Our Transformation

Grant Project Zero

The United Kingdom was the first major economy to set a legally binding target of Net Zero carbon emissions by a target date of 2050. Although a daunting challenge, the date is set, and we all must work collectively to achieve this goal.

Grant Project Zero is Grant UK’s long-term company-wide carbon reduction programme. This transformation initiative helps us focus on our commitment to Net Zero to ensure we do our bit as a Company towards achieving our nation's Net Zero Carbon target.

It considers all business processes from facilities, vehicles and energy usage to waste, business travel and our supply chain. 

Our Carbon Footprint

For Grant Project Zero we document the carbon our business operations generate each year. In 2021, we appointed external carbon consultants Carbon Lens to calculate our carbon intensity and support us with managing our resource consumption so that we can be recognised as a carbon neutral business and aim towards Net Zero. 

Carbon Lens review the following data:  

• Energy used at our HQ in Wiltshire. 

• Significant purchases. 

• Business Travel. 

• Shipping. 

• Waste data. 

The report covered Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Scopes are a way of classifying different emissions a business generates. Scope 1 covers the emissions that our business directly makes e.g. running company vehicles. Scope 2 covers the indirect emissions e.g. where/how our electricity is being generated. Scope 3 is the largest of all and accounts for all emissions our business is indirectly responsible for throughout our supply chain e.g. where and who we purchase our products from.

This data is then used to calculate our carbon footprint. The emissions have been calculated using the Greenhouse Gas Protocol methods and targets set using the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) principles for achieving Net Zero by 2045.

Grant UK's carbon footprint for FY2025-2026, which includes any indirect emissions through the supply chain, was calculated to be: 9,158 Tonnes CO2e. This was a 16% reduction in Grant UK’s carbon footprint compared to the previous year.

Carbon Savings

We are already making positive steps forward to achieve more sustainable business operations. Grant UK employees are encouraged to reduce waste and recycle whenever possible with the placement of recycling facilities throughout our premises and we have made significant changes to our product packaging by using recyclable materials wherever possible. Since introducing these measures, we have significantly improved waste collections and recycling volumes. In 2025, we continued to recycle a significant proportion of our waste and reduced our overall volume of waste compared to 2024 as follows:

• 44% reduction in landfill waste

• 239% reduction in scrap metal waste

• 1.4% reduction in wood waste

• 224% reduction in plastic waste

Low-energy LED lights are used throughout the offices and Training Academy and the vehicles in the Company's fleet are now moving to either fully electric or hybrid models as appropriate.

Our Premises

In addition to our onsite recycling and waste reduction initiatives, sustainability is also a central feature of our premises. Our Company HQ in Swindon, Wiltshire, has been designed to be as environmentally friendly as possible from the choice of materials used within the office spaces and Training Academy through to the sustainable heating system fulfilling the site's heating and hot water requirements. 

Alongside the HVO boilers which provide heating and hot water, 768 solar panels and storage batteries have been installed as part of the 303kWp Solar PV system which has been fitted onto the roof of both of our units. In 2025, the system generated just over 287,000kWh of electricity - of this, over 51% was used onsite to fulfil a significant proportion of the electricity demand for the main offices and Training Academy and we exported over 140,000kWh of renewable energy generated by our solar PV to the National Grid. Furthermore, any electricity we use from the grid is also renewable so any energy used on site is 100% renewable (view our Renewable Energy Certificate).

Our Reduction Roadmap

With an established carbon baseline, our Management Team are committed to challenging and continually reducing the use of carbon over the coming years.

Our long-term commitment is split into three phases:

Reduce

• We further reduce carbon through implementation of new short medium and long term initiatives and amendments to business processes.

Offset

• We contribute to certified carbon offset schemes that are aligned with our business purpose in line with PAS 2060 specifications.

Net Zero 

• This is our long term goal which will be hard to achieve while fossil fuels are still a predominant source of heating in GB.
• We will work with our suppliers to fully review our supply chain and business processes with the aim of removing carbon.

Carbon Neutrality

Grant UK use carbon offsets to achieve carbon neutrality. We’ve been a carbon neutral company since 2021 and we are pleased to confirm that we have maintained carbon neutrality for another year covering scope 1, 2 and 3 in 2026. As a company, we measure our scope 1, 2 and 3 carbon emissions (CO2e) annually. In conjunction with our Net Zero plan, we continue to offset the emissions previously reviewed by the UN Climate Neutral Now programme. This carbon-offset strategy has been reviewed by our carbon management partner Carbon Lens.

Offsetting Our Carbon

Since 2021, as part of Grant Project Zero, we have supported UN Certified projects to offset our carbon emissions including the Nadarivatu Hydropower Project in Fiji, the RIMA Fuel Switch in Brazil, and the Wigton Windfarm II Project in Jamaica. We are currently supporting the Avon Cycles Limited project in India where wind turbines are being used to generate electricity, reducing the manufacturer's reliance and use of fossil fuels and promoting the use of renewable energy.

Avon Cycles Limited is India's largest manufacturer and exporter of bicycles. This project involves two wind turbine generators each 1.5MW in size which are using wind energy to produce renewable electricity resulting in zero emissions during production. The wind turbine generators have displaced fossil fuel-based electricity at the manufacturing facilities, significantly reduced their greenhouse gas emissions, have supported energy security in the area and have also created employment opportunities for local communities for operating and maintaining the turbines. Click here to view our carbon offset certificate with this UN Certified project.