Tracking & reporting methodology

To get as clear a picture as possible, we are mapping our CO₂e using the UK Government GHG conversion factors for company reporting. Here's a link for a deeper look at that document. 

Following government guidelines our activity is divided into Scopes 1-3, with the associated conversion factor below.

 

Biogenic part of fuel - ‘outside of scopes’

Biogenic CO2 emissions are one of several activities labelled ‘outside of scopes’ by the GHG Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard, because the Scope 1 impact of these fuels has been determined to be a net ‘0’ (since the fuel source itself absorbs an equivalent amount of CO2 during the growth phase as the amount of CO2 released through combustion). Full reporting of any fuel from a biogenic source, including electricity, should have the biogenic CO2 value documented to ensure complete accounting for the emissions created.

 

Scope 2	Conversion Factor
Electricity	Electricity usage kWh x (0.17700 + 0.01853) (kg CO₂e)

Electricity usage

We operate out of a shared business site with our electricity being provided by our landlord, Hoults Ltd. As we have the renewable electricity certificate that guarantees 100% renewable electricity is used on the site at all times we are recording our usage as 0 kg CO₂e. View the 2025 - 2026 Renewable Electricity Certificate.

 

Scope 3	Conversion Factor
Food waste Incineration with energy recovery	Tonnes x 4.68568 (kg CO₂e)
Composting	Tonnes x 8.98311 (kg CO₂e)
Farm donation	n/a
Cardboard and paper Closed loop / incineration with energy recovery	Tonnes x 4.68568 (kg CO₂e)
Plastics PET (Fruit punnets, hard plastic)	Tonnes x 4.68568 (kg CO₂e)
PP (fruit protective pockets, soft plastic)	Tonnes x 4.68568 (kg CO₂e)
HDPE (grape wrapping film, soft plastic)	Tonnes x 4.68568 (kg CO₂e)
PE (Polythene banana wrap, soft plastic)	Tonnes x 4.68568 (kg CO₂e)
Freight

Waste Management Services - Veolia 

We currently share waste management services with other businesses on our site. While we can internally track our waste categories, amount, and method of disposal, we’ve had to make assumptions about the end of life of some items based on how we understand Veolia most probably manages that particular type of waste, in order to estimate our CO2e output. We’ve made our assumptions based on information available to us from our site manager and the Veolia website.

Farm donation

We donate any slightly spoiled fruits to Ouseburn Farm Charity Ltd. There is no conversion factor for ‘eaten by goats’ as far as we know, but we are still noting this waste in our trackers and dashboard for transparency.

 

Scope 3	Conversion Factor
Water	n/a

Water

We operate out of a shared use building with access to a kitchen and toilet, so identifying exact numbers for our water usage is not currently possible. We have added it here to acknowledge it is part of the picture. 

 

Scope 3	Conversion Factor
Sea	0.01612
Road (EU)	0.10163
Road (UK)	0.10163

Freight Emissions

We calculate the upstream carbon emissions from transporting our fruit using a consistent, distance-based method. 

Because we do not always have the exact farm location, we assign a standard proxy city for each country we purchase from. The same proxy city is used every time to ensure consistency and fair year-on-year comparison.

Upstream Transport (supplier to us)

This calculation covers:

• International freight method (Sea, Road, Air)
• UK road transport to our point of purchase

For each product, we:

• Record the country of origin
• Assign a fixed proxy city
• Calculate distance to Team Valley Trading Estate
• Apply DEFRA emission factors (kg CO₂e per tonne-km)
• Multiply by the weight of fruit purchased

Downstream Deliveries (us to customer)

We separately track emissions from our delivery van (see Scope 1 above - last mile delivery).

These emissions are calculated using:

• Recorded mileage
• Vehicle fuel efficiency (mpg)
• DEFRA diesel emission factors

This ensures we account for the carbon impact of delivering fruit to our customers.

What Is Not Included

• Growing and farming emissions
• Overseas cold storage before export
• Supplier-level packaging emissions