Carbon Reduction Plan

Supplier name: Tocalabs Limited. Publication date: 1^st September 2025

Commitment to achieving Net Zero

Tocalabs Limited is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.

During 2024 Tocalabs moved into ‘Sustainable Serviced Offices’ in Reading. Our new office space is operated by Pure Offices, and has been designed to maximise wellbeing in the workplace. Offering plenty of natural light, good ventilation and smart interiors as well as adopting sustainable initiatives such as solar panels, sourcing energy from renewable sources and low energy lighting.

2025 Emissions Reporting

Reporting Year 3: 2025 Tocalabs Emissions report is based on the period 1st September 2024 to 31^st August 2025.
EMISSIONS	TOTAL (tCO₂e)
Scope 1	Tocalabs does not directly own any relevant sources.
Scope 2	0.868788 (tCO₂e)
Scope 3	0.485464 (tCO₂e) Office-based working has been reduced to 2 days per week to minimise travel; this factors in some travel by bicycle and alternative emission-free travel. From August 24 to August 25 of our 24 staff, 2 never go into the office. Of the remaining 22 staff, only 60% travel into work by train. The remainder either cycle or walk to work. Those who travel by train average 10 miles per day per person x 2 days. Where travel on business is required, rail travel has been preferred in order to minimise CO₂e emissions. However for part of this year some car commuting is assumed.
Total Emissions	1.354252 (tCO2e)

Calculations for Rail travel are very much an average figure dependent on a number of factors such as: size of train; type of fuel used (gas oil versus electricity); number of passenger on board.

As Toca staff travel at peak commute times it is fair to say that passenger numbers will be at their highest, therefore cost per passenger will be minimised.

SUMMARY OF EMISSIONS

Over the past 4 years, Tocalabs has generally reduced its emissions as can be seen from the summary table below:

Reporting Period	Total Emissions	Off-setting/Carbon Reduction
Baseline Year (2022)	19.9472 (tCO₂e)	Based on the calculations described in Annex 1, Toca’s product currently results in an avoidance of 186.832 (tCO₂e) emissions.
Year 1 (2023)	13.377639 (tCO₂e)
Year 2 (2024)	6.41889084 (tCO₂e)
Year 3 (2025) (i)	1.354252 (tCO2e)
Year 4 (2026) Target	0.868788 (tCO2e)

(i) 2024/2025 actual for transport shows a slight increase as staff numbers are up. The move to a carbon neutral office took effect for 11 months out of the period.

Chart: Tocalabs carbon reduction progress, actual emissions against the target line to net zero by 2050

Targets for 2026

Tocalabs is committed to a programme of continuous reduction in its Carbon Emissions.

In order to continue our progress to achieving Net Zero, we have adopted the following Carbon Reduction targets. We project that carbon emissions will decrease to 0.868788 tCO2e by 31^st August 2026.

TARGET	PROGRESS (Reviewed 31^st August 2025)
Target 1: Reduce Energy Use. Maintain the focus on energy efficiency in terms of reducing heating/lighting plus equipment on stand-by.	New premises now in use. Premises are Carbon neutral.
Target 2: Eliminate Single-use Plastics. Continue to source alternatives to single use plastic for drinks, snacks and containers.	Since January 2022, no plastic cups are used in the office. All cups, plates, cutlery etc are reusable.
Target 3: Offer a Flexible Work Schedule. Continue to facilitate some home-based working.	Flexible working introduced during Covid is maintained, resulting in a 60/40 home/office arrangement. This has been maintained during 2025 and will continue.
Target 4: Track for Supply Chain Efficiency. Continue to monitor suppliers and contractors’ commitment to carbon reduction.	Although we have a minimal supply chain, we do ensure that purchases made are environmentally friendly, eg recyclable packaging (non-plastic).
Target 5: Educate Employees. Engage employees in the Carbon Reduction Plans; provide on-line training via the Toca Staff Noticeboard, (operated by Slack).	Staff noticeboard commenced use during 2024 and continues to be used to raise awareness of key issues.
Target 6: Promote CR benefits to Customers. Enable clients to realise the Carbon Reduction benefits associated with our products, via Case Studies on our website.	We have produced a Customer Case Study to demonstrate the % Carbon reduced by using the Toca product, see Annex 1 attached.

Forecast Year 4: 2025/2026

EMISSIONS

TOTAL (tCO₂e)

Scope 1

Tocalabs does not directly own any relevant sources.

Scope 2

Zero (tCO₂e)

During 2024, Tocalabs’ moved into rented fully serviced office space which includes all services within the overall rental cost. The new offices now total 71 square metres shared by a team of 24 employees.

Scope 3

0.868788 tCO2e

This figure is based on the assumption that the travel scenario is unlikely to be significantly different between 2025 and 2026.

Total Emissions

0.868788 tCO2e

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 standard¹ 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) Standard³.

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

Signed on behalf of the Supplier:

Mathew Rule Date: 01/09/2025

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