Senator International Limited

Carbon per million dollars of revenue. The legacy industry-standard reference (CDP, MSCI). Useful for cross-sector context, but distorted by margin — high-margin firms appear artificially efficient. Read alongside the operational and asset intensities for the full picture.

OpEx (operating expenditure) is the running cost of the business — staff, services, energy, materials. This shows how carbon-intensive operations are per million dollars of spend. Removes the margin distortion that revenue-based ratios introduce.

EVIC (Enterprise Value Including Cash) is the firm's total capital footprint — equity + debt + cash + minority interest. The EU's standard intensity measure (SFDR PAI 3) — answers: how much carbon does each million of capital deployed in this business produce?

PP&E (Property, Plant & Equipment) plus leased real-estate assets is the firm's physical infrastructure on the balance sheet. This shows the carbon intensity of that physical footprint — uses Scope 1+2+3 for consistency with the other headline intensities. Surfaces stranded-asset risk for asset-heavy firms.

In 2024 ~15% of UK manufacturing electricity was generated by ~4,000 on-site solar panels, with the remainder procured through a 100% renewable electricity contract — driving Scope 2 market-based emissions down to just 10.8 tCO2e. Two additional buildings were fitted with solar in 2024 (go-live Q1 2025). 13% of heating energy came from a biomass boiler in place of natural gas.

The firm does not appear to purchase durable carbon removals or offsets. Instead it relies on on-site nature-based actions: 15,000 trees planted on Mustoe family land, plus 20 Maple and Hazel trees planted at Head Office (cited as absorbing 20 tonnes of carbon over their lifetime), apple orchards at Engineering site, and Wildlife Trust Gold partnership for nature recovery. Removals are not formally quantified in the GHG inventory.

• Site energy efficiency & heating decarbonisation

  Thermal and decarbonisation surveys at all Lancashire manufacturing sites identified heat losses and improvement actions. New warehouse fitted with infrared heating (selected over natural gas). Continued LED lighting rollout, motion sensors, and equipment live monitoring. ISO 50001 alignment targeted by 2026.

• Local & UK-based supply chain (transport emissions)

  62% of UK direct material suppliers are within 45 miles of the Lancashire HQ, and 74% of supply chain spend is with UK suppliers. Local sourcing reduces upstream transport emissions and is paired with backhaul collections of packaging waste via the White Bag Scheme.

• Fleet fuel switching to HVO

  In 2024 the firm purchased HVO fuel for the first time to replace diesel in its commercial delivery fleet where viable, reducing tailpipe emissions associated with deliveries. Fleet (LPG/diesel/petrol) consumption remains the single largest energy stream in Scope 1.

• Purchased goods & services (Scope 3 Cat 1 — 71% of Scope 3)

  Scope 3 accounted for 90% of the 2024 GHG inventory, with purchased goods and services responsible for 71% of Scope 3 emissions. The firm engages its top 77 suppliers via monthly scorecards and is targeting 40% of direct commodity suppliers (by spend) to have science-based reduction targets by FY2026. EPD-based supplier emissions data incorporated for the first time in 2024.

• Circular product design & remanufacturing via Sustain

  In-house Sustain recycling facility recycled 60,200 furniture products and 3,389 tonnes of material in 2024, feeding 50,943kg back into manufacturing supply chain. New Contour chair uses 100% recycled polypropylene seat shell with modular disassembly. Re:work brand launched in 2025 for subscription/Furniture-as-a-Service. Up to 17% of output is remanufactured.

• FSC-certified timber sourcing

  32 of 58 timber suppliers are FSC-certified, but 92% of timber spend is with FSC-certified suppliers. FSC Chain of Custody certified at 4 UK sites. Target of 100% wood/timber from sustainable sources. Recycled wood is fed back to MFC supplier Kronospan and returned as panels for desks/tables.