Carbon Reduction Plan

At Gateway, we believe that innovation and sustainability must go hand in hand. As a technology business, our operations, software solutions, and infrastructure power the digital ecosystem. However, we recognise that digital growth carries a physical footprint—from the energy required to host data and run servers to daily office operations and business travel.

We are committed to taking direct responsibility for our environmental impact. This Carbon Reduction Plan outlines our strategy, baseline measurements, and actionable steps to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040 Aligning with internationally recognised frameworks such as the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, this document details how we intend to reduce our Scope 1, Scope 2, and key Scope 3 emissions across our entire value chain.

Achieving meaningful sustainability requires more than just offsetting carbon; it demands fundamental changes in how we source energy, engineer software, partner with suppliers, and empower our workforce. Through continuous monitoring, transparent reporting, and strategic technological choices, Gateway aims to lead by example—building a cleaner, more sustainable digital future for our clients, team, and planet.

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Gateway 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: 2024/5
Additional Details relating to the Baseline Emissions calculations.

Current Year: 2025/6

Emissions reduction targets.

In order to continue our progress to achieving Net Zero, we have adopted the following carbon reduction targets:

• Remote working – although staff would be using appliances and heating/ventilation at home this would be lower than the impact of the travel to and from work. This would also reduce appliance use in the offices. It is anticipated this could reduce emission by up to 40% overall. Gateway is on target to meet this value earlier than expected with the reduction of staff in the office daily. As Gateway sees efficiencies in process (our main work load) the overall reduction (through reduced staffing numbers) is likely to exceed 50% over time.
• Electric vehicles – Gateway has reduced it’s vehicle to one this year and has less need for vehicles due to home working. The 2 company vehicles on lease which are more efficient. Rolling out a leasing scheme of electric vehicles for more staff members would be beneficial.
• Replace gas boilers (used for heating and hot water) – The head office uses a gas boiler for heating and hot water. Replacing this with a heat pump would be more efficient. This remains outstanding.
• Energy efficient appliances – Gateway continued on it’s commitment path by all of the office lighting with energy efficient options. Several high energy appliances were replaced or removed:
  • Tumble dryer – replaced with more efficient model although a heat pump version would be the next step
  • Server – removed in favour of cloud storage
  • Fortigate – will be removed this year
  • Further older appliances will be replaced on failure
• Supply chain – Gateway uses consumable supplies which are currently procured by preference rather than taking into account environmental impact. Procurement of these supplies will involve environmental impact moving forward. This will include the procurement of electronic services and subscriptions.
• Gateway has committed to Microsoft for electronic storage leveraging Their environmental commitments this year.
• Waste disposal – Gateway produces: Paper waste (notes reports etc.), household waste and medical waste. To reduce emissions paper waste will be minimised by moving as much as possible to electronic formats. Household waste will be reduce using further recycling. Medical waste removal will involve procurement of a company with regard to emissions.
• Gateway has now gone administrative ‘paper free’ reducing need for paper and destruction of documents in 2024.

We project that carbon emissions will decrease over the next five years to 33.81 tCO2e by 2030. This is a reduction of 40%
Progress against these targets can be seen in the graph below:

Carbon Reduction Projects

Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives:
The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented since the 2024 baseline. The carbon emission reduction achieved by these schemes equate to 6.3 tCO2e, a 11%ge reduction against the 2024 baseline.
In the future we hope to implement further measures such as:

• Extended home working
• Remote assessments
• More electric vehicles for commuting
• Less vehicles overall
• Less general waste
• Low energy computers
• Carbon neutral providers for electronics
• Replacement of boilers and other energy intensive appliances for efficient ones
• Improved cloud infrastructure 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 and uses the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting .
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 .
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors (or equivalent management body).

Signed on behalf of Gateway:

………Paul Wimpenny………………………………………………………….
Date: ………30/4/2026……………….……….