Morgan Law's Carbon Reduction Plan
Latest update 21/01/26
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance.
We are at a critical juncture in needing to restore the earth’s delicately balanced carbon cycle. This needs to happen in time to limit global warming to well below 2 degrees—but in a world that runs on planes, cheap goods and manufacturing, that is easier said than done. We are witnessing an increase in both the frequency and severity of climate-related disasters, as well as the beginning of permanent changes to our environment.
The reports of the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) describe the possible environmental consequences of not decarbonising the world economy by the middle of the century. We know that the earth’s temperature must remain below a rise of 1.5 °C if we are to avoid the worst effects of climate change. Without drastic action to reduce emissions, the latest estimates are that global temperatures will rise by between 2.5°C and 4.5°C by 2100.
Morgan Law is committed to playing its role and achieving Net Zero emissions from our operations and supply chains by 2050 in line with the Government’s target. The Board will take responsibility for establishing and maintaining on a regular basis our Carbon Reduction Plan. It will be clearly signposted on our UK website and thereby sharing with our Clients, Suppliers and Employees our Plans.
Our Commitment
Company Name: Law Morgan trading as Morgan Law (Company Registration Number: 07182544).
Morgan Law is committed to achieving Net Zero emissions by 2050.
What does Net Zero mean in practice?
To achieve Net Zero, we will be aiming to reduce emissions in line with the latest science based targets (SBTs). SBTs are greenhouse gas reduction goals set by organisations. They are defined as “science-based” when they align with the scale of reductions required to keep global temperature increases well-below 2°C compared to pre-industrial temperatures. SBTs provide organisations with pathways to sustainable transformational change to accelerate the transition to a low carbon economy. To achieve Net Zero under this scenario, we will need to reduce our absolute emissions by 90% from our baseline year.
To keep ourselves on track with these long-term targets, we have set the following goals:
Our short-term targets:
- Reduce our Scope 1, & 2 emissions by 25% by 2030
- Reduce our Scope 3 emissions by 30% by 2030
Our long-term targets:
- Reduce our total emissions (scope 1, 2 and 3) by at least 90% by 2050.
- Neutralise any residual emissions using verified carbon offsets
Scope 1 covers direct emissions, including those associated with the direct consumption of natural gas, heating oil, diesel fuel as well as emissions associated with owned and leased vehicles and fugitive emissions. We operate from one serviced office in central London which is located within a large traditional building rated C in its EPC. The business occupies a very small proportion of the building. The challenge that the business faces is that we have no visibility of our energy use, due to not being sub-metered. Therefore the serviced office falls under Scope 3 leased assets.
Scope 2 covers indirect emissions including those associated with the purchase and consumption of local electricity and distinct heating energy. As per above we operate from serviced offices which are reported under Scope 3. Our only Scope 2 costs are for electric vehicles.
Scope 3 covers other indirect emissions such as serviced office, business travel, hotel stays, waste disposal, upstream emissions from purchased fuels and electricity. Emissions from employees teleworking have also been factored in including estimates from home energy consumption.
Baseline Emissions Footprint
Baseline emissions are a record of the greenhouse gases that have been produced in the past and were produced prior to the introduction of any strategies to reduce emissions. Baseline emissions are the reference point against which emissions reduction can be measured. We chose January 2025 to December 2025 as our baseline year to give a true year of emission usage for the business, This will be our first year reporting period.
The tables below show our carbon footprint in our baseline year 2025.
| Carbon Footprint 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Baseline Year: | 2025 |
| Baseline Emissions Calculations: | All Scopes – tonnes CO2e/ year |
| Scope 1 CO2e: | 0.00 |
| Scope 2 CO2e: | 2.36 |
| Scope 3 CO2e (included sources): | 73.16 |
| Total Emissions: | 75.52 |
Carbon emissions by source:
| Source | 2025 Tonnes CO2e |
|---|---|
| Electricity for EVs | 2.36 |
| Purchased goods and services | 12.23 |
| Capital goods | 29.02 |
| Fuel and energy related activities | 0.92 |
| Business travel | 0.16 |
| Employee commuting and home working | 22.26 |
| Leased assets | 8.57 |
| Total | 75.52 |
We will report on the sources of environmental impact over which we have operational control and calculate our carbon footprint, in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocols Corporate Standard and report against the Kyoto Protocol greenhouse gases in terms of:
- Actual targets – absolute reduction targets which compare actual figures in the target year to those in the base year.
