Environmental Stewardship
Environmental Stewardship
Reducing carbon emissions through improved efficiency and a reduced equipment and personnel spread is part of our approach to responsible asset and environmental stewardship. This means that our clients can be sure of solutions that will support their scope 1-3 targets.
Unity’s carbon emissions in 2024 were down by 6.2% on 2021.
6.2%
Supporting the circular
economy
Our small operational footprint minimises time, cost, risk and emissions.
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle.
We recondition, reuse and repurpose equipment and materials, minimising manufacturing and unnecessary disposal, supporting the ethos of a circular economy. During decommissioning we recover equipment and materials, and what we don't reuse can be recycled.
Energy Transition
Our products, services and technical expertise support subsurface carbon capture, natural gas and hydrogen storage facilities. Our well integrity business can transition across sectors to support every well, no matter what energy sector.
Emissions Reduction
To support European government targets and our clients’ carbon reduction charters, including Scope 3 emissions in the supply chain, we have committed to a 50% reduction in our emissions by 2030 and to achieving Net Zero by 2045. Unity made its pledge in the Race to Zero via the Network Net Zero Community, which can be found here.
We plan to meet this commitment through the implementation of a structured and realistic carbon reduction plan focused on:
- Reducing our own and our clients’ operational emissions
- Reducing business travel
- Reducing emissions associated with employee commuting
- The use of carbon offsets (where relevant / permissible)
In addition, we are:
- Actively exploring low or no carbon transportation alternatives, as well as the localisation of our supply chains
- Undertaking a multi-year exercise to measure Scope 3 emissions from our high emission suppliers
Collectively, this will help to minimise our own climate change impacts and reduce our contribution to our clients’ carbon footprints, enabling them to achieve higher levels of value chain transparency.
Latest
Performance
Our carbon emissions in 2024 were down by 6.2% on 2021.
In 2024, our carbon emissions amounted to 201.2 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, a decrease of 6.2% on our 2021 baseline year of 214.4 tonnes CO2 equivalent.
Energy use has been reduced by an impressive 37% but this was offset in 2024 by increased travel to support the needs of a growing international business, increasing related emissions by 80.5%,
In 2021 our emissions were:
- Scope 1: 100.3 tonnes
- Scope 2: 11.7 tonnes
- Scope 3: 102.4 tonnes
In 2022, our emissions were:
- Scope 1: 48.3 tonnes
- Scope 2: 8.3 tonnes
- Scope 3: 116.1 tonnes
We will continue to measure an increasing amount of our Scope 3 emissions and are committed to reducing emissions across all scopes, in line with our commitment to Net Zero by 2045.
Scope Definitions
Scope 1 emissions are direct greenhouse gas emissions that occur from sources that are controlled or owned by an organisation (e.g., from fuel combustion in boilers, furnaces, vehicles).
Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, heat or cooling.
Scope 3 emissions are from activities or assets not owned or controlled by the reporting organisation, but that the organisation indirectly affects in its value chain. An organisation’s value chain consists of both its upstream and downstream activities.