Paxton reports “significant reduction” in company’s carbon footprint

This 37.8% reduction signals a major milestone in the company’s sustainability journey, while maintaining carbon neutral certification across the UK, France, Germany and South Africa for the year 2023.

It’s a reflection of the company’s commitment to environmental responsibility as part of a long-term ambition to achieve ‘Net Zero’ ahead of the 2050 targets.

Katie Millis-Ward, Paxton’s divisional director of communications and the company’s ‘Green Team’ lead, said: “We’re proud of how far we’ve come, but this is just the beginning of a bigger journey. Our teams across the business are making smart and lasting changes to reduce our carbon emissions year-on-year.”

The emissions reduction is equivalent to the annual electricity use of 650,000 homes or the carbon stored by 50,000 trees growing for 12 months.

Delivering change

Over the past few years, Paxton has implemented several measures in a bid to continually reduce its environmental impact. The business has transitioned global shipping away from air freight to sea freight and achieved a 98% electric or hybrid status across its company vehicle fleet.

Further, Paxton powers all of its UK facilities with 100% renewable energy tariffs and has installed solar panels at its newest UK facility (ie the Paxton Electronics Centre) with plans to extend this move across the expanding technology campus in Brighton.

In addition, Paxton has optimised manufacturing efficiencies and reduced plastic component shipping by producing parts in-house.

Supporting climate projects

In order to maintain carbon neutrality as the company continues along the path of reducing its emissions, Paxton has invested in a refreshed portfolio of third party verified offsetting projects.

These include the Soke Wind Power Plant Project in Türkiye (VCS Certified), duly replacing fossil fuel use with clean wind energy. There’s the Safe Water Project in Zambia (Gold Standard) providing access to clean water and reducing wood-burning and Improved Cooking Services in Nigeria (Gold Standard) involving the distribution of cleaner cookstoves to lower emissions and improve health.

These projects follow on from previous support provided for solar and wind energy initiatives in India and Thailand, in addition to a safe water project in Western Zambia.

Long-term commitment

Paxton’s sustainability efforts are shaped by both internal ambition and external feedback. Surveys show that environmental responsibility is increasingly important to Paxton’s installers, customers and employees.

The company has committed to ongoing carbon footprint reduction and transparent reporting as it continues its journey towards ‘Net Zero’.

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