- Intensity targets – based on a normalising factor.
Our total emissions equate to a Carbon Intensity Metric of 2.6 tCO2e per full-time employee equivalent (FTE) based on 29 FTEs during the measurement period.
Carbon Reduction Targets
| 2025 | 2030 | 2050 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity for EVs | 2.36 | 1.77 | 0.0 |
| Purchased goods and services | 12.23 | 8.56 | 0.0 |
| Capital goods | 29.02 | 20.31 | 0.0 |
| Fuel and energy related activities | 0.92 | 0.64 | 0.0 |
| Business travel | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.0 |
| Employee commuting and home working | 22.26 | 15.58 | 0.0 |
| Leased assets | 8.57 | 7.0 | 0.0 |
| Total | 75.52 | 53.97 | 0.0 |
This carbon reduction trajectory assumes the complete decarbonisation of electricity by 2035, as per UK Government policy aims. This will not only impact building energy use, but also homeworking and electrified rail travel.
Progress
We will report our carbon emissions and progress against target to our employees annually with the next report due January 2027 for the year to December 2026.
Carbon Reduction Projects
Completed Carbon Reduction Initiatives
The following environmental management measures and projects have been completed or implemented in 2025.
We relocated our serviced office to space that was 20% smaller. We made our decisions based on a number of factors that would increase our commitment to carbon reduction including:
- Office location by mainline station to reduce commuting time as well as commuting method
- In support of our cycle to work scheme we have chosen a building that has bike racks and well as shower facilities for staff
- We now have a filter tap built into main kitchen tap reducing need to third party suppliers and reducing plastic and glass wastage
- Ensuring office design includes multiples recycling points – paper, plastics and food
We have rolled out the use Microsoft Teams to ensure our commitment to encourage the ongoing use of virtual meetings to minimise business travel.
We have encouraged employees to take up the electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme, all 6 vehicles on the fleet are electric.
We have ensured that all staff have the means to continue working from home and have supported with repurposing office equipment to enable them to do so in line with our new flexible working policies that will reduce staff commuting.
We have moved the majority of our IT applications to cloud-based systems where we which has reduced by 90% the need for business archiving externally and therefore courier printing and costs.
Future Projects
We will continue to seek other ways and means to reduce or eliminate our paper-based activity.
We will be reviewing our flexible working policy to see how we can support the reduction of commuting.
We will be reviewing our third party office suppliers to look for environmentally-friendly and locally-sourced options.
We already encourage staff to use public transport (trains and buses) where possible, however where car travel is required we will be considering the implementation of green and electric options/initiatives.
We will continue to explore partnerships with organisations to allow us to invest in green’/environmentally-friendly and sustainable programmes to offset our carbon.
Ask the landlord to consider low-cost options such as reducing the boiler temperature and adding heat & solar control reflective window sheets. Encourage landlord to consider planning for larger cost management (where appropriate) such as an efficient boiler system.
Encourage landlord to implement energy efficiency measures to reduce the overall amount of electricity consumed at sites. Optimise operational procedures and implement energy management systems (such as ISO 14001). Examples of reduction measures include upgrading lighting, introducing more sensor lighting, installing timers on sockets/equipment. Also review and renew inefficient equipment (when at end of life), and actively consider the energy efficiency of equipment when new purchases are required (e.g. laptops, fridges, dishwashers).
Implement a Sustainable Procurement Policy. Encourage suppliers to adopt sustainable practices and improve their own carbon footprint through supplier engagement, procurement policies and contracts, and monitoring reporting mechanisms.
Ensure all future company-owned vehicles are also electric. Building this into company policy will prevent undue emissions arising in Mobile Combustion from new purchases of ICEVs.
Declaration and Sign Off
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been completed in accordance with PPN 06/21 and associated guidance.
Emissions have been reported and recorded in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans, the GHG Reporting Protocol Corporate Standard and we use the appropriate Government emission conversion factors for greenhouse gas company reporting.
Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions have been reported in accordance with SECR requirements and the required subset of Scope 3 emissions have been reported in accordance with the published reporting standard for Carbon Reduction Plans and the Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard.
This Carbon Reduction Plan has been reviewed and signed off by the board of directors.
Name: David Bardoe-Pout, Director
Date: 21/01/2026