EMISSIONS	TOTAL (tCO₂e)
Scope 1	0
Scope 2	0
Scope 3 (Included Sources)	Purchased Goods and Services: 4.238 Capital Goods: 4.574 Waste generation: 0.893 Business Travel (excluding commuting): 3.252 Homeworking: 19.729 Scope 3 total: 32.687
Total Emissions	32.687

Emissions reduction targets

Noveva Software Group is committed to achieving Net Zero by 2040.

In our baseline year of 2023, total emissions were 49.906 tCO2e across a workforce of 25 employees. By 2024, total emissions had reduced to 31.242 tCO2e — a 37.4% reduction driven by the transition to a fully remote workforce, the adoption of virtual-first meeting policies, and ongoing cloud infrastructure optimisation.

Total emissions increased from 31.242 tCO2e in 2024 to 32.687 tCO2e in 2025, representing a 4.6% rise. This increase is attributable to the acquisition of Mind Of My Own in February 2025, which expanded the organisation’s workforce from 25 to 33 employees — a 32% increase. Despite this growth, the proportional increase in emissions was significantly lower than the increase in headcount, reflecting the efficiency of the organisation’s existing remote working model and the carbon reduction measures already in place.

On a per-employee basis, carbon intensity has improved consistently across all three reporting periods — from 1.996 tCO2e per employee in 2023 to 1.250 in 2024 and 0.991 in 2025. This represents a 50.4% improvement in per-employee carbon intensity since the baseline year, demonstrating that the organisation is becoming progressively more efficient even as it grows.

The chart below illustrates the organisation’s actual emissions trajectory against interim reduction targets through to Net Zero by 2040. We project that carbon emissions will decrease to approximately 25 tCO₂e by 2030, representing a reduction of 50% against the 2023 baseline.

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives

The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since the 2023 baseline. The carbon emission reduction achieved by these schemes equates to 34.5% reduction against the 2023 baseline and the measures will be in effect when performing the contract.

Carbon reduction projects:

We no longer operate our own servers; instead, all our customers either use the cloud-based version of our software or host it on their own on-premises servers. Since our cloud services are hosted on the Microsoft Azure platform, the associated emissions fall under Scope 3. This transition has significantly improved operational efficiency and reduced the carbon footprint previously associated with maintaining dedicated server rooms.
We continue to invest annually in the “Technical Efficiency” layer of our development roadmap to optimise our cloud architecture. These initiatives reduce the compute power and energy needed to run our services, significantly cutting carbon emissions associated with energy production.
We encourage our developers to adopt green coding practices by optimising code for efficiency and reducing energy consumption.
Our hardware partners collect and recycle our outdated equipment, helping to prevent landfill pollution. Through refurbishment and upgrades, we promote circular economy principles, extend the lifespan of existing devices, and reduce the demand for new production, thereby lowering the carbon emissions associated with manufacturing new equipment.
We achieved an approximate 82.4% reduction in business travel-related emissions by prioritising virtual collaboration and limiting travel strictly to essential purposes.
We have transitioned to a fully remote work model, effectively eliminating employee commuting. As a result, we have completely removed the associated carbon emissions, contributing to a lower environmental footprint and supporting a more sustainable, flexible work culture.

In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:

We will continue to explore ways to enhance the operational efficiency of our cloud solutions, minimising the energy required to deliver our services.
We will continue to expand our “green coding” initiatives by integrating energy-efficient algorithms and optimising software performance to reduce CPU and memory usage.
We will continue developing an employee energy awareness programme focused on reducing home working energy consumption. This will include guidance on optimising heating and cooling, using energy-efficient devices, powering down unused equipment, and promoting the adoption of renewable energy tariffs. Home heating represents the largest component of the organisation’s carbon footprint and is the primary target for reduction through this initiative.
We will continue operating policies that prioritise purchasing sustainable hardware and office supplies for remote employees, emphasising refurbished or energy-efficient products.

AWS region consolidation: Investigate the feasibility of consolidating workloads currently hosted in the Asia Pacific region into the Europe region, where the electricity grid is significantly less carbon-intensive. The Asia Pacific deployment is a disproportionate contributor to Mind Of My Own cloud emissions.

Declaration and Sign Off

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance and reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans.

Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the GHG Reporting Protocol corporate standard^[1] and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting^[2].

Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements, and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard^[3]

[1]https://ghgprotocol.org/corporate-standard

[2]https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/government-conversion-factors-for-company-reporting

[3]https://ghgprotocol.org/standards/scope-3-standard

This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).

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