Carbon Reduction Plan
Supplier: LOHA Health Ltd
Reporting period: 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026
Baseline year: 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026
Approved by: Alison Metcalfe, CEO and Founder
Date of approval: 24/09/2026
Commitment to achieving Net Zero
LOHA Health Ltd is committed to achieving Net Zero greenhouse gas emissions across its UK operations by 2050 at the latest. We will review this plan and report progress annually.
Baseline emissions footprint
This is our first organisational carbon footprint; the reporting period above is our baseline. Emissions are expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e). Estimates use activity data and the applicable 2025 and 2026 UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors. Scope 1 and 2 are assessed using the operational-control boundary. Staff household energy is treated as indirect emissions. Calculations and assumptions are retained in a separate working paper.
| Emissions | Baseline year, tCO2e |
|---|---|
| Scope 1 | 0.000 |
| Scope 2 | 0.000 |
| Scope 3, reported sources (including additional categories below) | 2.749 estimated |
| Total reported emissions | 2.749 estimated |
Current emissions reporting
The baseline is also our most recent reporting year. There is no earlier comparable reporting period or established reduction trend.
| Emissions | 1 August 2025 to 31 July 2026, tCO2e |
|---|---|
| Scope 1 | 0.000 |
| Scope 2 | 0.000 |
| Scope 3, reported sources (including additional categories below) | 2.749 estimated |
| Total reported emissions | 2.749 estimated |
Scope 3 reporting detail
| Required Scope 3 category | Estimated tCO2e | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Upstream transportation and distribution | 0.077 | Delivery of printed resources from the supplier; distance and vehicle estimated. |
| Waste generated in operations | 0.016 | Estimated 13.8 kg of work-related paper and packaging (three staff × 46 working weeks × 0.1 kg per staff-week). Waste is mixed with household waste and is not weighed separately; landfill is assumed conservatively because the actual treatment route is unknown. No equipment was disposed of. |
| Business travel | 0.818 | Estimated UK rail and personal-car journeys, including monthly team meetings. |
| Employee commuting | 0.380 | Estimated travel by two staff to the regular Manchester workspace. |
| Downstream transportation and distribution | 0.002 | Estimated local delivery of printed resources by personal car. |
| Subtotal, quantified required categories | 1.293 | Includes the estimated operational waste category. |
Additional indirect emissions included in the reported Scope 3 estimate comprise homeworking equipment and heating (1.368 tCO2e), hired workspace energy (0.065), printed paper (0.002), Azure platform hosting (0.002), Microsoft 365 (0.004) and other hosted services (0.015). The waste estimate uses the 2025 and 2026 UK Government waste-disposal factors for mixed paper and board sent to landfill (approximately 1,164.5 kgCO2e per tonne), giving approximately 0.016 tCO2e. This is an assumption about disposal, not a claim that household waste was actually landfilled. Values are rounded; adding this waste estimate to the previous unrounded calculation of 2.733 tCO2e gives approximately 2.749 tCO2e. The Azure contribution in the reported year covers LOHA's period of platform operation from April to July 2026 and includes an estimate for April based on subsequent monthly supplier figures. The other activity estimates cover the full August 2025–July 2026 reporting year. Homeworking heating, desk energy, travel distances, print delivery and software services rely on documented assumptions; they are not meter or supplier readings. The total is an estimate, not a complete measured footprint. Work-related household waste may include materials beyond the paper and packaging estimated here. We will improve waste and supplier data in the next reporting cycle.
Platform hosting and usage: annualised comparison (not part of the baseline)
LOHA took over operation of its digital platform in April 2026. Azure Carbon optimization showed approximately 0.3 kgCO2e in May, 0.4 kgCO2e in June, 0.6 kgCO2e in July and 0.5 kgCO2e in August 2026. May–July fall within this reporting year; August does not. We estimate April at approximately 0.43 kgCO2e from the May–July mean. The resulting April–July reporting-year Azure estimate is 1.73 kgCO2e (0.0017 tCO2e). Azure's chart displays its own Scope 1, 2 and 3 allocations; the attributed service emissions are recorded within LOHA's indirect Scope 3, rather than its direct emissions.
For a full 12 months of platform operation at recent usage, the four observed months May–August average 0.45 kgCO2e per month. Twelve times this average gives an annualised Azure estimate of 5.4 kgCO2e (0.0054 tCO2e). If every other annual activity estimate remained the same, the comparable illustrative annualised organisational total would be approximately 2.752 tCO2e, replacing the reporting-year Azure contribution with this run rate. This comparison assumes similar platform activity, cloud configuration and Azure measurement throughout a full year. It is a projection, not emissions that occurred under LOHA's operation before April 2026, and is excluded from the baseline and current-year declarations above.
Azure hosting supports the platform activity of families and staff, so the supplier-attributed hosting estimate already reflects the infrastructure running the service during the months shown. The chart does not provide an active-user count, energy used by families' own phones or computers, or their network usage. Those end-user sources are not included in the estimate. LOHA will track active users and platform activity alongside Azure emissions for future reporting, and will calculate a per-user intensity only when matching user counts and reporting periods are available.
Scope 1 is zero because LOHA has no company-controlled fuel-burning premises, vehicles or other identified direct emission sources. Scope 2 is zero because LOHA does not purchase electricity, heating or cooling for premises under its operational control. Energy included with hot-desk hire and staff household electricity and heating is accounted for as indirect Scope 3, without double counting in Scope 1 or 2.
Emissions reduction targets
Our first-year estimate establishes a starting point; a percentage reduction from an earlier year cannot yet be stated. Our target is Net Zero by 2050 at the latest. By the next annual review we will improve records for business travel, homeworking and waste, request better supplier emissions data, and set an interim quantified reduction target against this baseline where comparable data allow. We will report progress against the baseline annually and explain material changes in activity or methodology.
Carbon reduction measures
Measures already in use: staff work remotely where practical; meetings and training can be delivered online; LOHA operates without company vehicles and uses hired workspace only when needed. These measures will continue when delivering NHS contracts. As this is our first baseline, we cannot claim a quantified reduction achieved by these measures.
Measures to apply when performing contracts: assess whether travel is necessary, favour rail and group in-person meetings where practical; maintain laptops for their useful life and arrange responsible disposal; keep printed materials proportionate to need; and monitor Azure and other hosted resources to avoid unnecessary consumption while maintaining security, availability and service quality. We will record travel and supplier activity to support each annual update.
Declaration and sign off
This plan has been prepared with reference to the Carbon Reduction Plan technical standard under PPN 006 and the PPN 06/21 requirements named in the procurement. Emissions for the sources quantified above were estimated using the GHG Protocol scope framework and relevant UK Government factors. Work-related household waste is estimated using the assumptions disclosed above. The plan and LOHA's Net Zero commitment have been reviewed and approved by senior management.
Signed on behalf of LOHA Health Ltd: Alison Metcalfe, CEO and Founder
Approval date: 24/09/2026
Next review: within 12 months of approval
Reporting references
UK Government greenhouse gas conversion factors for 2025 and 2026; GHG Protocol Corporate Standard and Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard; Cabinet Office PPN 006 technical standard and PPN 06/21 guidance. The working calculation record is held by LOHA Health Ltd.