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.

4,000 solar panels produced over 15% of electricity used across UK manufacturing in 2024, with two further buildings fitted with solar in 2024 to go live in Q1 2025. The remainder of electricity is procured through a 100% renewable electricity contract, driving the market-based Scope 2 figure to 10.8 tCO2e in 2024 versus 1,750 tCO2e in the 2019 baseline. 13% of energy used for heating came from a biomass boiler rather than natural gas.

No narrative on durable removals approach in the firm's most recent reports.

• Biomass heating + natural gas reduction

  Biomass boiler heats the head office and desking factory, providing 13% of heating energy in 2024 vs natural gas. New warehouse acquired in 2024 was fitted with an infrared heating system instead of a natural gas system to minimise emissions. Thermal surveys and decarbonisation surveys were conducted at all Lancashire manufacturing sites.

• HVO fuel for commercial fleet

  Purchased HVO (Hydrotreated Vegetable Oil) for the commercial fleet for the first time in 2024, reducing emissions associated with deliveries. Backhauling of trucks for waste packaging collections further reduces transport emissions.

• Circular materials & Sustain recycling facility

  In-house Sustain recycling facility (since 2009) recycles end-of-life furniture and packaging. In 2024: 60,200 furniture products recycled, 3,389 tonnes of material recycled, 50,943kg of material fed back into manufacturing supply chain (target 100,000kg by 2030). 100% of polypropylene from Sustain goes back into Allermuir Kin shrouds; Contour chair uses 100% recycled polypropylene. Recon foam, recycled wood (via Kronospan) and Kvadrat Really textile tabletops embed circularity in product design.

• LCA-driven design & local sourcing

  675 Life Cycle Assessments across 225 ranges and 157 Health Product Declarations completed using OneClick LCA. All new products launched in 2024 have LCA and HPD at launch. 62% of UK direct material suppliers are within 45 miles of manufacturing HQ; 74% of supply chain spend is UK-based, reducing transport emissions.

• Sustainable timber sourcing via FSC

  FSC Chain of Custody certified at four UK sites. Of 58 timber suppliers, 32 are FSC-certified, but 92% of timber spend was with FSC-certified suppliers in 2024. Target is 100% FSC. Curve Lounge uses FSC-certified timber with no internal metal fixings for easy disassembly.

• Supplier engagement on science-based targets (cat 1 purchased goods)

  Scope 3 accounts for 90-92% of greenhouse gas inventory, with category 1 (purchased goods & services) at 76% of Scope 3 / 71% of total. Target is for 40% of direct commodity suppliers by spend to set science-based carbon reduction targets by FY2026. Top 77 suppliers complete monthly scorecards covering sustainability, quality and performance. Started incorporating supplier EPD data in 2024.