Work in Progress: Carbon Reduction Projects

Atlas Professionals has offices in many countries across the globe. Our local entities participate in various carbon reduction projects as required by local legislation.

EED (European Energy Efficiency Directive) – ASG Holding BV

During 2021, offices in the Netherlands participated in an EED (European Energy Efficiency Directive) Audit as per local legislative requirements. This audit identified areas of energy consumption and potential improvement areas to reduce consumption. These included the replacement of traditional fluorescent tubes with LED lighting at our Dutch offices, improvements to offerings of fully Electric & Plug in Hybrid lease cars, the removal of Benzine cars as a lease car offering, and the reduction of the lease car fleet by offering mobility packages (public transport) as an alternative, all of which are work in progress and reported accordingly.

SECR Reporting – Atlas Professionals UK Ltd (Aberdeen)

For FY 2022, Atlas Professionals UK Ltd was required to report their UK energy use and related Scope 1 & 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions as per local legislative requirements. These were submitted via Financial Reporting and will be assessed and verified via financial audits (PwC). The total annual energy consumption of Atlas Professionals UK Ltd fell below the 40,000 kWh threshold. The regulator will therefore be informed that there is no requirement to conduct a phase 3 ESOS assessment for this entity.

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP.net) – Atlas Services Group BV

Atlas Professionals has voluntarily reported its Scope 1 & Scope 2 emissions via the Carbon Disclosure Project, using FY 2022 as a baseline, with annual updates thereafter for all Atlas Professionals offices. Our rating is awaited. Atlas Professionals is committed to reporting via this dataset to aid environmental transparency and accountability, identify improvement opportunities and track our progress.

Waste & Recycling

Waste

Atlas Professionals operate recruitment and HR solutions services from rented modern offices across the globe. The types of waste that are directly generated by Atlas Professionals are limited to general office waste such as paper, cardboard, toner cartridges, ICT waste and general domestic waste generated by our office employees. This waste is disposed of via local authority waste streams, or via local waste and/or recycling providers.

There is currently no measurement and reporting of waste types available within Atlas Professionals, or via local waste providers. This is primarily due to the shared office spaces that Atlas Professionals occupy within larger serviced buildings. We will seek to report on waste types as soon as reporting mechanisms become available. In the meantime, Atlas Professionals take the EU average of 530 kg of municipal waste per capita to calculate total waste per year based on FTE.

For 2022, where Atlas Professionals had an average of 333.25 FTE, the total estimated municipal waste was 176,622.5 kg. / 176.62 metric tonnes. Atlas Professionals generated zero hazardous waste in 2022.

Recycling

To support recycling of waste, recycling facilities are in place and are actively promoted in Atlas Professionals offices. 36% of Atlas Professionals office space is situated within the Netherlands and 23% is in the United Kingdom. The remaining offices are located in Brazil, Cyprus, Latvia, Norway, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Ukraine and the USA.

On a national level, both the Netherlands and the UK achieved 27% recycling rates for 2022 (Source: Global Waste Index 2022: Sensoneo). Atlas Professionals takes the average of 27% as a recycling rate to calculate recycled waste for all Atlas Professionals offices, worldwide. Total estimated recycled (recovered) waste for 2022 was 47,688 kg / 47.69 metric tonnes.

Recycling rate targets for 2030 have been set at 60% by the EU, and 70% by the UK Government, although these may need to increase to counter-balance waste generation, which is also expected to increase. Atlas Professionals aim to meet the EU Municipal recycling target of 60% of all waste by 2030.